By Stephen H. Dunphy, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--March is shaping up as an interesting month, with some conclusion to key questions facing the U.S. economy -- whether, or when, the U.S. launches an attack on Iraq. ...
Just about everybody in business these days is wondering what the nation's economy is up to. Everyone is dancing around the word "recession," but few, as of yet, are actually using it. Still, the declining state of the economy continues to dominate the business news, and the "R" word is...
Feb 11, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Taxation Office is under pressure to prevent small businesses from participating in the cash economy. The office is targeting such practices as cash-in-hand payments, failure to register for the goods and...
The "New Economy" looks like the same Old Economy to the Nobel Laureate, Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman's gait has slowed down, and so has his schedule. But not his mind. At age 88, the Nobel Laureate in economics understandably grants interviews and writes commentaries only rarely. But that doesn't...
The economy can be a scary thing to small business owners. Few truly understand it, but most have at least a vague notion that they should pay attention to it. Those fortunate enough and old enough to have survived through the recession of the earl The...
ASMARA AFP — A tight grip over businesses, a festering border dispute with Ethiopia, and recurrent drought are among the raft of stumbling blocks facing Eritrea as it seeks to boost its flagging economy. While celebrating the young tiny eastern African country's independence this week, President Issaias Afeworki drew...
Captains Cut Would Help End Crisis On September 4, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R.-Miss.) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R.-Ill.) announced a plan to cut the capital gains tax to resuscitate the ailing economy. Finally there was a faint sign that Republicans were paying attention to the moribund economy....
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo Trade minister Takeo Hiranuma said Tuesday he will candidly report on the state of the Japanese economy, given some favorable signs seen recently, to an upcoming meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. But at the same time,...
When the senior economist at Goldman Sachs did a back-of-the-envelope calculation in November and announced that losses from the subprime mess could force banks to cut back lending by $2 trillion, he certainly got people’s attention. But besides attention-getting, was it right? Some economists and analysts, even those who believe...
How General Motors saved the economy.'' Automotive News, our sister publication, led the front page of its Sept. 2 edition with that attention-getting headline just days before the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. GM deserve How General Motors saved the...
ECONOMY: With 2006 in the rearview mirror, attention is now on what lies ahead for 2007. Here's a breakdown of the key components of the U.S. economy for the year ahead: INTEREST RATES: It's widely expected the Fed will begin lowering short-term interest rates...
WASHINGTON -- He might be out of office, but Alan Greenspan can still cause a stir. A few days after cleaning out his desk at the Federal Reserve, Greenspan last week was already giving private talks on the economy that drew as much attention as his words did during...
WASHINGTON - California officials said they would turn their attention eventually to fuel-economy standards for heavy-duty trucks as part of their effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, after they first focus on cutting carbon dioxide emissions from aWASHINGTON - California officials said they would turn their attention eventually to fuel-economy...
Attention acts as a bridge between awareness and action. If an organization does not pay attention to a particular issue, it will not yield the necessary results. However, the catch is that a leader should pay attention towards the issues where it is actually required. The organization’s head must focus...
This paper examined profits, productivity, and poverty in the United States from 1961 through 2002. Results indicated that the "great divide" thesis regarding the U.S. economy before and after the Reagan administration depends on which measure of the economy is the focus of attention. In addition, on some measures where...
Jun 01, 2003 (Sunday Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Taxation Office ATO says it will scrutinise 85,000 business that operate in the cash economy. Businesses to receive special attention include building and construction firms, used car dealers and restaurants. An ATO...
It's an honor to be here. The invitation left the topic open, so I decided to talk about the New New Economy. I'm not exactly sure what it is yet. The New Economy, of course, is the Internet economy. The New New Economy is going to be...
The following is an edited text of a speech by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Ian Macfarlane to Asian investors recently. THE AUSTRALIAN economy has attracted much favourable attention lately because it has performed so well during the Asian economic and financial crises. But the...
What do the rich read on holiday? J.P. Morgan has issued its annual summer reading list for private banking clients. Excerpts: * "The Attention Economy"... To "capture and keep the attention of employees, customers and business partners." * ...
Employee transfers are on the rise as companies see hopeful signs in the economy and ramp up global expansion. And relocation firms are eager to meet employers' demands not just for the basics, but for a host of new services-from pet boarding to immigration law to readjustment counseling. Relocation is...
