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  • Republicans in Washington, Tallahassee push tax breaks to create Florida jobs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:37PMEconomists doubt low rates or favors prompt hiring Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Republicans in Congress are betting that tax breaks and government spending cuts will spark widespread hiring in their job-starved state.
  • Zynga and Facebook's Relationship Disclosed: It's Complicated Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:53PMZynga has disclosed details of its very close partnership with Facebook as part of a 600-page-plus update to its original IPO document filed this afternoon with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
  • Grant Propels Manchester Students to Start Economic Index for Wabash County Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:36PMNORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) --The goal is to generate three or four economic reports annually, beginning in April 2012.
  • Money on way for Vancouver businesses affected by riot Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:32PMA municipal government fund designed to help businesses affected by last month's Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver expects to start issuing cheques around the end of the month, says the agency overseeing the program.
  • 23 Cebu City barangays benefit from DSWD’s 4Ps Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:15PMread more
  • Community spirit harnesses water power to save energy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:35PMA community group in North Yorkshire will next week launch the latest green energy initiative – harnessing power from their local river. The project could serve as a blueprint for others, showing that while politicians bleat about "being in it together", plenty of people are actually doing something to help each other and improve the environment.
  • House Republicans Accuse EPA, Enviros of Collusion Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:05PMRep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) believes that U.S. EPA has worked out a nifty way to make an end run around both Congress and the f...
  • Palatka to maintain tax rate in face of deficits Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:42PMWith a $280,000 budget shortfall looming for next fiscal year, Palatka city commissioners agreed to maintain its current millage rate.
  • Canton Entrepreneur Launch Now Accepting Applications Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:30PMThe City of Canton, in conjunction with ystark! , is pleased to begin accepting applications for Canton Entrepreneur Launch. The new program provides grants to entrepreneurs who plan to locate new, high growth business ventures in the City of Canton.
  • Kiwanis speaker discusses downtown Dalton Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:20PMDowntown Dalton can be many things to many people.
  • New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives five colleagues $24M grants for innovation Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:21AMAssociated PressMayor Michael Bloomberg is giving five mayors millions of dollars in grants.ATLANTA -- New York's billionaire mayor is handing out a combined $24 million in grants to five colleagues around the country to fund programs addressing various issues in...
  • Pemberton Twp. Council hears plea for veterans’ bus service Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:41AMPEMBERTON — While most attention was focused on the nasty train station dispute between the administration and the Historic Trust, township council worked through a massive list of resolutions and ordinances, passing most, but tabling a few for further study.
  • A journey of revolution Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:27AMThe 25th Melbourne International Arts Festival music program will include the original Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra in a spoken-word performance, along with shows by Okkervil River, Black Dice, Lucky Dragons, Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Sulumi, the Narcicyst, Omar Offendum and, a special Sticky recommendation, Konono No.1.
  • Abbott's climate plan fails the test Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:07PMMany economists don't know how his policy would work. Most of the Australian public don't.
  • Minority business seen as future bedrock of economy Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:38PMNEW YORK — Minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population by 2045. When they do, they will also become the majority of America’s workforce, supply chains, and entrepreneurial economy.
  • Affordable Insurance Exchanges - Providing Same Health Insurance Choices As Members Of Congress Have Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:24PMThe HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) has introduced its proposal - Affordable Insurance Exchanges - the aim being to have state-based competitive marketplaces where people and smaller businesses can buy private health insurance at reasonable prices. The HHS claims individuals would then have the same health insurances choices as those currently enjoyed by members of Congress ...
  • Bank of America to Hire Nearly 100 New Small Business Bankers Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:12PMDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its plan to hire over 1,000 new small business bankers across th...
  • Hercules tries to pick up the pieces of shattered development dreams Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:04PMPoor management, hard economic times have turned city's cutting-edge urban vision into heap of half-finished projects
  • Getting Grants for Yourself Not a Valid Exempt Purpose Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:41AM Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions, constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds—religious, moral, serious, futile, extensive, or restricted, enormous or diminutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found establishments for education ...
  • Vision of Branchville growth may lead toward Georgetown Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 5:25AMBranchville has big ideas, a vision — commercial development, housing opportunities, a new village Main Street paralleling Route 7. Ridgefield may try to get Redding and Wilton to collaborate on bringing those ideas to reality, though a Branchville-Georgetown planning grant. This is an expanded version of a story that appeared in this week’s Press. “Let’s look at what Branchville is: How do you ...
  • Maintenance work to temporarily close Anniston airport later this year Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 3:41AMMore than 30,000 landings occur at the airport annually. That figure includes private, chartered and business planes as well as military traffic, said David Otwell, former manager of the airport.
  • After big business deals, Abound Solar progresses toward move Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:27PMA second production line is almost installed in Colorado and a third will go in before a solar manufacturer moves into Tipton County, company and county officials said last week.
  • Chagala Group Ltd - Notice of AGM Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:49AMChagala Group Ltd - Notice of AGM
  • Independence votes to support new county 911 facility Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:06AMIndependence has joined 29 other cities in supporting the quest of Hennepin County Rich Stanek for state and federal funds to help pay for building a regional 911 communications facility.
  • Dayton City manager recommends cuts to budget Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:59PMDayton residents could see major changes in fire and EMS protection, the court system, fees for some services and more, after City Manager Tim Riordan made a 37-point proposal to cut more than $12 million from the city budget Wednesday.Riordan said many of his proposals were preliminary and would require study and Commission approval, but others will take effect immediately.
