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Made-in-Massachusetts movie action in 2010?

With Gov. Deval Patrick’s latest budget proposal slotted to restrict tax credits for the film industry–slashed to $50 million a year for 2010 and 2011–expect a meaner and leaner film-production season in 2010.Yep, say “bye-bye” to big-budget flicks w…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Discharged veterans with PTSD win benefits

More than 4,300 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who were diagnosed in service as suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder but got low military disability ratings have won an agreement with the Department of Defense to upgrade those ratings re…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

College Basketball Betting: Vanderbilt at Kentucky

The Kentucky Wildcats have to regroup in a hurry. Just like that, UK went from being the only undefeated team in the country to second place in the SEC East.
The Wildcats will have a chance to do something about that Saturday in a home game against the…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

The Conference Board(R) Australia Business Cycle Indicators(SM)

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia declined 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in November.
The Conference Board LEI fo…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(TM) (LEI) for the Euro Area Increases Again in December

BRUSSELS, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.9 percent in December to 106.6 (2004 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in November and a 0.4 percent increase in October. Si…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Governments must act decisively to prevent the extinction of tigers in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region, where numbers have plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years, the WWF said yesterday.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

Recession over: UK posts 0.1 pct growth in Q4

Britain’s worst recession since World War II is over, official statistics confirmed Tuesday, but the economy remains in the recovery room after managing only feeble growth of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Text HEAL to Donate to Haiti’s Recovery

100% to PADF-OAS-HUFH relief efforts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — People can donate $5 to Haiti’s relief and recovery by texting HEAL to 50555, with 100 percent of the money going to those efforts, the non-profit Pan American Developm…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

College Basketball Betting: No. 6 Duke at No. 16 Clemson

Duke and Clemson are currently the two highest-ranked teams in the ACC, but both enter Saturday night’s game off a loss and the loser of this one falls to 3-3 in the conference and faces a major uphill challenge to win the regular-season ACC title

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

The Conference Board(R) Germany Business Cycle Indicators(SM)

BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany declined 0.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.1 percent in November.
The Conference Board LEI for …

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
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