Officials seek public input on budgets
Source: The Boston Globe
Watertown :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 00:58:43 -0700 | business-news
Town Manager Michael Driscoll's proposed general budget is set at $107 million, plus $15 million for water and sewer operations, which are handled separately. Driscoll's report on his spending plan for the year starting July 1 anticipates Watertown will collect...
Consumer Corner: Digitizing eating out
Source: United Press International
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 02:33:47 -0700 | business-news
Digitizing eating out Shot of the show floor during the 2012 National Restaruant Association Show. (Courtesy NRA). May 19 (UPI) -- Choosing a restaurant used to be a simple decision: fancy or casual; Italian, Chinese or American; kids or no...
Gallup: Family of four needs an average $58,000 a year
Source: United Press International
Princeton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 22:44:07 -0700 | business-news
The federal poverty level for a U.S. family of four is just under $24,000, but most say a family of four needs $58,000 on average to "get by," a survey says. Gallup's April 11-14 Economics and Finance poll found 29...
The Zombies Have It: Hyundai Expands 'Walking Dead' Deal
Source: Forbes
San Diego :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 22:43:19 -0700 | business-news
After this summer, Hyundai will see one nifty product-placement platform disappear but is doubling down on another. USA Network's Burn Notice will end but Hyundai's relationship with AMC's mega-hit The Walking Dead will continue and expand in a number of...
Student debt weighs on overall economy
Source: USA Today
Anderson :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:57:30 -0700 | business-news
EDT May 19, 2013 The loans that gave college students the funds they needed to move forward in life are now holding them back. Mary Knauff would like to start saving money, for retirement or for some future spending. But...
Here's How A Successful Lawyer Knew For Sure She Was A Sociopath
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:41:52 -0700 | business-news
A law professor and attorney has written a new book about what it's like to be a diagnosed sociopath who's never killed anybody and excels at her job. " Confessions of A Sociopath " by M.E. Thomas, a pseudonym, reveals...
What's in millennials' wallets? Fewer credit cards
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 19:31:16 -0700 | business-news
Ringed by the posh shops of Beverly Center, Tim Ratliff said no he didn't have a credit card. He didn't need one. "I just hear so many horror stories about people being in debt," said Ratliff, 21, who studies psychology...
Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests
Source: Chicago Tribune
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:32:14 -0700 | business-news
The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth, long stashed in hundreds of domestic trusts and at least...
Intra-country trade ?will strengthen Islamic states?
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-18 17:22:02 -0700 | business-news
Fath Al-Rahman Yusuf Sunday 19 May 2013 Last Update 19 May 2013 2:41 am Islamic banking now can boast a solid infrastructure and this will surely help it to push forward in international banking operations, says Ahmed Mohammed Ali, president...
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PHL COMPANIES JOIN HORTI ASIA 2013 IN BANGKOK
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Lucena :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-19 00:21:27 -0700 | business-news
The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that officials from the Department of Agriculture and representatives of four private Philippine agri-business companies participated in the Horti Asia 2013, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 09...
The Guardian: Egypt experiencing worst economic crisis since depression of thirties half of ...
Posted by: Fury60
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 22:21:31 -0700 | business-news
Egypt suffers from the worst economic crisis in its modern history since the crisis of the global recession in the thirties of the last century, so the description of former Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan, and an economist Galal Amin...
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Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:15:19 -0700 | business-news
Take a cab without carrying cash Running low on cash but in need of a cab? If you've found yourself in this admittedly frustrating situation, try Flywheel formerly known as Cabulous which lets you hail a city cab while paying...
Treasury claims banks 'safer in UK'
Source: BBC
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-18 17:05:08 -0700 | business-news
The latest UK government paper on the impact of Scottish independence will claim the UK is better placed to manage the risk of a financial crisis. The Treasury will publish its analysis of financial services on Monday. It will say...
British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks
Source: International Herald Tribune
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 01:48:44 -0700 | business-news
An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and Cyprus. The document, to be...
FELIX ZULAUF: Stocks Remind Me Of Gold And They Could See A 'Quick And Painful Adjustment'
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 15:58:22 -0700 | business-news
This is not to say that there aren't things we should worry about. "I am troubled to see that forward earnings has been stuck around its record high of $115 for the past nine weeks," wrote market guru Ed Yardeni...
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