Mortgage giants still struggle - Courier-Post
WASHINGTON — A year after the near-collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants remain dependent on the government for survival with no end in sight. The companies, created by the government to ensure the availability of home loans
Russia’s one-factory towns struggle to survive - Yahoo News
YASNOGORSK, RUSSIA – Three decades ago, the Yasnogorsk Machine-Building Factory stamped out thousands of pounds of steel and iron into parts for wagons, pumps and locomotives for Russia’s mining industry. Yasnogorsk is one of about 500 communities
High-end crystal and glassware industry in high demand in India - New Kerala
By Sunil Sharma, Chandigarh, Sept.6 : Dynamic lifestyle and a growing brand-consciousness among people in India has boosted the demand for high-end glassware and crystals. The expanding hotel and tourism industry has also generated robust demand for
Concert industry weathering U.S. recession - United Press International
DETROIT, Sept. 6 (UPI) — The U.S. concert industry is still going strong amid the ongoing recession as some fans simply wait until the last minute to buy tickets, analysts say. Rick Franks, Detroit head of the Live Nation promotional group
Fund industry’s fairness on trial - Marketwatch
Jerome Dodson, manager of Parnassus Workplace Fund, says companies that rate as the best places to work often make the ideal stocks. Jonathan Burton reports. The way mutual fund fees are set may hinge on the case of Jones v. Harris Associates, which
Life settlements: Still no dice - Reuters Blogs
The NYT has an excellent article on the life settlement industry, explaining its pros and cons in a balanced and clear-eyed manner. If you’re interested in such things, you should read it: it was written by Charles Duhigg, and published in December
Merc jobs stay - Fond du Lac Reporter
Public officials this week will be releasing the details of incentive packages offered to Mercury Marine to keep the industry in Fond du Lac. At a press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, City Manager Tom Herre and County Executive Al
IT security: From cottage industry to organised crime - AME Info
But although it will never be possible to protect a company fully from these threats, with the right processes, technologies and services in place IT heads can bring the dangers down to an acceptable level for a reasonable (although not insubstantial
Iowa: Industry defends grisly business - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
IOWA CITY — Paul Lasley cringed when he heard about an undercover video showing unwanted chicks being tossed alive into a grinder at an Iowa hatchery. The images were upsetting, to be sure, but as someone who grew up on a farm, Lasley knows that
Harvey Wasserman - OpEdNews.com
One of the biggest lies ever told in American industrial history is that “no one died at Three Mile Island.” In the frenzy to get public funding for still more nuclear reactors, some industry backers now say no one has ever been killed by the nuclear
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