Microeconomics

Holiday Shopping Trends Reflect Income Inequality


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Obama Details Small Business Lending Initiatives

President Obama, who has declared creating jobs one of his top priorities for 2010, has finally unveiled details of his $30 billion plan to increase small-business lending through community banks.  read more »

Energy Management Startup Hara Nabs Coke as Client

Hara, which makes software for tracking natural resources, is only about 18 months old, but Coke is rolling out the software around the world.  read more »

Opinion: Why South Carolina Doesn't Want 'Stimulus'

America's states are laboratories of democracy. They are both affected by, and relevant to, the larger national debate.  read more »

Local governments struggling to cope with recession

The recession is driving America's city governments into an epic fiscal storm. Unlike earlier downturns, all three big revenue sources — income, property and sales taxes — are falling together.  read more »

The Great American Movie Theater

“So – is movie going dead?” asks North Texas theaterman Jeremy Devine, surveying a packed house one recent weekday afternoon at the Ridgmar outpost of his company, Rave Motion Pictures, in west  read more »

Rice fetches unmatched prices as supplies dip

NEW DELHI: Take note of this period for it could be the last time that rice is coming cheap.  read more »

Bush Meets Democrats on Economic Stimulus Package

President Bush says he is optimistic about reaching agreement with opposition legislators on an economic stimulus package. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the U.S.  read more »

A Quarter Million iPhones Are Unlocked, Apple Admits

About 18 percent of all iPhones sold can use cellular networks other than the approved AT&T service.  read more »

Mom hit with 222G fine for downloading, sharing music

A jury ordered a Minnesota mom who shared rock and pop tunes over the Internet to pay $222,000 to six record labels in a first-of-its-kind ruling yesterday.  read more »

Guantanamo inmates' rights to get fresh look: The Supreme Court will also consider drug sentences, workplace fairness and how le

The Supreme Court today opens a new term that includes a rich mix of cases -- on election law, sentencing in drug cases, executions by lethal injection, age bias in the workplace and the rights of emp  read more »

Why Apple Can't Stop iPhone Hackers

AT&T and Apple may face an uphill battle prosecuting hackers that untether the iPhone from the AT&T wireless network  read more »

Asia: A preference for boys is causing massive headaches in India and China

PALWAL, India--More than 10 clinics and pharmacies line a 200-meter stretch of what is known as "hospital street" here. One clinic stands out from the rest: It is closed.  read more »

Tiny Web radio stations squawk over royalty fees

Internet radio DJs are replacing their eclectic playlists with a "Day of Silence" today, a protest against new royalty rates they say could decimate the fledgling digital broadcasting industry.  read more »

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