Congressman Danny Davis today explained to Fox Chicago News why he wants to unseat Todd Stroger as Cook Country Board President. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFLD FOX 32 Chicago, IL]
Private and household consumption rebounds in South Korea. (The Trade) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
On Tuesday, Grand Rapids City Manager Greg Sundstrom will trim as many as 150 of the city's approximate 1,600 employees. It's the largest number of layoffs ever to City Hall. Cuts will affect every department. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
Milwaukee County supervisors vote on County Executive Scott Walker's budget. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
Erin Cox reports [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
(11/09/09) - The federal government has passed new tax credits that hope to persuade potential home buyers to get into the market. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WSMV Nashville, TN]
Federal stimulus money will help keep the Garth Fagan dancers dancing. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WHAM ABC 13 Rochester]
President Obama expands 1st time home buyers program. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks extended a global rally, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 13-month high, and the dollar slid after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain economic stimulus efforts. Commodities climbed, with gold reaching a record above $1,100 an ounce. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Indiana Senators Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar share their thoughts on the Health Care Reform bill, which passed Saturday. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WANE CBS 14 Fort Wayne]
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- George Goncalves, chief fixed-income rates strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald LP, talks with Bloomberg Television about the U.S. Treasury market. (This report is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
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IHS Global's Bethune Says Lower U.S. Dollar `Desirable': Video
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brian Bethune, financial economics director at IHS Global Insight, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about the U.S. dollar. Bethune also discusses the outlook for economic stimulus and the banking industry. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Bergman, an analyst at Morningstar Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s third-quarter profit and outlook. Berkshire said profit tripled as stock markets advanced and the cost of compensating insurance customers for storm damage dropped. Net income advanced to $3.24 billion, or $2,087 a share, from $1.06 billion, or $682, in the same period a year earlier, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said in a Nov. 6 regulatory filing. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- George Goncalves, chief fixed-income rates strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald LP, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the U.S. Treasury market and the economy. Treasuries rose after the government sold a record $40 billion of three-year debt, the first of three note and bond sales this week totaling $81 billion. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
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Mayor's Budget Proposes Tax For 'Privilege' Of Going To School In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl presented his 2010 budget to the City Council on Monday. While some of his proposals are likely to be unpopular, Ravenstahl said the changes are needed to get the city out of its current financial distress. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTAE ABC 4 Pittsburgh PA]
Decadance...An Evening of Chocolate & Dessert Wines is happening at Leon's in New Haven on November 16th. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
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Kos Says Banking Is in `Early Innings' of Failure Cycle: Video
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Dino Kos, managing director at Portales Partners LLC, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about the outlook for bank failures in the U.S. Kos, formerly head of markets at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, also discusses British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposal for a global Tobin tax on financial transactions. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Layoffs (or job losses) create several new income tax concerns for people who are recently unemployed. Some of those tax issues can be used to get an unemployed person a bigger refund from the federal government. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRIV FOX 7 Houston, TX]
Could time spent social networking translate into extra income? Laura Briere, the founder and CEO of Vision Advertising, who recently joined the FOX25 Morning News today, says absolutely. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFXT FOX 25 Boston, MA]
Critics are concerned about a plan to spend millions in federal stimulus funds on a footbridge over Route 1 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WCVB ABC 5 Boston MA]
FOX Toledo News takes a look at the use of public money on the Toledo Marina District Project on the east bank of the Maumee River. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WUPW FOX Toledo, OH]
Follow the Money 1 11-8-09 [www.clipsyndicate.com | WUPW FOX Toledo, OH]
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