Archive for December, 2009

The Great American Apparel Diet, Women Commit to Collectively Abstain from Apparel Purchases for One Year

Seattle—It’s no secret that in these hard economic times people have been creative about how to approach their “post bull market” lives. In Seattle a group of women have launched The Great American Apparel Diet—an online community that demands abstaining from apparel purchases for one year. Members are blogging about their experiences, trading ideas on [...]

Unemployment rate in times of crisis: taking a look at Eastern Europe

across all Eastern Europe have been on an increasing trend from the beginning of 2009 and there are no strong signs of healthy recovery.
According to most recent data from Eurostat, Latvia registers the highest unemployment rate in European Union, with nearly 21% of its active population* currently being in search of a job. Latvia is [...]

China’s economic recovery gathers pace

China has shown further signs of economic recovery with factory output surging and its export slump easing.
Industrial output in November rose to its strongest position since June 2007, rising 19.2% from a year earlier.
Consumer prices also grew year-on-year in November for the first time in 10 months. The index rise of 0.6% beat analysts’ expectations [...]

Top Performing Stocks > Best Stock Performers – Emerging Hot Stock Picks at MomentumStockPick.com

Experienced stock traders and investors recognize that trading hot stocks

with momentum is among the fastest & most effective ways to harvest BIG piles of cash in the stock market

.
Why? Because certain stocks with momentum bring the posibility of gaining as much as 100% on the same trading day. Some may only rise 10% on [...]

EU summit struggles to agree climate pledge

EU delegates have been working through the night to try to hammer out how much aid the bloc will give to developing nations to tackle global warming.
On the first day of a two-day summit in Brussels EU leaders had wanted to agree a joint offer of about 6bn euros ($9bn; £5.5bn) over three years.
But analysts [...]

Best Stocks to Buy > How to Pick Good Hot Stocks Today – Emerging Picks at MomentumStockPick.com

Experienced stock traders and investors recognize that trading hot stocks

with momentum is among the fastest & most effective ways to harvest BIG piles of cash in the stock market.
Why? Because certain stocks with momentum bring the posibility of gaining as much as 100% on the same trading day. Some may only rise 10% on [...]

President Barack Obama announces job creation plan

US President Barack Obama has outlined a number of proposals aimed at boosting employment, including winding up the $700bn (£425bn) US bank bail-out fund.
Mr Obama said the remaining money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) could be used to facilitate lending to small businesses.
Speaking at the Brookings Institution think tank, he also called for [...]

Michigan Economy Troubles Hit Michigan Students

After a long debate over the Michigan Budget, legislators have chosen a budget that may be bad news for the hundreds of thousands of students that attend schools at Michigan; no Michigan Promise.
Earlier this year, in August, students found that their Michigan Promise Scholarship, a scholarship that rewards students who take the MME, would no [...]

New Site Offers A New Concept For Unlimited Posting Of Your Events Ads and Articles

Unlimited postings of events, ads and articles are the keywords to remember from the recently launched Site595. The relatively new site offers unlimited postings of current events, ads and articles for individuals, businesses, chambers of commerce and cities to promote their area and regions. For a minimal monthly registration fee of $5.95 per month, individuals [...]

Guinea junta arrests 60 for ‘trying to kill Camara’

Alleged plotters who tried to kill Guinea’s junta leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara are being “hunted down” and arrested, the military government says.
Junta spokesman Idrissa Cherif stated that  more than 60 people had been held over last week’s assassination attempt.
Other reports say troops are torturing and killing people and residents of the capital, Conakry, are [...]