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Poverty Rate Declines in New York Bucking a national trend, New York City’s poverty rate declined in the year ending July 1, 2007, the Census Bureau reported, but the gap between rich and poor grew from the previous year. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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New York City proposes changes to poverty formula - Reuters Enews 2.0New York City proposes changes to poverty formulaReuters - 2 hours agoBy Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has proposed an alternative formula for determining poverty, saying the US government has been too slow to update criteria that fail to acco Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Kennedy Declines to Make Financial Disclosure - New York Times AFPKennedy Declines to Make Financial DisclosureNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy DAVID M. HALBFINGER If she were applying to be, say, an undersecretary of education in Barack Obama’s new administration, Caroline Kennedy would have to fill out a 63-item confidential quest Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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City Room: Less Poverty but More Inequality New York's gap between rich and poor, already the highest of any state in the nation, grew even more compared to the year before. Poverty slightly declined in New York City. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Dollar Strengthens as Jobless Rate Declines Economy shows unexpected bounce: jobless rate declines. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Blagojevich Panel Declines to Subpoena 2 Obama Aides - New York Times CBS NewsBlagojevich Panel Declines to Subpoena 2 Obama AidesNew York Times - 2 hours agoBy AP CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois House committee considering the removal of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has rejected a request from the governor’s lawyer to subpoena two top advisers Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Erosion in Retail Sales Slowed a Bit in December - New York Times Erosion in Retail Sales Slowed a Bit in DecemberNew York Times - 53 minutes agoBy STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM The most recent report about December retail sales showed double-digit declines in some closely watched categories, but also indicated the numbers were stabilizing.Di Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Merrill, Goldman Pressured by Cuomo on Auction-Rate Debt - Bloomberg Washington PostMerrill, Goldman Pressured by Cuomo on Auction-Rate DebtBloomberg - 18 hours agoBy David Mildenberg and Karen Freifeld Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Merrill Lynch & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. face increased pressure by New York State Attorney General Andre Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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US Jobless Rate Climbs Past 6%, Highest Since ’03 - New York Times CollegeOTRUS Jobless Rate Climbs Past 6%, Highest Since ’03New York Times - 20 hours agoBy LOUIS UCHITELLE The unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, its highest level in five years, pushing the troubles of American workers to the center of the political Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Fed Chief Signals Further Rate Cut - New York Times Turkish PressFed Chief Signals Further Rate CutNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy LOUIS UCHITELLE and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Presenting a bleak picture of a deteriorating national economy, Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, strongly suggested on Thursday that th Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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World Food Crisis Could Push Millions of People Into Poverty - Voice of America TopNewsWorld Food Crisis Could Push Millions of People Into PovertyVoice of America - 1 hour agoAnd I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about growing food problems around the world. Food prices are rising in many countries. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug Case - Washington Post Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesSupreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug CaseWashington Post - 4 hours agoBy Robert Barnes The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Fo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau - New York Times ChattahBoxHint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits PlateauNew York Times - 18 hours agoBy TARA PARKER-POPE Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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New York Jobless Rate Jumped in May The unemployment rate in New York City and New York State jumped to 5.2 percent in May, from 4.7 percent in April. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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NYC's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Infant Deaths Drop in US, but Rate Is Still High - New York Times Chatter ShmatterInfant Deaths Drop in US, but Rate Is Still HighNew York Times - 3 hours agoBy GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - Infant deaths in the United States declined 2 percent in 2006, government researchers reported Wednesday, but the rate still remains well above th Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds - New York Times Sydney Morning HeraldAmericans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report FindsNew York Times - 9 hours agoBy NEELA BANERJEE WASHINGTON - More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, according to a ne Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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HIV Infection Rate for Young Black Men 'Alarming:' CDC - Washington Post Canada.comHIV Infection Rate for Young Black Men 'Alarming:' CDCWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of new HIV infections among young gay or bisexual black men is significantly higher than new infections among w Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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2nd UPDATE: Fidelity To Buy Back $300 Million In Auction-Rate Secs - CNNMoney.com KEZI2nd UPDATE: Fidelity To Buy Back $300 Million In Auction-Rate SecsCNNMoney.com - 1 hour agoBy Chad Bray and Jon Kamp NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Facing pressure from regulators, Fidelity Investments will buy back an estimated $300 million in auction-rate securities from Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Home Prices Fell at Their Sharpest Pace in October - New York Times stv.tvHome Prices Fell at Their Sharpest Pace in OctoberNew York Times - 55 minutes agoBy JACK HEALY How bad has the housing market gotten? With home values dropping by faster rates each month, a real estate agent near Detroit said that if houses weren’t priced as low Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |