Cited: MSNBC NASA will have a new space explorer added to its fleet as early as 2014 and so far the project looks to be on schedule. The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, toured the Lockheed-Martin facility where components of the ship are being built, and all indications are that tests conducted on the Orion read more
Americans Dipping Into Savings
January 17, 2012 – 9:05 pm
Cited: CNN Market watchers are concerned that Americans are dipping into their savings at alarming rates and that it could be the undoing of the recovery as soon as savings reach rock bottom. Economists say that more people are scaling back their contributions to college funds, and worse yet, borrowing from retirement funds, despite the read more
Kraft to cut Workers
January 17, 2012 – 8:46 pm
Cited: CNN While many analysts and lawmakers have expressed their hopes and confidence that the unemployment rolls in the U.S. states will continue to decline and that a healthy recovery in the jobs market is just around the corner, Kraft Foods announced today that they would be laying off up to 1200 employees this year read more
Attorney General and Voting Rights
January 17, 2012 – 8:29 pm
Cited: CNN U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reaffirmed the justice department’s commitment to upholding voting rights across the U.S. Speaking on the steps of the South Carolina State house in commemoration of Martin Luther King Day, Holder promised to aggressively protect federal voting rights for minorities. Flanked by leaders of the NAACP, who took the read more
Diet and Diabetes
January 17, 2012 – 7:50 pm
Cited: MSNBC You only need to watch a couple of episodes of Paula Deen’s shows on the Food Network to know that you won’t be losing any weight if you follow her recipes. Now you might also have to wonder if her concoctions might also lead to diabetes, a reality that the TV food star read more
Credit Card Debt Falls in 2011
January 17, 2012 – 7:28 pm
Cited: CNN The overall debt levels carried by U.S. citizens dropped by more than 11% in 2011, with the decrease being spread evenly across the country. Credit card balances outstanding averaged $6.576 down from $7,404 in 2010 according to CreditKarma.com, a company that compiles credit card data. The news is something of a double-edged sword read more
Wharton Still Top EMBA Program
January 17, 2012 – 7:09 pm
Cited: CNN The executive MBA program at the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania retained its status as the best of the best programs of any business school worldwide in a new 2012 survey by PoetsandQuants. A degree from the Wharton program does come with a somewhat hefty price tag however with an EMBA from read more
2012: The Year of the Employee
January 17, 2012 – 6:47 pm
Cited: CNN Could 2012 actually be the year that workers in the U.S. stop taking all of the slash and burn policies of their employers and perhaps take a little more control of their situations? Some market watchers think so while labor leaders hope so. With the unemployment rate in the U.S. falling for four read more