News And Articles About Finance

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 10,2009

Laid-off Workers Retraining Themselves to Make a Fresh Start

A new trend can be observed in the US economy. The laid off workers are taking up additional training and getting jobs elsewhere. Take for instance, Todd Sollar, who lost his job at General Motors. He enrolled at Sinclair Community College and studied robotics. He has visions of a bright future and says that with [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 10,2009

Johnson & Johnson Gets the Green Signal for New Hip Replacement System

The U.S. advisory panel has now backed the new hip replacement scheme of Johnson and Johnson. It will be more lasting and durable than the implants presently available. A committee of the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously giving the green signal to the company’s Acetabular Hip System. It is an implant having a ceramic [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 9,2009

There Are Alternative Options for Those Who Cannot Pay Their Children’s Semester Fees at One Go

Nothing can be more depressing than getting a bill that is more than the amount lying in the bank. It is all the more stressing if it relates to the future of the children. Parents of today are often facing this situation as the bills for the forthcoming semester are starting to roll in. Fortunately [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 9,2009

In Its Struggle for Survival the Restaurant Business Is Offering Kids Free Meals to Lure in Parents

The recession has badly dealt with the restaurant group. It is now stretching itself in its struggle for survival by offering free meals to kids to trap the parents. Parents are avoiding eating out but they are being tempted out now that meals for their children will all be on the house. IHOP is about [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 8,2009

The Farm Is Calling Out to All from Lawyers to Dentists, Accountants and Factory Hands

The farm is calling out to all – lawyers, dentists, accountants and factory hands. They are all sharing a common dream of wanting to farm. These dreams are not flights of fancy in the realms of the mind but they have all applied for a special programme launched in Iowa that will connect the aspiring [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 8,2009

The Pownal Project Is Likely to Include Wood Processing Activity

The officials of Pownal Town think that the most possible kind of facility that is being suggested for the Green Mountain Energy Park on the location of the previous Green Mountain Race Track would be a wood processing plant. Not much information is as yet available on the project by the owners of the property [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 4,2009

An Author Meanders Down Time Looking at Society and Economics

Today we are hemmed in by machines, technological wonders and hordes of specialists. The ordinary man pays scant notice to the apparatus that has set up the socio-economic stage in which we are playing our parts. Author Alain de Botton meanders down time in his book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work looking at society [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 4,2009

Bidding War Rages in the Silicon Valley Market

The Silicon Valley has also been affected by the housing bubble bust. The price of homes has crashed here. The homes in Silicon Valley are attracting many bids at auctions. This is reminiscent of the days of the housing bubble. Although prices have crashed, first-time buyers are not getting an opportunity to buy the homes. [...]