Roland talks with US Trade Representative, Ron Kirk about growing small businesses and getting Americans back to work through exports. President Obama has set a goal to double US exports in a effort to help create 2 million jobs. According to Kirk, 97% of companies that export are small businesses. If you have a product […]
From Laurel May @ 944.com: Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop has teamed up with Harvard Law-based think tank, The Jamestown Project to present its fifth annual national discussion tour. These townhall-style meetings will bring together a panel of leading hip-hop activists, artists and experts for public dialogue exploring the possible ways hip-hop’s entrepreneurial spirit […]
From CBSNews.com: WASHINGTON – The reemergence of a Securities and Exchange Commission porn scandal may be political payback for the agency’s fraud suit against Goldman Sachs, some officials suspect.
WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales rose sharply last month and claims for jobless benefits fell last week. The two reports Thursday sketched a picture of a modestly improving economy.
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT’-nur) says the economy is growing faster than the Obama administration expected.
From NYTimes.com: WASHINGTON — President Obama and his wife, Michelle, reported earnings of $5,505,509 in 2009, more than double their 2008 income of roughly $2.6 million, according to tax returns made public on Thursday by the White House.
Both Newsweek and Businessweek have stories about how Obama has restored America’s economy. Businessweek’s story is called “Why The Obama Plan Is Working.”
Although the current recession has not been called a depression, some are already comparing President Obama’s stimulus success to that of Franklin Roosevelt during the great depression. Much like President Roosevelt, President Obama has taken the necessary measures to turn the economy around–and so far it’s working. Annual reports show the Dow Jones industrial average […]
OK, here’s the good news: Â The Economy has turned the corner. Â Our nation created 162,000 new jobs this month, leading to the first period of substantial job growth that we’ve had in a year. Â The unemployment rate has remained stable at 8.8 percent….wait….sorry, that’s the unemployment rate if you are white.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a new government report showing the most jobs created in nearly three years. “We are beginning to turn the corner,” he told employees of a manufacturing plant that received government stimulus money.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month.
From BlackNews.com: Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) – As the economy continues its sluggish recovery, and with unemployment topping 9.7%, many people, especially minorities, have had to find alternative means to support themselves.
