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EconWatch.com > January 30, 2010

Polish President honors UAE Minister of Economy | UAE Ministry of ...

[ExcitingAds! AME Info Latest News] Mr Al Mansouri said the UAE and Poland will strengthen bilateral trade relations by leveraging the investment environments in both countries. On the four-day official visit, he met with senior officials and more than 55 leading Polish entrepreneurs, who expressed their interest in investing in the UAE.

Governor says Florida economy percolating, wants 4 percent budget ...

[Post on Politics] With home sales up and migration into the state climbing, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist pronounced today that Florida was emerging from a historically sluggish economy as he proposed a state budget increase for the first time since 2006.

Posted at 05:04 PM

January 30, 2010

Polish President honors UAE Minister of Economy | UAE Ministry of ...

Posted at 05:08 PM

Governor says Florida economy percolating, wants 4 percent budget ...

Posted at 05:04 PM

January 29, 2010

Be smart: Jobs first, smart economy second | Stephen Kinsella

[Stephen Kinsella] But like most nice ideas, when exposed to reality, the smart economy just breaks down. The smart economy as a concept takes no notice of the detail: who is looking for what type of job right now, and how long will it take those people to train for new ones?

Posted at 02:35 PM

cryptogon.com » UK Economy Lies 'On Bed of Nitroglycerine'

[cryptogon.com] The government’s hopes of claiming credit for reviving the British economy suffered a severe blow today when the world’s biggest buyers of bonds warned that the UK was a “must to avoid” for his investors as its debt was “resting on a bed of nitroglycerine”.

Posted at 02:35 PM

January 27, 2010

Air New Zealand unveils first lie-down economy bed | World BB News

[World BB News] When it comes to a long-haul flight to New Zealand, the thought of 24 hours in an up-right economy seat is enough to make anyone shudder. But economy-class passengers will soon have the chance to lie flat like their envied fellow travellers in business and first.

Posted at 07:07 PM

In the App Economy, Newspapers are Apps | Maya Baratz | Voices ...

[Voices on All Things Digital] In this past fall’s Web 2.0 Summit conference, Mark Pincus, CEO of social gaming startup Zynga, declared Web 3.0 the “app economy”–a web in which people use apps to consume and share things, the way we do using Facebook and the iPhone. Sure, it was an easy argument to make by someone working in an industry that lends itself to profiting off of standing on the shoulders of a giant (in this case, Facebook).

Posted at 07:05 PM

January 26, 2010

UK economy: growing again, but only just | Money Supply | FT.com

[Money Supply] The top economics writers at the Financial Times share insights into the global economy, and the central bankers and policymakers who shape it. Economics blog with data, graphics and video.

Posted at 07:05 PM

BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: Economy growing: No champagne flowing

[Whatanews4u.Sports] Stephanie Flanders said on her blog that the recovery is not statistically significant, although she hasn't provided the figures to back that up. But if it's true, as seems likely, then when the figure for growth is as close to zero as this, then the only honest interpretation of the statistics is that we don't actually know whether the economy is growing slightly, shrinking slightly, or staying the same.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 23, 2010

Congress Sacks Samoan Economy :: Liberty Maven

[Liberty Maven» Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time] In addition, rather than boasting a pro-business agenda that encourages entrepreneurship, as I had argued, Polish citizens have pointed out to me that the labor laws in Poland are still far more restrictive than those of Western Europe (a pretty stodgy place itself). I also appeared to have given the government a pass for the corrupt manner in which the state’s industries were privatized following the fall of communism.

Posted at 05:05 PM

Obama to talk economy, new jobs in hard-hit battleground state ...

[Top News] I mean, for businesses other than the ones he selects as "favored" and not targeted for destruction by his reckless, economically-illiterate government?And he wonders why unemployment remains stuck.This man and his party need to be removed from Washington as soon as possible if there is to be any hope for recovery in the near future.

Posted at 05:04 PM

January 22, 2010

The Economy (Continued)

[The Newest Deal | Updates on the Post-Election Siege of Iran] First it was announced that foreign investment was down 96%. Then Ahmadinejad declared that three zeros would be dropped from Iran's rial currency, which Khabar Online labels the world's third weakest currency, .

Posted at 02:35 PM

Caterpillar: A Rebounding Economy Play - DailyFinance

[DailyFinance] Additional positives: A further weakening in the U.S. dollar would boost CAT's international sales by making the company's products cheaper for foreign buyers. A second fiscal stimulus package by the U.S. government (possible) would represent another plus.

