Washington Post - Business

One quarter of Lockheed executives take buyout offer [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:19:01 EDT]

Bethesda-based contracting giant Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday that more than 600 executives have taken the company up on an early-exit program that provides financial incentives in exchange for leaving.
Shopping - Associations - Coins - Antiques and Collectibles - World Coins

BP releases report on gulf well blowout [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:48:00 EDT]

BP released a long-awaited report Wednesday on an internal investigation into the causes of its Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout, blaming multiple failures by BP and other firms but absolving its much-criticized well design.
Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - BP - Blowout preventer - United States

Phasing out the incandescent light bulb [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:00 EDT]

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 legislated a reduction of energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. The law provides for phasing out today's general service incandescent light bulbs in favor of lower-wattage, energy saving bulbs. Lighting accounts for about 15 percent of the ele...
Light - Incandescent light bulb - Electrical - Shopping - Bulbs

To consumer advocates, Obama's antitrust enforcement looks like more of the same [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:27:01 EDT]

When President Obama took office, he promised to undo eight years of what he called the weakest antitrust enforcement in half a century. A year and a half later, consumer advocates are still waiting for the crackdown.

Competition law - President - United States - Barack Obama - Google

Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:06:00 EDT]

WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.
Light - Business - Business and Economy - China - Incandescent light bulb

Obama unveils more stimulus, tax breaks for business [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:42:00 EDT]

The president will argue personally Wednesday against extending the Bush-era income tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest families even for a year or two, a message aimed at wavering Democrats who have been swayed by arguments that the economy is too weak to raise anyone's taxes.
Barack Obama - United States - President - Government - History

The bleak truth about unemployment [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:04:01 EDT]

Somewhere between the rantings of the Republican right, which is peddling the nonsense that excessive government spending is to blame for high unemployment, and the Democratic left, which clings to the false hope that another helping of fiscal stimulus is all that is needed to get millions of Ame...
Unemployment - Work - United States - Employment - Religion and Spirituality

Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh files for bankruptcy protection [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 EDT]

Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh, the owner of Pittsburgh's largest hotel, has filed for bankruptcy protection days after Hilton Hotels terminated its franchise license agreement.

United States - Bankruptcy - Law - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms

HP sues ousted CEO Hurd over hiring by rival Oracle [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:40:03 EDT]

An executive's sex scandal. His ouster. A bombastic billionaire competitor who redeemed him. And now a possible court battle over high-tech secrets.
HewlettPackard - Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison

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Obama proposal to fund infrastructure projects may hit election year wall [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:51:03 EDT]

With the nation's bridges and highways crumbling under the weight of age, attempts to pass a new six-year transportation bill have faltered mostly because Congress can't figure out how to pay for it.
Infrastructure - Barack Obama - President - United States - Elections

Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:36:00 EDT]

SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Mobile phone - Shopping - Health - Arts - United States

World stocks rise on hopes that U.S. economy can avoid returning to recession [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:18:00 EDT]

World stocks rise on hopes that the U.S. economy can avoid slipping back into recession, although the International Monetary Fund's chief economist warned of weak growth in the United States and Europe.

Economy of the United States - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities

Oracle hires Mark Hurd as president; Phillips resigns [Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:07:46 EDT]

Oracle Corp., the world's second-biggest software company, said former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd will become a president and member of the board, reporting to CEO Larry Ellison.
Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Databases - Larry Ellison

New council of regulators will take aim at systemic risks [Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:00 EDT]

How's this for a daunting assignment: Monitor the entire financial landscape for risks that could spark another crippling crisis. Identify and supervise firms that could pose those systemic risks. And make sure they never grow so large, complex and leveraged that their failure can wreak havoc acr...
Organizations - Religion and Spirituality - Denominations - Christianity - Catholicism

Laid off at the top of his game, video producer reinvented himself [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:31:00 EDT]

Joe Schreiber had the ride of his life for 23 years.
Video game - Game - Arts - Game Design - Video

Developers of D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront offering pre-construction goodies to spike interest in project [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:12:00 EDT]

Hundreds of new housing units and thousands of square feet of retail are expected in the District's Southwest Waterfront, but with the economy as it is, the neighborhood in the meantime is getting lounge chairs, outdoor yoga classes and unimpeded waterfront views.

Business - Construction and Maintenance - Consulting - Construction - Southwest Waterfront

Economic events for the week of Sept. 6, 2010 [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:08:00 EDT]

Economic - Social Sciences - United States - Forecasting and Consulting - Economic development

'Could lightning strike twice for me?' [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:48:00 EDT]

Position: Chief operations leader of Dell Services Federal Government Group, a Fairfax-based Federal government information technology services provider.
Atmospheric Sciences - Meteorology - Earth Sciences - Weather Phenomena - Thunderstorms and Lightning

In struggling housing market, buyers and sellers are out of sync [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:32:00 EDT]

Jack Donnelly put off selling his Capitol Hill rowhouse for three years until he thought he saw glimmers of life in the housing market this past spring. At $950,000, he said, the red brick Victorian is a "solid deal."
Real estate economics - Real estate - Business - Business and Economy - Residential

Warren Brown reviews the 2011 Honda CR-Z EX [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

The theory of "temperate pragmatism," in vogue with some futurists, says we will no longer pursue luxury without portfolio. Hard times have chastened us, including those with money, or those left with less of it after Wall Street scams and bank failures, the theory says.

