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COLUMN - The radical force of 'Abenomics': Kaletsky
Reuters(Anatole Kaletsky is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Anatole Kaletsky May 17 (Reuters) - The 3.5 percent gross domestic product growth announced by Tokyo on Wednesday suggests that Japan may be the fastest-growing economy in the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Confidence, Money and Monetary Policy, Apple iPhone, Japan
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Can pricey software streamline U.S. Steel?
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteU.S. Steel is spending hundreds of millions of dollars installing powerful software intended to help it manage its business more efficiently, a project that began in 2007 and that chairman and CEO John P. Surma says won't be completed until 2016....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bankruptcy, Environmental Issues
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Economic growth gauge eased last week: ECRI
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A measure of future U.S. economic growth dipped last week, while the annualized growth rate also pulled back, a research group said on Friday. The Economic Cycle Research Institute, a New York-based independent forecasting group,... -
California's unemployment rate drops to 9%
California’s pace of job creation slowed in April, as employers added 10,300 jobs in April, nevertheless pushing the state’s unemployment rate down to 9% from 9.4% the month before. Employers had added twice as many jobs in March as they did...
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Philippine govt pressed on economic reforms
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- After consolidating power during the recent mid-term elections, now is the time for Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to "sink his teeth" into substantial reforms to raise the productivity and efficiency...Tags: Benigno Aquino III, Money and Monetary Policy, Philippines, Machine Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering
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M'sia economy expected to pick up in second half
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Asia News NetworkPETALING JAYA (The Star/ANN) -- Despite the disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) year-on-year figures in the first quarter of 2013, Malaysia's economic growth is expected to improve in the second half of 2013. Analysts said the economy would...Tags: Malaysia, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Indicator, Investments
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded community standards against hard core...Tags: Government, Washington, DC, The Washington Post, Government Debt, U.S. Congress
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S.D. Drought Tool indicates limited improvement
The South Dakota NRCS is employing its grazing land drought tool to monitor developing rangeland drought conditions across the state. The tool evaluates precipitation data over a 24-month period to compare expected peak grassland productivity to what is...Tags: Droughts, Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters
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BRIEF: Fallin's energy conference coming to Tulsa
Tulsa WorldGov. Mary Fallin will bring her third annual Governor's Energy Conference to Tulsa in October, her office announced Thursday. The conference will be Oct. 9 at the Tulsa Convention Center. This year's event will focus on workforce development and...Tags: Government, Politics, Regional Authority, Energy, Mary Fallin
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China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans-sources
ReutersBy Kevin Yao BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus for fear it could worsen local...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sailing, Government Debt, Xi Jinping, Money and Monetary Policy
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COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Washington Post, Credit and Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, Thomson Corporation
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Local employers launch national effort to fight depression in workplace
The Akron Beacon JournalA locally based coalition of employers has launched a national effort to combat depression in the workplace. Employers Health joined with the American Psychiatric Foundation's Partnership for Workplace Mental Health for an initiative to help companies...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Issues
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