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Stimulus: Risk of waiting for Obama

Mass layoffs. A dismal outlook for retailers. The prospect of state budget cuts. An economy in contraction, and forecasts that the decline will accelerate.   News widgets and RSS feeds on...

Proposals Sought for Grassroots Programs at 2009 ALA Annual Conference

For year?s I have been annoyed at the program submittal process for ALA conferences. Specifically, the provision that many ALA divisions practice that require program submissions to be?sponsored? ...

4-day school week smackdown

Not exactly a smackdown actually, just a civil debate on the editorial pages of USA TODAY this week, with MACCRAY (Minn.) Public Schools Superintendent Gregory A. Schmidt making the case for a...

Little Things to Help You Succeed in Life

If you listen to popular wisdom, especially as expressed in movies and TV shows, profound change comes from profound events. The reality, though, is somewhat different. While some people face...

Stimulus: Risk of waiting for Obama

Mass layoffs. A dismal outlook for retailers. The prospect of state budget cuts. An economy in contraction, and forecasts that the decline will accelerate.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on...

Stimulus: Risk of waiting for Obama

Mass layoffs. A dismal outlook for retailers. The prospect of state budget cuts. An economy in contraction, and forecasts that the decline will accelerate.   News widgets and RSS feeds on...

An Open letter to Congresstional Budget Office: Keep it straight

By Robert Laszewski I guess this is an open letter to CBO Director Peter Orszag and his colleagues at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). I have great respect for the CBO and that has been the...

County Council passes budget, tax hike

Erie County Council signed off tonight on a $78.4 million county budget for 2009 that includes a property tax hike, 37 job cuts and keeps a local library branch open.

Stimulus: Risk of waiting for Obama

Mass layoffs. A dismal outlook for retailers. The prospect of state budget cuts. An economy in contraction, and forecasts that the decline will accelerate.   News widgets and RSS feeds on...

Pre-Budget 2008: Top 10 predictions

This year's pre-Budget report will bring some tax-cutting measures: PricewaterhouseCoopers has the odds on its top 10 prediction for the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech   RSS feeds and News...