Posted at 02:33 PM

January 20, 2010

Baldacci eyes jobs, economy in address - Bangor Daily News

[BangorDailyNews.com - News] Jobs and the state’s budget predicament will undoubtedly be two key themes Thursday night when Baldacci delivers his final State of the State address to lawmakers and the Maine people. The speech, which will be carried live on the stations of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, is scheduled for 7 p.m.But as he did last year, the governor is expected to mix somber talk about the economy with optimistic plans for helping the state recover from the recession by focusing on Maine’s assets.

Posted at 07:08 PM

The Underground Economy: Cash Deals, Prostitution, Drug Dealing ...

[Suite101: Consumer Education Articles] Meanwhile, many European countries have an underground economy engrossing more than one-fifth of their total GDP with Italy being the highest among them as Rahn writes that the Italian Prime Minister estimated nearly 40% of all economic activity was probably unreported.

Posted at 07:05 PM

January 19, 2010

Tough economy pushes library borrowing up - Posted Toronto

[Posted Toronto] Joining Duncan Clark this week: Toronto editor Rob Roberts, columnist Peter Kuitenbrouwer and Marni Soupcoff of the National Post editorial board and Full Comment blog.

Posted at 07:06 PM

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » The App Economy

[The Big Picture] The App business looks like the personal computer of the ’80’s or the internet of the second half of the ’90’s. At some point I have to believe it’s success will cause it to break out from single company usage and reach for ubiquity

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 16, 2010

Grow Small Business Boosts Local Economy with Stimulus Package and ...

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Posted at 05:05 PM

Marginal Revolution: The political economy of earthquakes

[Marginal Revolution] Here's a paper by Nejat Anbarci, Monica Escaleras, and Charles Alan Register: In our theoretical model, we show that as per capita income decreases and the level of inequality increases, .

Posted at 05:04 PM

January 15, 2010

Same-Sex Weddings: Good For The Economy « Alan Colmes' Liberaland

[Alan Colmes' Liberaland] Edmund Egan, chief economist for the city and county of San Francisco, said he based his short-term projections on the revenue generated by more than 5,000 same-sex weddings in San Francisco during the five months in 2008 when gay marriage was legal.

Posted at 02:35 PM

Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats: Sudden cuts could plunge the ...

[Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats] "Nobody doubts that serious budget discipline will be required in the coming years in order for Britain to maintain its credit worthiness, but it's foolish to set a political timetable with no regard for the state of the economy.

Posted at 02:34 PM

January 13, 2010

Poll: Obama's Ratings on Health Care, Economy Drop Lower - The ...

[The Caucus] The poll found 57 percent disapproving of the way Democrats in Congress have dealt with the issue, and 61 percent disapproving of the way Republicans have. Few are satisfied with how the changes under consideration in Congress will expand coverage, control costs, or regulate the health insurance industry.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Haiti's Economy - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com

[Economix] Despite the destruction wreaked by multiple tropical storms in 2008, in many ways Haiti's economy and infrastructure-building seemed to be turning a corner in recent years, aided by international support and debt relief programs.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 12, 2010

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Economy Class ...

[Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes] So if we left Philadelphia at 9, then we won’t get into Denver until 12:45. MY flight leaves at noon.

Posted at 07:06 PM

The Importance And Benefits Of High Fuel Economy | Hotsohbet.com

[Hotsohbet.com] This trend further accentuates the need for every human to purchase more fuel efficient cars. Having an automobile with good fuel economy is not only helpful in saving money, but it is also an integral part of repairing the environment.

Posted at 07:05 PM

January 09, 2010

margo_qu: The Obama economy is so bad...

[The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.] The Obama economy is so bad...that the Chicago mob is laying off the judges. The Obama economy is so bad...that the federal stimulus checks are bouncing.

Posted at 05:06 PM

Church Bombings: Economy and Malaysia's Image Harmed « Din Merican ...

[Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger] Malaysiakini reports: Church Bombings will be harmful to the Malaysian Economy and damaging to Malaysia’s image abroad

Posted at 05:05 PM

January 08, 2010

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » Steve Keen on the modern economy ...

[The Big Picture] As Steve pointed out, all transactions of the commercial banks net to zero in that loans create deposits and loan repayment extinguishes loans. This means that commercial lending increases the money supply (M1, M2, M3) but does not affect non-government net financial assets at all.

