Posts Tagged ‘Business’
President Obama proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan as an effort to jump start the economy. Kwame Holman reports on the tax incentives and the president’s path to create new jobs. Related PostObama’s Infrastructure Plan Aimed at Boosting Economy, Spurring JobsObama: US economy getting better, but not fast enoughHouston unemployment rate decreases, adds 2,700 [...]
Oil giant BP laid much of the blame for the rig explosion and the massive Gulf of Mexico spill on workers at sea, other companies and a complex series of failures in an internal report Wednesday. (Sept. Related PostOil to flow into Mexican Gulf again as BP changes capWildlife Apocalypse: Video of Gulf birds, fish [...]
Chris Wragge discusses the impact of the economy on Labor Day 2010 with Rod Kurtz, executive editor of AOL Small Business. Related PostUS Unemployment rate rises 9.6% in AugustLabor Day Sales 2010: Weekend Sales and DealsLabor Day 2010 Parade kick off at 9:00 am on Sept. 6, Street ClosuresMay Day on the Mall – Lifting [...]
Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website, two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded it shut down the section. (Sept. 4) Related Post‘Craigslist killer’ philip markoff Suspect Likely Suicide (Video)Megan McAllister: Philip Markoff, Former Fiance of Megan McAllister, Found Dead“Craigslist Killer” – Philip Markoff – Is Gambling a Valid Motive?Car [...]
The recall of approximately 41,000 laptops resulting from more than 100 reports of melting laptop cases and minor injuries follows similar issues and recalls from other laptop manufacturers, and illustrates the problem with cramming so much processing power into such a small space. US Consumer Product Safety Commission bulletin, Toshiba is recalling Satellite T135, Satellite [...]
Some of you may mark the Labor Day 2010 weekend 2010 with family gatherings, parades or events while others of you like nothing better than to get some good sales bargains with some Labor Day deals. If you head to Tiger Direct you’ll find details of a 72 hour Labor Day weekend deal event with [...]
The nation’s jobless rate worsened slightly last month, edging up to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent in July, the government said Friday in a report that had little for workers to cheer about this Labor Day weekend. The US economy lost 54,000 net jobs in Aug. as another 114,000 temporary census workers were dismissed from [...]
As difficult as it may be to believe that the government may be the United States, the signing of a further crisis in housing, providing home buyers with little or no down payment mortgages. That is correct. Orders Home buyers can now buy a home with little or no money in his property. Just look [...]
Explosion on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico early today ignited a fire that caused workers to evacuate into the water, but the U.S. Coast Guard said that all the workers survived and there are no oil leaks reported near the platform. An oil production platform exploded has been reported on Thursday [...]
An offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded threw 13 people in the water, injuring one. The explosion torn through the offshore oil rig, west of the Deepwater Horizon tragic oil spill. It happened around 130 kilometres south of the US mainland. Initial reports say that all 13 crew members are in the [...]