Topic: Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax revenues of U.S. state and local governments rose in the third quarter, the U.S. Census said on Tuesday, marking the eighth straight quarter of growth and heralding the promise of continued economic recovery in areas where revenues collapsed ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of the poor rose in almost all U.S. states and cities in 2010, despite the end of the longest and deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression the year before, U.S. Census data released on Thursday showed.Mississippi ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty rates increased in almost all U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the course of the economic recession, with the worst spike in the South, according to a congressional report released on Monday.In the South the number ...
The 2010 report outlining the twenty one most recession proof cities in the U.S. is issued by the Brookings Institute?s Metropolitan Policy Program and has identified the areas least affected by recession. Texas walks away with all the awards as boasts five ...
Since the recent recession and ensuing credit crunch walloped American home buyers, demand for green homes has leveled off, according to a demographic expert who spoke at the 2010 ULI Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C.. Now, green has taken a back seat ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economic recession that officially ended in 2009 pummeled people's earnings in many states, with the Census reporting on Tuesday that the state of Mississippi experienced some of the worst problems with both income and poverty of all the ...
The historic rebellion that is stirring the minds and moving the hearts of Americans is peaceful and high-minded. It is led by patriots and aimed at restoring America to its authentic condition of excellence and freedom. Renewal of these quintessentially American characteristics ...
The extent that the federal government should guarantee mortgages-and indeed, which mortgages should be guaranteed-was the focal point of an animated, if sometimes arcane, discussion among housing and financing experts that kicked off Tuesday's Conference on the Future of Housing Finance in ...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has presented us with the new list of problem banks. As of December 31, 2009, there were 702 commercial banks on the problem list of the FDIC. Also, the closing of so many banks by the FDIC ...
The market action Wednesday was as unwelcome as a new snow storm in Washington DC. Given that the DJIA closed up 150 points for the day on Tuesday and the market breathed a sigh of relief, yesterday's closing down 20 points, on ...
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