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Good news about recovery
I am always reluctant to fill this column with my recent research, but the release of the annual Conexus Manufacturing Scorecard begs comment. The scorecard itself had just a few surprises. Indiana did much better in the cost of worker benefits, and...Tags: Investments, Education, Colleges and Universities, Ball State University
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Is public transportation in the mix?
Public transportation services are important in many ways. They provide mobility, can shape land use and development patterns, generate jobs and enable economic growth, and support public policies regarding energy use, air quality and carbon emissions....Tags: Business, Automotive Equipment, Travel, Transportation, Peninsula Town Center
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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: International Organizations, Labor Markets, Budget Control Act of 2011, Christine Lagarde, Public Finance
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Federal workers get health and fitness programs
For three hours each work week, Bert Rice walks laps around Burba Lake at Fort Meade — part of a mission by the federal government to build a healthier workforce. Rice, 76, a retired Army colonel and former Anne Arundel County councilman working as...Tags: Quitting Smoking, Armed Forces, Human Rights, Health Treatments, Environmental Issues
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Tracking funds for training
When Illinois lawmakers criticized a state agency last spring for failing to adequately monitor how training funds were spent, they took matters into their own hands. They gave control of nearly $7 million to five private entities and promised to track...Tags: Illinois Governor, Chrysler Group LLC, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Economy, Business and Finance, Government
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Robert W. Fogel 1926-2013
Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago professor who in 1993 joined the Hyde Park school's line of Nobel Prize winners in economics, created a body of work that challenged widely held assumptions about American history. Early in his career, Mr....
Tags: Slavery, Nobel Prize Awards, Transportation, Hyde Park, University of Chicago
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General-education taxes going down for ag property
As a whole, owners of farm and ranch land in South Dakota will be paying slightly less in general-education taxes in 2014 than they did this year, the state task force on agricultural land assessments learned Wednesday. Meanwhile, the general-...Tags: Jim Peterson, Values, Larry Rhoden, Real Estate, Laws
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Robert Fogel dies at 86; economic historian won Nobel Prize
Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86. Fogel died Tuesday at Manor Care Health Services...Tags: Travel, Slavery, Nobel Prize Awards, Transportation, Oak Lawn
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Auto forecast: Strong factory pace, but short of jobs boom
North American auto production growth tops other industries and, by 2015, will approach levels not seen since 2000, experts said. But manufacturing jobs, while continuing to recover, will fall short of pre-recession levels in the same time frame. The...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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American auto industry about to go on hiring spree
DETROIT (AP) — The auto industry is about to go on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles. The new employees will be part of a larger,...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Ford Motor Co., Consumers, Economic Indicator, Honda Motor Co.
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International conservationists urge action on monarchs
Deep in mountainous evergreen forests of central Mexico, surveyors this winter measured hectares of oyamel trees, or “sacred fir,” where monarchs — some in clusters dense enough to bend younger trees or break branches — huddled...Tags: Education, Ecosystems, Mexico, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues
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Nice places grow faster
I think by now most people understand that differences in population growth, and therefore economic growth, between regions are because of differences in amenities such as schools, parks, the cityscape and natural attractions. While the link between...Tags: Labor Markets, Business, Ball State University
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