CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ — While much has been made of the aid the U.S. government has put into helping the economy, commercial property owners nationwide are beset with distressed properties. Help is available to commercial property own…
First session of the day is on ‘Rethinking humanitarian response’ and was again dominated by Haiti. Is it really all as chaotic as the media depicts? If the response was slow, slow compared to what exactly? What are the respective roles of …
One of the big topics of conversation here in Davos is the economy. In panel discussions and hallway conversations, people are talking about the long-term effects of the recession of 2009. While it’s true that we will see lingering unemployment a…
The Government is not doing enough to stop Afghanistan war veterans plunging into alcohol problems, crime and suicide, a mental health charity has warned.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — TracFone Wireless, Inc., America’s largest prepaid cell phone provider, announced its Louisiana launch of SafeLink Wireless®. Introduced in August 2008, SafeLink is the leader in wireless Lifeline servic…
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Analysis of government economic data by The Opportunity Agenda, a New York-based public interest group, finds that national measures of opportunity are in decline and that unequal barriers to opportunity facing women a…
But Struggle to Fill Some Critical Positions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hiring freezes, pay freezes, layoffs, and furloughs top the list of ways that local and state governments are cutting costs, according to an online survey of go…
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Trust in business and government in the United States has improved significantly, according to the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer. Among informed publics(1), trust in U.S. business to do what is right jumped 18 points si…
Thanks very much to TPM for hosting this discussion of Snitching . The book is about the secretive deals that permeate the U.S. criminal system, in which offenders can avoid liability or punishment by giving the government information.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The United States is doing little to defend the planet against potentially devastating asteroids and is not doing the basic searches that Congress has ordered, according to a report released on Friday.