Here are further glimpses of the Davos kaleidoscope.
First, my friend Moises Naim, editor of Foreign Policy, gave me a new acronym on the global recovery. It is LUV. The L is for the L-shaped recovery of the European economies. The U is for the U-shape…
More than $4 billion remains unclaimed
WASHINGTON , Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Labor today called on states to apply for more than $4 billion in unemployment insurance modernization funding made available through the Amer…
By Chris Giles, the FT’s economics editor
In a recent speech, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England railed against the inconsistencies of national recovery strategies, saying that, “a present there is no political mechanism for achieving…
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The recovery of the national economy and the California economy out of the recession will accelerate this year, marked by increases in incomes, consumer spending and jobs, two economists agreed today …
NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. containerized imports were down 14.8% in third quarter 2009 compared with the same period the prior year, continuing the deceleration that began in second quarter 2009, according to PIERS Trade Horizons.
U.S. …
Aid Agency Expresses Thanks to Corporate Donors; Opens Miami Warehouse
Asks for Partnership and Perseverance Over Extended Recovery & Rebuilding
SEATTLE, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — International aid agency World Vision today offered thanks…
HUMANITARIAN AID GROUP REMOVING DEBRIS FOR KEY AID DELIVERIES
SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — CHF International (CHF), the Silver Spring, MD-based international development and humanitarian assistance organization, today announce…
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.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than a week and a half after Haiti’s deadly earthquake, transport delays are clearing up and signs of recovery are emerging. However, aid groups continue to report challenges at distr…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Following the announced end of search and rescue efforts in Haiti, Mark Fried of international aid agency Oxfam said:
“The end of search and rescue efforts does not mean we can slow down. Relief…