Honda - Honda CR-Z - Makes and Models - Recreation - Autos

Mobile apps can give careers, job searches a boost [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

Your career is about to get a boost from some mobile apps. And your on-the-go life could be a little better, less cluttered and more informed as a result of embracing use-anywhere tech tools.
Employment - Business and Economy - Canada - Job Search - Business

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Must-have mobile apps for job seekers [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

What are the must-have mobile apps for job seekers? Consider these, in addition to LinkedIn, Twitter and Craigslist:
Employment - Job Search - Business - Canada - Business and Economy

Making Social Security less generous isn't the answer [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

There are a lot of things Congress doesn't know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who'll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.
Social security - United States - Politics - Privatization - Law

Color of Money: Author Willie Jolley tells how to face economic fears positively [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

TURN SETBACKS INTO GREENBACKS: 7 SECRETS FOR GOING UP IN DOWN TIMES

Color Of Money - Arts - Romance - Sports - United States

Blowing the whistle on a co-worker's resume fraud [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

Q I recently learned, quite by accident, that a colleague at my office has grossly misstated her academic credentials on her résumé (which I have seen), probably since before she came to our company. She's an excellent executive and a very nice person, but I am troubled by this ethical lapse, which...
Fraud - Winds - Tin Whistle - Music - Law

7 strategies to avoid the college debt trap [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans? One of my 20-something Kiplinger colleagues answers bluntly: "If I had realized how much debt I was getting into, I would have gone to my state school instead of an expensive private college."
Finance - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Government

For the young set to learn about saving, debt and money management, it all starts at home [Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]

Some families watch TV after dinner. Others review white papers on economics.
Money management - Home - Personal finance - Financial Services - Business

Not-so-dire jobs report gives stocks a boost [Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:07:01 EDT]

The stock markets topped off their best week in a month Friday, as the latest jobs report calmed fears that the sputtering economy was headed toward a double-dip recession.

Business - Equities - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Employment

Texas attorney general to investigate complaints about Google's search engine [Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:59:01 EDT]

SAN FRANCISCO - Google's methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
Google - Web search engine - Microsoft - Searching - Search Engines

Economy treading water as jobless rate edges up [Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:22:01 EDT]

It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the U.S. economy is treading water.
Business - Recreation - Picture Ratings - Unemployment - Economic growth

Regulators fell short in identifying and addressing problems, Bernanke says [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:52:01 EDT]

Regulators fell short in using their powers "forcefully or effectively" to stop risky practices by banks and were slow to identify and address abuses in the U.S. financial system that led to global economic crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial ...
Ben Bernanke - Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - Federal Reserve System - Financial crisis - Monetary policy

AOL-Google revenue-sharing pact includes mobile, online video services [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:45:01 EDT]

AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called critical to the future of his company as it tries to revamp and return to profitability.

Google - AOL - Searching - Search Engines - Access Providers

Retail sales, home contracts rise modestly [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:28:01 EDT]

Americans have not lost their will to spend, according to a modest and surprising bump in retail sales last month and the number of contracts signed by home buyers in July.
Retail - Business - Retail Trade - Business and Economy - Thomson Reuters

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'Overhaul' details rescue of U.S. automakers [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:01 EDT]

In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama's team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of...
United States - Health - Search and Rescue - Public Health and Safety - Emergency Services

Put the millionaires' tax money to good use [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:16:01 EDT]

If Democrats can't make a convincing case for raising taxes on 315,000 millionaires and using the money to rebuild the country's aging infrastructure, then maybe they don't deserve to be reelected.
Tax - Accounting - Politics - United States - Taxation

White House considers pre-midterm package of business tax breaks to spur hiring [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:06:00 EDT]

With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and combat Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses, according to people with...

United States - White House - President - Business - Government

Finaid.org clock offers sobering message about rising student loan debt [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:46:01 EDT]

In Midtown Manhattan two years ago, the billboard-size clock that keeps track of the U.S. national debt ran out of digits when the figure ballooned to $10 trillion.
Student loan - Business - Financial Services - Education - Financial Planning

25 percent of employed were jobless during recession, study says [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:32:00 EDT]

Just over a quarter of the nation's 139 million currently employed workers endured a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession, according to results of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. And they tend to be less satisfied in their current jobs than are other workers.
Recession - United States - Unemployment - Employment - Education

Political Economy: First-time claims for jobless benefits down slightly [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:17 EDT]

The number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week and productivity at businesses dropped for the first time in eight quarters, according to government statistics released Thursday, reflecting an economic recovery that continues to stall.
Economic - Social Sciences - Unemployment - United States - Recession

Political Economy: U.S. regulators fell short before financial crisis, Bernanke says [Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:03:04 EDT]

U.S. regulators fell short in using their powers "forcefully or effectively" to stop risky practices by banks and were "slow to identify and address abuses" in subprime mortgage lending before the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in prepared remarks.

Financial crisis - Economic - Business - Social Sciences - Ben Bernanke

U.S. government charges Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in CIA attack [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:07:01 EDT]

The U.S. government designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group Wednesday and charged its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, with involvement in a December suicide bombing that killed seven Americans at a remote CIA operating base in Afghanistan.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - Asia - Politics

Former Lehman Brothers CEO Fuld: U.S. regulators acted on 'flawed information' [Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:10:01 EDT]

U.S. regulators acting on "flawed information" denied Lehman Brothers the bailout assistance that its Wall Street competitors received, dooming the investment bank to collapse, former company chief executive Richard S. Fuld said Wednesday.
Lehman Brothers - Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - Financial crisis - Richard Fuld - Business