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Date: 2008-12-10 22:53:05

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Tax cuts aren't working to improve Ohio's economy, group says

The sweeping tax cuts that Ohio enacted in 2005 haven't worked to boost the state economy as promised and should be revisited in the face of the current budget crisis, a new report concludes. Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based research ... more jobs in June 2008, three years after tax reform, the report said. Only Michigan fared worse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:39:01

Becoming a Subprime Society

From MarketWatch: Foreclosures could top 8 million: ... to a recent report. Credit Suisse’s fixed-income research team forecast that 8.1 million mortgages ... Credit Suisse More than 8 million mortgages could go into foreclosure in coming years in the wake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 11:35:04

Waiting For the Recession Call

The government’s report on third-quarter economic output should be enough to pinpoint the start of the current recession to sometime in the summer of 2008 at the latest. But the relatively small size of the reported decline — an annualized 0.3 ... Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, hasn’t weighed in formally yet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:56:58

Recessions, Business Cycles and Looking Forward

Forecasting cyclical turning points in the economy (and inflation) is job one at the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) ... in a November 2007 report, “the leading indexes are not yet in a recessionary configuration, thus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:59

Gap year grannies’ dreams dashed

If you are dreaming of spending your retirement travelling, you may be in for a shock. New research from the fifth annual Scottish Widows UK Pensions Report suggests that funds will often be sorely lacking when it comes to crunch time. Scottish Widows has found the over 50s are one of the groups hardest hit by the credit crunch in terms of saving for retirement , despite pensions savings increasing overall since last year. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 15:32:42

RECESSIONS, BUSINESS CYCLES AND LOOKING FORWARD

Forecasting cyclical turning points in the economy (and inflation) is job one at the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) ... in a November 2007 report, ECRI explained that "the leading indexes are not yet in a recessionary [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:49:26

Foundations of Crisis

Foundations of Crisis Posted by Roger on January 14th 2009 Guest Article By Doug Casey, Chairman, The Casey Report, Casey Research, LLC. Everybody wants predictions. The following article does [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:50:29

The General Electric Unit Sale: Obama’s Energy Plan to the Rescue?

Why sell a business just when its prospects could improve? ... to work. As Credit Suisse’s Nicole Parent noted in a Dec. 9 research report, GE [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 10:01:00

Leading Indicators at 33 Year Low, Consumer Sentiment Drops Most on Record

The Economic Cycle Research Institute ECRI reports Weekly Leading Index Growth at 33-yr Low ... the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell every trading day but two so far this month, the credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 05:52:00

Research Oracle roundup for 14 January 2009

Earning Release HDFC Bank Ltd. (NYSE:HDB) reported healthy growth in Net Interest Income (NII) ... positive, we anticipate near term weakness in credit offtake, as well as rising default rates, due ... price when we revalue the bank in our next update report. Therefore, although the target price derived [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:12:58

The General Electric Unit Sale: Obama?s Energy Plan to the Rescue?

Why sell a business just when its prospects could improve? ... to work. As Credit Suisse’s Nicole Parent noted in a Dec. 9 research report, GE [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 10:01:00

The CEO's Guide tp Derivatives

I found this while doing some research on this financial crisis ... Credit Swaps, Securitized Instruments of Debt, or other derivatives posed to their companies. Or how illiquid they really were. In doing this research, I came upon Warren Buffet's 2002 Annual Report [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:45:00

Nuclear warning to taxpayers, investors, part 2

By Joseph Romm Part 1 presented a new study that puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per ... great. A June 2008 report PDF by Moody's Investor Services Global Credit Research, "New Nuclear Generating Capacity: Potential Credit Implications for U.S. Investor Owned Utilities" (PR here PDF [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:44:19

Pockets of Potential…

… is the title of a report that was just released by The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. The report “draws on interviews with a cross-section of research, policy, and industry experts to illustrate how mobile technologies such as cell phones, iPod devices, and portable gaming platforms [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:41:28

U.S. Bleeding Jobs; Wall Street Doesn't Seem to Mind

On Friday, December 5, 2008 the U.S. Department of Labor reported a sharp loss of 533,000 jobs in the month of November ... to the National Bureau of Economic Research, today's recession began at December 2007. Friday's report ... that reverberated through credit markets has now debilitated the able-bodied worker. Indeed, labor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 12:56:06

Research Oracle roundup for 12 December 2008

Earning Release Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL) ... update report. Therefore, we hold a muted outlook over the near-tomedium term and maintain our current ... . As we expect a significant positive currency impact on the Canadian stock over the medium term, we maintain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:48:03

What’s the minimum you can survive on?