Posted at 02:38 PM

What Price a Planned Economy? - Friedrich A. Hayek - Mises Institute

[Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Hayek (1899-1992) was a founding board member of the Mises Institute. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economics with ideological rival Gunnar Myrdal "for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena."

Posted at 02:36 PM

January 06, 2010

Digital Economy Bill: Copyright Holders May Have To State Income ...

[paidContent:UK] The amendment, proposed by Lord Lucas, says that “copyright infringement reports” - which record labels and movie studios would send to to ISPs, detailing instances of alleged abuse by a customer - must also “set out the value of the infringement on the basis described in the initial obligations”.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Action on climate change could help state economy « Michigan Messenger

[Michigan Messenger] Coal-fired power plants generate most of the electricity in Michigan and are the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, so reducing energy use is a powerful way to reduce emissions. Developing new local ways of generating power could also create new jobs.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 05, 2010

Bush's Footprints On The Economy | 1115.org

[1115.org] The Washington Post’s Neil Irwin compares the economy in the 2000s to previous decades, and concludes that “according to a wide range of data,” the last ten years constitute “the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times”.

Posted at 07:08 PM

Bill Totten's Weblog: The Futility Economy

[Bill Totten's Weblog] This will be the theme of American life for the next couple of years as we struggle mightily to escape the confining armor of the Futility Economy and move closer to ways of life that have more of a future. Right now, all the power and authority in our culture has dedicated itself to remaining inside that old armor.

Posted at 07:05 PM

January 02, 2010

Will It Be the Economy, Health care or the Apathetic Handling of ...

[Scared Monkeys] The reason the country is uneasy about the Obama administration’s response to this attack is a distinct sense of not just incompetence but incomprehension. From the very beginning, President Obama has relentlessly tried to play down and deny the nature of the terrorist threat we continue to face.

Posted at 05:06 PM

Southeast Asia - Singapore Economy Recovering After 2009 ...

[Global News Blog Headlines] A British-flagged cargo ship and a chemical tanker from Singapore have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, officials said Saturday.

Posted at 05:04 PM

EconWatch.com > January 30, 2010

Polish President honors UAE Minister of Economy | UAE Ministry of ...

Governor says Florida economy percolating, wants 4 percent budget ...

January 30, 2010

Polish President honors UAE Minister of Economy | UAE Ministry of ...

Governor says Florida economy percolating, wants 4 percent budget ...

January 29, 2010

Be smart: Jobs first, smart economy second | Stephen Kinsella

cryptogon.com » UK Economy Lies 'On Bed of Nitroglycerine'

January 27, 2010

Air New Zealand unveils first lie-down economy bed | World BB News

In the App Economy, Newspapers are Apps | Maya Baratz | Voices ...

January 26, 2010

UK economy: growing again, but only just | Money Supply | FT.com

BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: Economy growing: No champagne flowing

January 23, 2010

Congress Sacks Samoan Economy :: Liberty Maven

Obama to talk economy, new jobs in hard-hit battleground state ...

January 22, 2010

The Economy (Continued)

Caterpillar: A Rebounding Economy Play - DailyFinance

January 20, 2010

Baldacci eyes jobs, economy in address - Bangor Daily News

The Underground Economy: Cash Deals, Prostitution, Drug Dealing ...

January 19, 2010

Tough economy pushes library borrowing up - Posted Toronto

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » The App Economy

January 16, 2010

Grow Small Business Boosts Local Economy with Stimulus Package and ...

Marginal Revolution: The political economy of earthquakes

January 15, 2010

Same-Sex Weddings: Good For The Economy « Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats: Sudden cuts could plunge the ...

January 13, 2010

Poll: Obama's Ratings on Health Care, Economy Drop Lower - The ...

Haiti's Economy - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com

January 12, 2010

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Economy Class ...

The Importance And Benefits Of High Fuel Economy | Hotsohbet.com

January 09, 2010

margo_qu: The Obama economy is so bad...

Church Bombings: Economy and Malaysia's Image Harmed « Din Merican ...

January 08, 2010

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » Steve Keen on the modern economy ...

What Price a Planned Economy? - Friedrich A. Hayek - Mises Institute

January 06, 2010

Digital Economy Bill: Copyright Holders May Have To State Income ...

Action on climate change could help state economy « Michigan Messenger

January 05, 2010

Bush's Footprints On The Economy | 1115.org

Bill Totten's Weblog: The Futility Economy

January 02, 2010

Will It Be the Economy, Health care or the Apathetic Handling of ...

Southeast Asia - Singapore Economy Recovering After 2009 ...

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