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GM stabilizing despite leadership shuffle; Chrysler plan stalling out

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:06:59 GMT

(BY GREG GARDNER, DETROIT FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER) - Nearly six months after exiting, Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. present a clear, but puzzling, contrast.
Source: WZZM Grand Rapids

Whitacre's GM culture fix moves up younger executives, women

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:45:12 GMT

General Motors Co Chairman Ed Whitacre turned to a new team that includes younger executives and more women as he tries to overhaul the automaker’s “inbred” culture and halt annual losses dating to 2005.
Source: Business Standard

Story of courage

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:54:00 GMT

IRONTON — Dozens of folks showed up Saturday to honor the memory of an Ironton teenager by appearing as extras in a movie inspired in part by his courageous battle against a deadly disease.
Source: Ashland Daily Independent

Upbeat job report sparks debate over recovery

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:21:09 GMT

In an early holiday gift, the Labor Department said the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November from 10.2 percent in October. Total payroll employment declined by 11,000 jobs, the smallest loss since the recession began in December 2007. "
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

$2M from endowment to help pay for ticket to past

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:38:31 GMT

The Indiana Historical Society will use a $2 million gift from Lilly Endowment to facilitate journeys back in time.
Source: Indianapolis Star

In This Corner: The first Americans' view of health care

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:29:33 GMT

For most of the past 11 months, our elected leaders in Washington, D.C. , have been involved in a heated debate over a national health care policy; the outcome of which could impact every man, woman and child in this country for generations to come.
Source: Scranton Times-Tribune

Job Loss Slows in Nov., Signaling Some Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:03:00 GMT

JIM LEHRER: Unemployment fell in November, and so did the number of jobs lost. That upbeat report came today, as President Obama touted a major speech on job creation next week. Judy Woodruff has our lead story report.
Source: Online NewsHour

U.S. Jobless Rate Drops 10% in November

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:44:20 GMT

(AP) The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 10 percent in November; employers shed the fewest number of jobs since Dec. 2007.
Source: CBS News

Quoted in 'Meldrum Named Head of Center for Forecasting and Modeling Excellence'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:16:53 GMT

said in PR-Inside.com:

The Center of Excellence will be a key driver in ensuring that we stay on top of our game and that IHS Global Insight remains an innovation leader in econometric modeling ... The new center will help us and our clients in dealing with the policy implications of a host of issues that didn't exist very long ago – climate change, cap and trade, fuel efficiency standards, universal health care, and the list goes on.

Quoted in 'VW-Porsche is now world’s biggest automaker'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:25:39 GMT

said in Freedom Blogging:

The estimates by IHS Global Insight reflect the benefit on the German manufacturer of government measures in China, Germany and Britain to prop up their automotive industries and stimulate consumer demand in the wake of the worldwide economic downturn.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:59:18 GMT

In this undated photo provided by IHS Global Insight, Nariman Behravesh, chief economist with Lexington, Mass. -based IHS Global Insight, is shown. Behravesh weighs in on how Tuesday's bailout expansion will affect Main Street.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:43:50 GMT

Head of Austrian economic research institute IHS Bernhard Felderer gestures during a news conference in Vienna December 19, 2008.

Avon, Inc Explode your Cashflow and Profits

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:42:03 GMT