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Refinancings Come Into Focus

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.11.2013 | New York
Read More: Small Business, Mortgage Lenders, New York Real Estate, Economy, Credit Card Debt, Home Equity, Student Loan Debt, Underwater Mortgages, Long Island, Mortgages, Long Island Real Estate, Local Economies, Homeownership, Banks, Refinancing, Stagnant-Economy, New York News
Lita Smith-Mines

If we're looking for an economic rising tide to carry all our boats, I don't see it locally just yet. I see the holes in leaking vessels being plugged, while those onboard are still carrying excess weight.

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Impact Investing Reaches a Turning Point

Michelle Long | Posted 12.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Impact Investing, Investing, Philanthropists, Local Economies, Strategic Philanthropy, Local, Funding, Investors, Business News
Michelle Long

A term that was itself only coined a couple of years ago, impact investing aims to shift industries and make an impact, not just to screen out negative or harmful investments. It is incredibly heartening on a number of levels to see the flood of interest coming.

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Fast-Growing Companies Show Up in Surprising Places

Yasuyuki Motoyama | Posted 11.12.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Fastest Growing Companies, Innovations, Rust Belt, Fastest Growing Cities, Best Cities for Business, Opportunity-Working, Local Economies, Small Business News
Yasuyuki Motoyama

Where are the fast-growing firms geographically concentrated? Even without including the term "innovation," this question actually gets us closer to detect where innovations are located. Why?

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Want To Change Your City? Check Your City Vitals

Lee Fisher | Posted 09.18.2012 | Impact
Read More: Opportunity-Public, Opportunity-Private, City Government, Local Economies, City Development, Jobs, Opportunity-Nonprofit, Economic Growth, Opportunity-Working, Impact News
Lee Fisher

It is clear that there is no one thing that will increase the prosperity of a city, but there are measurable indicators that cities can focus on to maximize their potential in a global economy.

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U.S. Cities Look To 'Sell To The Globe'

Reuters | Posted 03.21.2012 | Business
Read More: U.S. Cities, Video, U.S. Exports, u.s. Cities Local Economies, Local Economies, Reuters, Business News, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Recession, Business News

By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON Jan 19 (Reuters) - Whipped by the recession and financial crisis, U.S. cities are looking far beyond their ...

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Buying Local Yields More Jobs, Stronger Communities

Jeff Milchen | Posted 02.15.2012 | Small Business
Read More: American Independent Business Alliance, Small Business America, Small Business, Holiday Shopping, Local Economies, Shopping, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Local Business, Independent Businesses, Small Business News
Jeff Milchen

Even a modest shift of 10% more spending going to independent community-based businesses this season would create dramatic changes for the better in our economy, including a wave of new job creation.

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Meeting Wendell Berry: Authentic Heroes in Real Places

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 01.16.2012 | Home
Read More: Wendell Berry, Occupy Movement, Local Economies, Faith, College, Agrarian, Local, Wendell Berry Farming, Wendell Berry Books, Wendell Berry Poems, Wendell Berry Poetry, Home News
Mallory McDuff, Ph.D.

In his writings, Berry speaks about reclaiming local economies and living an authentic life. And in an age when heroes seem to beg for all our attention on TV and Twitter, Berry doesn't even use a computer.

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A Real Plan For Jobs In San Francisco

Dennis Herrera | Posted 10.11.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Taxes, Government, Small Business, Unemployment, Local Economies, Jobs, Business, Job Creation, SF Candidate Questionnaire, Bay Area, San Francisco News
Dennis Herrera

We can't just create any jobs -- we need to create the right kind of jobs for San Francisco. Jobs that help working families, provide a living wage, create a greener city, and promote our common values of innovation, creativity and community service.

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How Can We Solve the Jobs Crisis?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Infrastructure, Deficit, Consumerism, Unemployment, Local Economies, Income Inequality, Budget Cuts, Self-Reliance, Economic Crisis, Banks, Sustainability, Jobs, Living Wage, Consumer Spending, Business News
Sarah van Gelder

Creating sustainable jobs will require restructuring our economy to more equitably share the work and wealth of this country, without destroying the foundation of all economies -- the natural world.

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Farm Tour: Search for an Authentic Life

Leah Mayor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: American Farmland, Norman Rockwell, American Landscape, Authenticity, Travel, Local Foods, Ecotourism, Authentic Travel, Artisanal Adventures, Farm Tour, Reconnect, Local Food Movement, Taking Root, Local Economies, Gavin Johnston, Travel News
Leah Mayor

Now may be as good a time as any to use our travel time and dollars to get to know our neighbors a town or a state over, and to find where authenticity lives in our own communities.

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Pioneers of the New Normal

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: New Normal, Local Businesses, CEO Pay, Natural Resources, Economy, Resilience, Green Energy, Gulf Oil Spill, Transition, Wall Street, Michael Klare, Local Food, Local Economies, Water, Credit Union, Cheap Oil, Oil Prices, Economic Recovery, Climate Change, Home News
Sarah van Gelder

Americans are facing a troubling reality. The economic recovery we were promised has not materialized. There's growing talk about a "new normal"--a ne...

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Buying local while working global

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Microfinance, Peace Divident Trust, Local Economies, Afghanistan, Buy Local, Haiti, Marc Kielburger, Logistics, Development, Craig Kielburger, World News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Scott Gilmore offers a bet. With one phone call, the Ottawa native said he could get a trailer filled with bottled water shipped to the most remote co...

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Economic Roads Less Traveled

Adele Israel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Cooperatives, Toes, Post Development Thinking, Local Economies, Relocalization, Transition Network, Economic Recovery, Balle, Recession, Denver News
Adele Israel

Our present economic path is not sustainable. "The Economics of Peace" conference showcased several different roads businesses can travel and still thrive.

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The New Economy Won't Be Like the Last One

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Infrastructure, CEO Pay, Wall Street, Local Economies, Finance, Money, Military Spending, Health, Speculation, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Business News
Sarah van Gelder

The current economic downturn offers an exceptional opportunity to rebuild and, this time, to make it an economy that works for all.

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What America Got For Christmas

Reverend Billy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Local Politics, Economy, Christmas, Holiday Season, Shopping, Consumer Economy, Holiday Season Commentary, Retail, Big Box Stores, Bartering, Retail Bubble, Retail Sales, Local Economies, Chain Stores, Commercial Christmas, Spending Less, Trading, Healthy Living News
Reverend Billy

So the retail bubble finally burst, with some estimating an extreme contraction of up to 8%. An America where local economies strike a balance with the big companies is clearly the idea.

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