Obama Moving to Expand Credit for Small Businesses ABC News February 5, 2010 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, looking for ways to drive down high U.S. unemployment, will announce plans on Friday to expand credit for small businesses, a main source of job creation in the United States.Obama meets with small business owners in suburban Maryland...
Shares close lower Inquirer | THE MAIN-SHARE PHILIPPINE STOCK Exchange index Wednesday fell by 1.2 percent to 2,919.48 on news of the US government's impending move to halt its massive stimulus and rising uncertainties over the Philippine presidential elections. | The local stock market marked a fourth consecutive day of decli...
Scott Burns: Main Street savers should get a Wall Street bailout of their own The Dallas Morning News | As long as our government is spending $1.35 trillion it doesn't have, let's ask some rude questions. | What do we want more of? Saving. | What do we want less of? Debt. | Then let's have tax policies that encourage more saving and that discourage d...
A little monkey business at Main Street Theater The Examiner | Junie B. Jones runs February and March in Chelsea Market. Main Street Theater If you like this ... Main Street Theater extends the run of The Last Night of Ballyhoo We're getting closer to the last night of The Last Night of Ballyhoo! It really mig...
Rosenthal: Saints' supporting cast ready for main stage Newsvine Drew Brees is the center of the Saints' offensive constellation, with nine players orbiting around him. Defenses don’t know what Saint to stop. Solve one matchup problem, and another emerges. Predicting what supporting character will shine on any g...
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Local stocks end slightly lower in cautious trading Inquirer | LOCAL STOCKS FALTERED YESTERDAY AS global investor sentiment turned cautious with the onset of the US fourth-quarter corporate earnings reporting season. | The main-share Philipp...
Making your own dog treats The Examiner | Clara enjoys the last crumbs of a homemade dog treat. Louisa Cartier | Many people view homemade dog food as fare for only the most spoiled dogs, but making your own dog treats i...
JAL's 2 main units to file for bankruptcy-Nikkei The Guardian * Japan Airlines Int'l, JAL Capital to file bankruptcy-Nikkei * Part of group restructuring led by state-backed fund-Nikkei TOKYO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The two core units of Japan Ai...
Teaching kids about business in Sanford Maine The Examiner | Are you raising a mini entrepreneur in the Sanford Maine area? You just might be and not even know it! | Kids love acting like adults. One trait they have in common with adults is a love for money. But kids need to be taught early on that money is ...
February 3: Paper money first issued in the US, today is The Day the Music Died The Examiner | Maine Fast Fact: The Maine Organic Gardeners and Farmers Association was founded in 1971, has more than 4,000 members, and is now one of the nation’s oldest and largest state organic groups. | Births:1821: Elizabeth Blackwell, American doctor...
Overweight business women in Sanford Maine can join TOPS tonight The Examiner | If you are an overweight business woman in Sanford, Maine, why not start off the new year on the right foot by joining TOPS! Being overweight can make you feel sluggish, depressed and just plain tired... and that can be hurting your business,...
Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies The New York Times | Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing agreements with China in response to trade policie...
Oil dips below $77 on U.S. crude stock rise The Guardian * U.S. crude stocks post bigger-than-expected increase * U.S. refinery utilization rate very low * NYMEX makes biggest gain since September on Tuesday (Recasts, updates prices, market activity to settlement; adds further comment) By Edward McAllister NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Oil fell below $77 a barrel on Wednesday after U.S. data showed a rise ...
