There are two different views for funding right now in a small business. The bankers are stating clearly that they have funding available. Yet the small business owner is saying they do not. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. Banks are taking fewer risks, so they are looking at a company for how much [...]

AFP – What do you give the most powerful man in the world for his 50th birthday? Michelle and the girls probably have a surprise in store. But for US President Barack Obama the answer is clear. View full post on All Stories

Seems like, when the economy is good, you don’t hear too much about alternative incomes. When unemployment is low most of us are content to just go to our wage-slave jobs. People even seem eager to work… View full post on All Stories

Germany’s consumer sentiment is set to fall again in June after easing for two straight months as worsening debt crisis in Greece and high energy prices overshadowed falling unemployment and robust economic growth. View full post on All Stories

As of April 2011, the rate of unemployment has dropped. In Metro, Orlando, it is currently at 9.9% and in the state of Florida, it is at 10.8%, the lowest since September of 2009. In today&rsquo… View full post on All Stories

The unemployment rate just went down a bit: Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee who stepped down in January, has signed onto MSNBC as a regular commentator. Steele was rumored to be in talks with CNN and Fox, but has also made several guest appearances on… View full post on All [...]

The opposition People’s party hopes to turn local and regional poll momentum into a victory at a national level Spain’s ruling Socialists have suffered a stinging losses in local elections and now face a balancing act between voter anger over high unemployment and investor demands for strict austerity measures. A week of protests by Spaniards [...]

WASHINGTON — Some states are cutting the number of weeks that laid-off workers can get unemployment insurance, as a way to limit tax increases on businesses. View full post on All Stories

THOUSANDS of young Spaniards camped out in Madrid and other cities yesterday to protest against high unemployment and austerity, defying a ban on demonstrations in the run-u View full post on All Stories

Alaska’s unemployment rate fell very slightly in April. View full post on All Stories

Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in April, unchanged from the revised rate for March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. View full post on All Stories