Minnesota on Pace for Surplus Followed by Red Ink
Byline: Yvette Shields CHICAGO a Minnesota expects to close out its current budget cycle with a $1.3 billion balance but faces headwinds going into its next two-year cycle with a looming $1.1 billion...
View ArticleHome Values Creep Up
Byline: Ben Hurley Dec 06, 2012 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Commentators do not expect residential property to create wealth in 2013, despite a moderate recovery in the market. RP Data-Rismark estimates...
View ArticleConn. Eyes Emergency Credit Line
Byline: Paul Burton As Connecticut's estimated budget deficit continues to rise, state officials are prepared to tap a line of credit to fund daily operations if needed. Gov. Dannel Malloy on Tuesday...
View ArticleDASNY Board Approves $175M of New Financings
Byline: Tonya Chin The board of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York on Wednesday approved approximately $175 million in financings for healthcare, higher education, and non-profit...
View ArticleShuster: LaHood Likely to Stay on Next Year
Byline: Kyle Glazier WASHINGTON a U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will likely stick around at least for next year, according to the newly minted chairman of next Congressa House Committee on...
View ArticlePerseus Asks Investors for Patience
Byline: Peter Ker Dec 06, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Mark Calderwood, CEO of the listed Perseus Mining, on 6 December 2012 told the Melbourne Mining Club investors in gold...
View ArticleBrief Day in the Sun for Jobs Growth
Byline: Glenda Kwek Dec 06, 2012 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has highlighted the latest unemployment figures, showing a decline month-on-month...
View ArticleConditions Spark Most Strike Action
Byline: Pip Freebairn and Julie-Anne Sprague Dec 06, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicate that the number of work days lost to...
View ArticleElisabeth Murdoch: A Beautiful Life
Byline: Ben Holgate and Joanna Heath Dec 06, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Dame Elisabeth Murdoch has died aged 103 at the family's "Cruden Farm" estate near Melbourne....
View ArticleChangeover China Needs
Byline: Alan Carroll Dec 06, 2012 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The majority of the 25 members of the inner sanctum of China's Politburo Standing Committee are competent. The country's new leaders are...
View ArticleGorgon Cost Blows out to $52Bn
Byline: Angela Macdonald-Smith Dec 06, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The cost of the Gorgon LNG project has risen by 40 per cent to $US52 billion. About $US5 billion of...
View ArticleNAB Prices $1Bn Securitisation
Byline: Jonathan Shapiro Dec 06, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Securitisation now accounts for more than $A14bn in fresh capital sourced during calendar 2012 by Australian...
View ArticleFigures Expose Soaring Rate of Aboriginal Women in Prison
Byline: Rachel Browne Dec 06, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The new "Prisoners in Australia" study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows growth of 20% in the...
View ArticleMining and Healthcare Top the List
Byline: Eric Johnston Dec 06, 2012 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- East Coles has issued its latest survey on the reputations of listed companies among Australia's leading fund managers. The results...
View ArticleStrike Days Double in Construction since Fair Work Act
Byline: Ben Schneiders Dec 06, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten rejects claims the Fair Work Act is to blame for an increase in...
View ArticleMove over Silicon Valley
Byline: Ben Hurley Dec 06, 2012 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia is generally seen as lacking a nurturing environment for business start-ups. However, Startup Genome ranks Sydney 12th with regard...
View ArticleFirm Hand ; the Ability to Be Firm When Required to Is a Vital Skill Managers...
It is a perplexing anomaly. The corporate world is seemingly full of confident people, as suggested by their body language. Yet there are plenty of managers who have trouble asserting themselves. The...
View ArticleOn Record/Parliament Deadlock over FDI in Retail ; When McDonald's and Pizza...
When McDonald's and Pizza Hut came, they (the opposition) protested saying business would go But Nathu sweets, Bikanerwala shops have flourished and expanded Anand Sharma, Commerce and Industry...
View ArticleStiff Target ; PepsiCo India Will Have to Work Hard to Justify the High Price...
PepsiCo India has won the title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament from 2013 to 2017, with its bid of Rs 396.8 crore. Is it paying too much at a time when...
View ArticleLow Equilibrium Trap ; the Indian Economy Is Set for Its Worst Performance in...
The exultant reaction over a handful of economic measures in mid- September has given way to the resigned awareness that, in the near term, the economy is jammed - between a government struggling to...
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