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Posted on October 30, 2010 - by

X Prize Winner Has Checkered Financial Past

X Prize Winner Has Checkered Financial Past
On a sun-splattered morning in Washington, D.C., last month, a team of engineers from Li-Ion Motors Corp. posed for cameras h…

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Defense Stock Winners Picked By RBC Capital Analyst; Sees Consolidation As Current Theme In The Industry

Defense Stock Winners Picked By RBC Capital Analyst; Sees Consolidation As Current Theme In The Industry
67 WALL STREET, New York – October 28, 2010 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Aerospace & Defense Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This Special feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling (212 …

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Posted on October 30, 2010 - by

Big Island of Hawaii Real Estate for the Savvy Investor

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Posted on October 30, 2010 - by

Schwartz, Adcock face off for Congress

Schwartz, Adcock face off for Congress
A Republican businessman with no prior political experience faces off against an incumbent Democrat with 19 years experience under her scarf.

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Posted on October 30, 2010 - by

Green IT: Roots Business Case Study


Clip 10: Jean Jerome Baudry, Founder and CEO of Cybernomics, presents a speech on Green IT to the GTMA’s International Leaders Breakfast Club in Toronto.


Posted on October 29, 2010 - by

The long road back

FIRST, the good news. America’s economy grew in the third quarter of 2010, the fifth consecutive quarter of expansion. Real GDP grew at an estimated 2.0% annual pace from July to September, up from the 1.7% pace recorded in the second quarter. Growth was largely attributable to continued acceleration in personal consumption expenditures. Personal spending has grown at a faster pace in each of the last three quarters. Things could certainly be worse.

But they could also be substantially better. In fact, they’ve been better; real output has yet to return to its pre-recession peak, even after five quarters of recovery. That’s a reflection of the steepness of the previous decline but also the shallowness of the recovery. Through the first five quarters of recovery after the 1982 recession, real GDP grew by 7.8%. The total expansion this time has been just 3.5%. Little wonder that employment has risen so slowly.

Other aspects of the report are less than encouraging. Private investment growth slowed in the third quarter. The contribution from private investment declined almost across the board, but the biggest hit came from a substantial decline in residential investment, associated with the slowdown in housing markets following the end of the government’s housing tax credit. Import growth slowed (imports had a huge negative effect on second quarter growth), but so did growth in exports. The net effect was that net exports were less of a drag in the third quarter but in the second but still substantially offset good figures elsewhere.

The recovery remains a disappointing one, in other words, particularly for the more than 14 million workers that remain jobless. That stark fact, combined with the lack of any sign of inflation in the GDP report, is likely to reassure the Fed in its (presumed) decision to take additional steps to facilitate growth. And perhaps by the end of the year, the American economy will have at least regained the level it last held three years ago.

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Posted on October 29, 2010 - by

Stimulus, taxes heat House debate

Stimulus, taxes heat House debate
Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin vowed to make smart, targeted investments if re-elected to Congress, while her opponent, Republican state Rep. Kristi Noem, promised to tackle budget deficits and the national debt if she’s elected. Final debate: Herseth Sandlin, Noem trade blows Polls: House, governor races, secret ballots, more More news: S.D. politics, government, statewide races …

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Posted on October 28, 2010 - by

P&G says net income fell 7 percent in 1Q

P&G says net income fell 7 percent in 1Q
Procter & Gamble Co. says sales of its diapers, shavers and toothpaste increased around the globe in the first quarter, but its net income fell 7 percent after the sale of its prescription drug business.

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Posted on October 28, 2010 - by

Using Drupal for your business – a case study for a television network site

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Posted on October 26, 2010 - by

Kokomo economy in national spotlight

Kokomo economy in national spotlight
The national media called Kokomo a “town saved by the stimulus” this week, and Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight says the tag isn’t too far from the truth.

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