What’s the minimum amount of money that someone living in Britain needs? ... it up). This is provided through Pension Credit, and the research found that universal services from free bus ... The new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, “A Minimum Income Standard for Britain“ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 08:10:23

There’s no Secret to Niche Marketing

niche marketing secret Over the past several years I’ve been profiting from small, niche mini-sites ... report, but I will tell you the basics: 1. keyword research and competition analysis are crucial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:27:55

Will solar power ever be as cheap as coal?

“Solar power is the energy of the future – and always will be ... to a new report by FBR Capital Markets, an investment bank, and market researcher Solarbuzz. Evidence [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 17:12:20

New blame emerges for mortgage crisis

Researches from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have issued a report blaming the 2005 bankruptcy reform act for our current mortgage crisis ... . They say that the legislation, (which forced more well-to-do households, filing for bankruptcy, to file under Chapter 13 instead of Chapter 7), took the risk away from credit card lenders, shifting it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:03:02

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Nov 21

Clinton on track for secretary of state post: reports 21 Nov 2008 at 5:34am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y ... Fuel Gauge Report. Prices edged down two cents to $1.99 a gallon on Friday. Gasoline sold for $2.86 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 12:55:38

Economy Weakens PC, Chip Sales

Things are not looking good for PC and chip manufacturers as consumers held back on electronics purchases during the holidays ... for the first time in 6 years in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a new report from IDG ... tightening credit, eroding confidence, and growing unemployment,” said Doug Bell, research analyst [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:37:39

Latest News In Stock Markets Investment Research - Jan 09, 2009

UBS closing offshore accounts of U.S. customers: report 9 Jan 2009 at 5:44am LONDON (MarketWatch) ... U.S. customers may have hidden around $18 billion in undeclared UBS accounts, the report added [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:02:49

Obama Still Plans Middle Class Tax Cuts

Despite sharp criticism from some Republicans, President-elect Barack Obama is still planning to provide economic assistance to the middle class via ... economy will contract through the first half of 2009. The National Bureau of Economic Research ... that is at the root of the credit crunch probably deepened, another report due on Dec. 30 may show. The [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 17:28:20

The Early Bird: December 2, 2008

It's Official: Recession Is Here The National Bureau of Economic Research's conclusion that the U.S ... housing crisis is far from over. The credit reporting agency TransUnion LLC reports that the percentage ... Monday. Of the key indicators measured by the bureau, manufacturing slowed, jobs were cut, and real [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:15:28

NanoNews

David RejeskiDirectorProject on Emerging Nanotechnologies Abstract:The National Research Council (NRC), which carries out studies for the U.S. National Academies, released a report in December that highlights the significant shortfalls ... posed by engineered nanomaterials - a backbone of worldwide innovation. The NRC report, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:33:00

source: Mmegi Business ReporterBusiness Monitor International (BMI), which is facilitated by British global market researcher Companiesandmarkets ... of the ongoing financial turmoil on global markets and resultant credit crunch.A recent report by the Pan ... of the current economic difficulties,” BMI said in its Botswana Mining Report Q4 2008. In the repo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:36:06

Apartment Landlords Find What Goes Up, Does Come Down

Housing Slump Stoked Rise in Tenants, But Now Rental Concessions AboundJANUARY 7, 2009, ... research firm Reis Inc. show that effective rents, which includes free rent and other landlord ... report Wednesday projecting no growth in apartment rent for 2009.Even cities that posted healthy rent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:42:00

FDA Gives Light Scrutiny to Investigators’ Financial Ties

The FDA should do a lot more to police potential conflicts of interest among researchers conducting clinical trials of experimental drugs and medical devices, a government watchdog says. Read the report, out today ... 07. They found that 42% of approved applications were missing financial information, and only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:31:58

Poll: 11 percent say Bush will be remembered as above average president

The news comes the latest poll from the Pew Research Center ... at least a fair amount of credit for preventing more terror attacks." The report provides a fairly ... . A bright spot for Bush: "In the final year of his presidency, even as his approval rating [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 21:57:25

Best Buy: Piper Upgrades; Sees Benefit From Rival’s Pain

Piper Jaffray retail analyst Mitchell Kaiser this morning raised his rating on Best Buy (BBY) ... s near-term prospects; credit research firm Gimme Credit on Friday cut its credit rating ... . Tomorrow morning, Best Buy will report results for its fiscal third quarter ended in November; today [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:36:12

US Mortgage Crisis: Fannie and Freddie. Give Away the Farm

Dandelion Salad by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown Global Research, August 7, 2008 webofdebt ... of Fannie and Freddie securities. According to a July 21 report by Heather Timmons in The New York ... ? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose of Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 18:07:41

To Sell or To Lease...That is the Question

The good thing about making a move in this real estate market is that there are lots of good deals out there ... you request a credit report as well as personal and landlord references.Then, read through the State of Michigan Tenant/Landlord Handbook to research and become familar with your responsibilities as a landlord [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:05:00

