Greece Is Not an Island The New York Times | My country's economic plight has dominated headlines for months. While many commentators have focused on the underlying problems within Greece, less attention has been paid to my government's determined efforts to address them and to the wider global problems that are now hindering our capacity fo...
Greek PM warns debt crisis will affect US The Daily Telegraph Australia | GREEK Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday that the United States would not be a mere bystander if his country's debt crisis were to worsen. | In a speech at the Brookings Institution, a liberal think-tank, Papandreou said that a wider crisis would cause the euro to weaken against the...
Greek PM warns debt crisis will affect US The Daily Telegraph Australia | GREEK Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday that the United States would not be a mere bystander if his country's debt crisis were to worsen. | In a speech at the Brookings Institution, a liberal think-tank, Papandreou said that a wider...
Labor Report To Update Connecticut's Job Tally Today Hartford Courant We'll find out this afternoon how Connecticut's job tally and unemployment picture shape up for January, with a bonus – the state Department of Labor will also report its annual revision for the previous year. | Through December, the state repo...
Law Review: At law firms, what hard times? Philadelphia Daily News | By Chris Mondics | Inquirer Staff Writer It is one of life's enduring mysteries: Why are lawyers so well-compensated, especially now, when the legal profession is in its worst downturn since the Great Depression. | One persuasive explanation is tha...
PhillyDeals: Sunoco considers outsourcing local jobs Philadelphia Daily News | By Joseph N. DiStefano Sunoco Inc., the Philadelphia-based oil company, says it's paying EquaTerra Inc., a Houston consulting firm, to recommend whether Sunoco should "outsource" information technology, accounting, personnel, and procurem...
A story from the health-insurance crunch Philadelphia Daily News | By Jeff Gelles and Jane M. Von Bergen | Inquirer Staff Writers | Leslie Banks writes novels about vampires and werewolves. So far, she hasn't cast any health insurers as villains. But Banks is tempted, she acknowledged yesterday, after a brief trip...
Captain Morgan rum no longer welcome as sponsor of NYC's Puerto Rican Day Parade Hartford Courant (AP) — Captain Morgan rum is no longer welcome as a sponsor of the National Puerto Rican Day parade in . | Parade organizers say they've ended their relationship with the rum maker and U.K.-based parent company (dee-AH'-gee-oh) PLC over plans t...
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Democrats Voice Health-Bill Doubts Wall Street Journal By JOHN D. MCKINNON and JARED FAVOLE | WASHINGTON — Some House Democrats wavering over whether to back a health-care overhaul questioned whether it would effectively curb the...
Papandreou seeks French backing for debt crisis Seattle Times PARIS - | Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou headed to Paris on Sunday, the third stop of a four-city tour seeking firmer European Union and U.S. support for harsh austerity me...
Karen Heller: Empty case against soda tax Philadelphia Daily News | By Karen Heller | Inquirer Columnist Mayor Nutter proposes patching the $150 million budget pothole with sugary drinks and garbage. | What he got in response was a Coke and some ...
Capital One Bank survey finds businesses have mixed economic outlook The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | A quarterly consumer and business survey cond...
Citizens to install ATMs in Sunoco A-plus stores Philadelphia Daily News | Citizens Financial Group Inc., the parent of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, is expanding its network of automated-teller machines to 487 Sunoco A-plus convenience stores in 13 states, the Providence, R.I., bank said today. | The ATMs, which will be...
Stock Futures Up Slightly Wall Street Journal By STEVE GOLDSTEIN | U.S. stock-index futures were up slightly Monday following the payrolls-inspired rally of the previous session. | About an hour before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 16 points higher at 10561. The...
Mayor proposes “unprecedented” investment in Philly’s information technology The Examiner | Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter 3/4/2010 | When Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter delivered his nearly $4 billion 2011 budget proposal to City Council this past Thursday, critics had a lot to say about his plan to generate additional revenue through new trash collection fees and a sales tax on sugary drinks. Despite the controversial initiative...
Wall Street gains on AIG deal The Times Of India NEW YORK: US stocks rose for a second straight day on Monday, boosted by AIG's record-setting deal to sell a major Asian unit and on gains in semiconductor shares after SanDisk Corp raised its revenue forecast. | Hopes for an agreement to resolve nagging uncertainty surrounding debt-laden Greece also encouraged investors. | American International G...
