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How to Attract the Leaders to Rebuild our Economy

Simon Sinek | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business


Simon Sinek

Offering CEOs big money to come and run companies does not guarantee great leadership. In fact, the practice may attract the wrong leaders altogether.

Half-Time Economic Update: Are You Smoking Green Shoots?

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business


Jill Schlesinger

Avoiding financial calamity is a good thing and it does appear that the global economy is past the worst point in the cycle, but a self-sustained recovery is not necessarily in the bag.

Krugman: U.S. Headed for "Jobless" Recovery

ABC News | Jennifer Parker | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


obel-Prize winning economist Paul Krugman said the nation is on course for a "prolonged jobless" economic recovery unless the Obama administration ste...

Soros: Obama's Economic Policy Too Much Like Bush

ABC News | ALICE GOMSTYN | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


One of President Barack Obama's most prominent Wall Street backers gives him high marks on just about everything except his approach to Wall Street. ...

California's Ailing Economy Could Prolong US Recession

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plan...

Dear Mr. President

Ben Hecht | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business


Ben Hecht

A philanthropic collaboration of 21 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, Living Cities applauds the focused, inter-agency approach you are taking to revitalize industrial cities.

I Just Don't Get It

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Larry Gellman

It seems pretty clear that Obama is actually insisting that we change the approach that led the economy off a cliff. I just don't get it.

Warren Buffett: U.S. Economy Still In "Shambles" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business


OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy has not yet had any bounce and will take some time to recover. Berkshire Hathaway's ch...

Durable Goods Orders Rise Unexpectedly In May

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods from computers to aircraft surged in May for a second straight month. And a gauge o...

An Oldie, but not so Goodie: Updating the U.S. Poverty Measure

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


C. Nicole Mason

There has been a lot of sexy talk about cutting poverty in half over the next 10 years. How is that going to happen if we don't have an accurate measure of how many poor people there are living in the US.

Building a National Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Will we step boldly into the new economic reality with a plan for creating jobs? Or will we look to unsustainable government protections that will force the US to take a backseat in the new era?

Meltdown 101: Reform plan's impact on consumers

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


American consumers have fallen victim to one financial scandal after another in the past decade, from accounting fraud at Enron to illegal late tradin...

The Case for a National Office of Transition

Robbie Gennet | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Robbie Gennet

President Obama is seeking massive changes in the way the US is operating when it comes to energy, transportation, agriculture and labor, among others...

AP: Recession's Impact Show Signs Of Moderating

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


The economy's tailspin gave way to a more controlled descent in the spring, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in ...

U.S. Economy Still In Deep Recession Despite Glimmers Of Hope

Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business


Economists, senior government officials and ordinary consumers are all showing greater confidence in the outlook for the economy. ...

Roubini: Recession May Last 9 More Months

Reuters | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business


SEOUL (Reuters) - Nouriel Roubini, the famously glum economist who predicted the financial crisis, said that while the recession in the United States ...

Battle of the Regulators

Ron S. Geffner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


Ron S. Geffner

There is no regulatory agency nor are any of our elected officials without blood on their hands. Each has contributed to the economic crisis.

U.S. Risks A Second Recession

Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy appears destined for several years of weak growth and high unemployment that leave it vulnerable to a recessio...

Immigrant Professionals Leaving US Due To Downturn

Washington Post | Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


With the U.S. economy in turmoil, his job as a truck driver no longer secure and his upwardly mobile life in the Dallas suburbs in jeopardy, James Odh...

Doubting Dows

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

After assessing the economic scene, Richard Russell, editor of the Dow Theory Letters, is convinced the economy is not fated to turn upwards towards the end of 2009. Nor, he believes, will it turn up in 2010.

U.S. Economy Risks Dire Prospect of Hyperinflation

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

Quantitative easing and multi-trillion dollar deficits are the two core ingredients of an explosive fiscal cocktail that will ultimately lead to hyperinflation.

Geithner Pledges To Cut Deficit As Concern Grows Over US Debt Rating

Bloomberg | Robert Schmidt | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration is committed to reducing the federal budget deficit after concerns rose that the U.S...

PIMCO's Gross: U.S. At Risk Of Losing Top AAA Rating

Reuters | Jennifer Ablan | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, warned on Thursday the United States will eventually lose its top AAA credit rating, a fear that...

Bad Vibes from the Stars

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

The L-shaped economy that we're in is one which won't get much better and will require an adjustment to lower economic growth and a lower standard of living.

Fed sees hopeful signs but downgrades `09 forecast

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve expects the economy to improve in coming months, even as policymakers downgraded their outlook for all of 2009 ...