  • Napoleon to add solar panel plant Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:03PMNAPOLEON -- Isofoton, a Spanish solar panel maker, will open a $32.2 million manufacturing plant in Napoleon that is expected to create more than 300 jobs in the next few years.
  • Tweet Town Hall Word for Word Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:29PMLeading the event 140 characters at a time was Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Pres. Barack Obama.
  • COMMENTARY: In Connecticut, school’s out for prisoners… Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:46PMEach year, the start of summer signals the end of the school year for children all across the nation. This year, however, also signals something for our state’s prisoners. In the final days of the 2011 legislative session, majority Democrats and the governor supported a bill extending early release privileges to a variety of violent criminals in Connecticut.
  • Ricky Mathews column: Leadership Council announces next steps Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:00AMMOBILE, Ala. -- What may be the most ambitious regional collaboration in our recent history is underway. And we'll soon be looking for partners.
  • Minority Business Success Essential to American Affluence and Competitiveness, but U.S. Is Woefully Unprepared for ... Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:50AMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 07/06/11) - Minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population by 2045. When they do, they will also become the majority of America's workforce, supply chains, and entrepreneurial economy. Their success in creating wealth will determine the fortunes of the nation and everyone within it. So, if America does not make minority business success a national priority ...
  • Bank plan would help build bridges, boost jobs Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:22AMAmerican has fallen to 23rd in infrastructure quality globally, with a daunting $2 trillion backlog of needed projects. A national infrastructure bank, gaining support in Congress, could help.
  • David Trueman: Ups & Downs of Minor Metal Investing Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:19AMThe critical metals space is shifting and Trueman, a consulting geologist, points to opportunities in global mining, processing and recycling of "-um" metals for growing electronic applications.
  • Ys: The Oath in Felghana - Walkthrough Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:43AM_______________________________________________________________________________ Aardwolf_Zy presents......
  • Central District lot becomes work of art Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 12:05AMAn empty lot in Seattle's Central District has made a bit of a turnaround. Peer through the fence and you'll find the Jackson Street Music History Project, glamorous life-size photos and dreamlike portraits honoring the legendary local black music scene.
  • Chamber plans summer events Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 2:33AMBanners, flowers and town days are on the list of projects.
  • The INCREDIBLE 2 months that changed India! Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:55AMFrom the brink of defaulting on international payments to a Budget that changed the face of India - A K Bhattacharya takes us through the twists and turns.
  • Lawmakers seek to end solar grants Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:29AMThe Investment Tax Credit, or ITC. Created by Congress in 2005, the ITC is a reduction in overall tax liability for individuals or businesses that invest in solar energy generation technology.
  • Beebe Nursing School receives $3 million gift Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:15AMThe family of Lewes native Margaret Hastings Rollins, who worked as a young woman at Beebe Hospital, recently announced it is making a $3 million donation to Beebe Medical Foundation for the Beebe School of Nursing expansion and renovation. The gift is the largest ever received by Beebe Medical Center over its 95-year history. At its meeting on Friday, June 24, the Beebe Medical Center Board of ...
  • New body to control clean energy grants Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:11AMResponsibility for handing out about $1 billion in clean energy grants will be taken out of government hands under a compromise with the Greens as part of a carbon price deal to be announced on Sunday.
  • Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment... Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 2:52AMMinot city officials predict the state's vibrant oil industry will help pull its economy from the worst flood in the city's history. In recent years, North Dakota has become the nation's fourth-largest oil producer. The state has more than 5,000
  • Rift cuts union ties to United Way; End of liaison program means AFL-CIO will no longer endorse agency Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:19AMDECATUR - A decision by the United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois to discontinue a decades-old AFL-CIO community services liaison program has caused a rift with organized labor.
  • Barry blinded by action plan Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 9:00AMPREMIER Barry O'Farrell has been accused by MPs of concentrating too much on ticking off achievements in his first 100-days. Live blog @11am
  • Action plan blinds Barry Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 9:00AMPREMIER Barry O'Farrell has been accused by MPs of concentrating too much on ticking off achievements in his first 100-days more than anything else. 
  • Seeking to improve community image Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:36AMLEXINGTON – Tuesday night, members of city council passed the first reading of an ordinance that will prohibit street vendors from selling their products in select areas of town, namely Highway 283 from I-80 to Prospect.
  • Obama renews call for tax hikes Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:30PMWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is renewing an old fight with the business community by insisting that $400 billion in tax increases be part of a deficit-reduction package. His proposals have languished on Capitol Hill, repeatedly blocked by Republicans, often with help from Democrats. ...
  • Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Excerpting Obama's Press Conference Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:47PMAn important debate flared this week -- one in which sides were chosen, positions staked out, and invective hurled. I will let that sentence stand...
  • State shutdown hits home - and wallet Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:18PMLayoffs and curtailed services in wake of budget impasse have some Minnesotans angry, others fearful.
  • Chris Treadway: Regional Oral History Office gets grants for WWII research project Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 9:33PMThe Regional Oral History Office housed at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has received two U.S. National Park Service grants that will allow it to address an under-examined aspect of the World War II home front.
  • Regional Supts. Cut from State Budget Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 6:17PMGovernor cuts Regional Supt. funding from budget.
  • Grant to fund food production study Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 6:15PMA $50,000 grant awarded to the Community Agriculture Alliance will study the feasibility of creating a sustainable food production system that is intended to become the model for similar projects in rural areas across the country.