Ask the Administrator: Institutional Research

An occasional correspondent writes: Let's say you get a piece of paper with a report, pie chart, etc.on it that presents some pieces of information.  Maybe it's from the registrar, saying [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:09:00

Another Great Depression

[JR: It took the U.S. government and all the professional(???) ... pondering.The National Bureau of Economic Research reckons that the present recession began in December ... more than 30,000 cuts."The monthly unemployment report is prepared by the Bureau of Labor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:28:00

Research Oracle roundup for 06 January 2009

News AerCap Holdings N.V.’s (NYSE:AER) NYSE stock price has appreciated 56.6%% since our last update report, reflecting a single day increase of 47.8% on 05 January 2009 ... levels. We will reassess our rating and target price in our next update report, once the company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:35:29

Researching Real Estate - Austin, Tx

Researching Real Estate - Austin, Tx Filed under: Anything Goes When researching property in the area, ... . For a foreign national to be eligible, they need to present an International Credit Report, copies ... map search facility for different kinds of Austin, Texas real estate. Sellers can list [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 19:39:33

DEBT DEFAULTS

DEBT DEFAULTS With the performance of the stock market over 2008, ... interest-bearing investments are safer, there are still risks. A report entitled “Default and Recovery Rates of Canadian Corporate Issuers, 1989-2007” was published last year by Moody’s Credit Research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:04:18

IMF Speaks

On Monday, the IMF released a new research “note” entitled “Fiscal Policy for the Crisis, ... the global consensus is moving. Seen in this light, the IMF report confirms the general movement toward [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 04:14:56

The Federal Reserve Abolition Act

By Stephen Lendman Global Research | On June 15, 2007, Ron Paul introduced HR 2755: Federal Reserve Abolition Act ... an 18-month period, submit a report to Congress “containing a detailed description of the actions taken ... uncompleted or unresolved as of the date of the report.” On November 22, “End the Fed” protests were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 05:36:47

Research Oracle roundup for 16 January 2009

Earning Release Although LG Display Co., Ltd.’s (NYSE:LPL) ... and rating in our 4Q 08 and FY 2008 update report. As we continue to expect a negative currency impact ... update report. News Aegon N.V.’s (Aegon N.V) common stock has declined significantly since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:29:36

Crisis Analyses Must Assume We’re All Idiots By WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Crisis Analyses Must Assume We’re All Idiots By WALTER E ... and free markets. Professor David Henderson, a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, writes about regulation in “Are We Ailing From Too Much Deregulation?” in the Cato Policy Report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:22:51

Research Oracle roundup for 02 January 2009

News Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited’s (NYSE:AEM) NYSE common stock price has increased significantly since our previous update report dated 16 ... positive currency impact on the Canadian stock over our investment horizon, we maintain our SELL [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:17:27

Tuesday morning -- and we're in a recession

As Sacramento Bee reporter Dale Kasler noted in his lead paragraph this morning: "No kidding" to the news yesterday from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the country's ... that Henry Paulson and company don't know why credit markets have frozen. Is it because the banks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:54:33

Research Oracle roundup for 15 January 2009

Earning Release Shaw Communications Inc.’s (NYSE:SJR) ... the quarter. As we will likely revise our estimates downwards in our next update report in line ... rating, we are rating it a SELL and we will be reviewing our target price in our next update report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:34:17

Library groups step up criticism of Google settlement; FTC jumps in; Google agrees to draw up privacy policy

Norman Oder of Library Journal reports: In a flurry of comments filed with the federal court New York overseeing the proposed Google Book Search settlement, library groups have stepped up their criticism, joined by several industry heavyweights. On the other side, a variety of supporters have emerged, notably smaller academic institutions that believe that the institutional subscription database (ISD) would be a far better deal than having to try to match a major research library. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-03 22:39:28

Surprising Health Benefits of Super Hero Foods

According to the American Association for Cancer Research, eating more grains, nuts and meats, may help prevent bladder cancer. The reason? ... for producing anti-cancer effects. If you suffer from chronic sinusitis, load up on honey.  A Canadian ... place. I love the Italians.  Italian scientists report that eating a small square of dark chocolate each [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 15:40:15

Gwyn Morgan in today’s Globe and Mail - support Angel investing!

Today in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, founder and former CEO of EnCana Gwyn Morgan discussed what the government is or should be doing ... ventures that contain the seeds to grow into a Canadian global success, a prime example being Research ... requires an act of faith. Unfortunately, Canadian personal tax law provides investors with as much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:26:38

Obama talks stimulus. He hopes you are listening

The spate of retailers reporting devastating December sales this morning provided a nice backdrop for President-elect Obama's speech in Virginia ... that lower interest rates aren't getting the job done because credit markets are screwy and that tax ... , the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Brookings Institution. He argued that fiscal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:11:11

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