Archive for December, 2009
Tibbits named YMCA & JCC CEO, replacing Alexander
The YMCA & JCC of Greater Toledo has named Todd Tibbits as its new president and chief executive officer beginning tomorrow, when Robert Alexander steps down to take a new position as director of the Y’s foundation. Mr. Tibbits, 41, is currently vice …
Read More..>>In Spain, a Soaring Jobless Rate for Young Workers
MADRID ‘” Like hundreds of thousands of other young people, Jesus Pesquero Peñas dropped out of school to go to work when the Spanish economy was booming. But since he was laid off from his construction job two years ago, he has been living on …
Read More..>>The New Homeless: Aspiring Web Developer Ends Up on San Francisco’s …
Earlier this year, the National Alliance to End Homelessness estimated that 1.5 million people would be made homeless over the next two years as a result of the recession. In this series of profiles, DailyFinance speaks with some of the people who …
Read More..>>Poll: Americans Hope For Best In 2010
A girl wears “2010″ glasses in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. WASHINGTON — The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good. That, oddly enough, is the view of many Americans who predict 2010 will be a better year than this one, even if …
Read More..>>Windsor’s Chris Vander Doelen: The year that sunk the McGuinty …
… sucked billions in sales taxes, liquor taxes and business taxes out of provincial coffers, and it will suck millions of dollars out of consumer pockets in the form of higher car insurance rates for those ticketed. The Liberal pursuit of neo …
Read More..>>ASAT Holdings Limited Announces Signing of Agreement for the Sale of …
On September 22, 2009, ASAT Holdings Limited (ASTTY.PK) (the “Company”), a global provider of semiconductor package design, assembly and test services, announced that its Board of Directors had commenced a formal process to seek strategic …
Read More..>>Human Behavior and the Broad Social Trends … Part II
I have been appearing with Jim Willie in a podcast on the unfolding economic scene at www.ContraryInvestorsCafe.com , it is a gas and I will be appearing monthly in a podcast on Jim Willie & Friends, discussing recent Tedbits commentary and unfolding …
Read More..>>Archive for August 2006
How is it that Cabela’s, the sporting goods retailer, could have gotten a ruling from the Idaho Tax Commission that it doesn’t have to charge sales tax on its Internet and catalog sales to Idaho residents even though it now has a store in Idaho …
Read More..>>Hamburg Journal
HAMBURG, Germany ‘” A spectacular new concert hall is rising skyward on the banks of the Elbe River at the end of a pier in the old harbor here. City leaders hope the hall, the Elbphilharmonie , will become a new world landmark on par with the …
Read More..>>FACTBOX: Quotes On Key 2009 U.S. Market Developments
Wall Street is ending 2009 on a strong note after rebounding from the 12-year lows of early March as confidence returned to the markets. The benchmark S&P 500 is up 24 percent, marking its first annual advance in two years. Even so, 2009 was a roller …
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