Those who serve low- and middle-income people warn that cuts required by the looming sequester will hurt programs that many Americans rely on, like meals for seniors, heating assistance and nutritional aid for expectant mothers. But supporters of the sequester say those fears are overblown. Economy
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Advocates Warn Sequester Could Mean Big Cuts For The Low-Income
By admin on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 | Comments Off
Obama warns ‘cuts mean job losses’
By admin on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 | Comments Off
US President Barack Obama warns that deep, across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect next month would cause job losses and must be averted. BBC News – Economy
Read More...For Rural Towns, Postal Service Cuts Could Mean A Loss Of Identity
By admin on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 | Comments Off
The U.S. Postal Service’s decision to end Saturday delivery comes on the heels of a plan to reduce hours at many rural post offices. In Vermont, residents of small towns are worried the change is another step toward the eventual demise of their local post offices. Economy
Read More...Job Interview Secret: Your Timing Could Mean Everything
By admin on Sunday, January 20th, 2013 | Comments Off
Want to ace your next interview? Then you might want to schedule your interview on a day when no one else is being interviewed. Applicant scores may have more to do with who else was interviewed that day than with the applicants themselves, a new study finds. Livescience.com News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...What Do The Globes Mean For The Oscars?
By admin on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 | Comments Off
FROM FILM.COM The Globes have always been touted—perhaps at best—as a decent predictor of what is to come a few week afterward at the much more important Academy Awards, but what do Sunday night’s events tell us about what’s going to go down at the end of February? Joe Reid, the Oscars writer for Film.com, [...]
Read More...What Does Senate Budget Deal Mean For You?
By admin on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
The Senate passed a measure early into the New Year, and now it’s up to the house to vote on the deal, which will most likely happen by Wednesday. The measure cleared the Senate on an 89-8 vote, hours after V.P. Joe Biden and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell sealed a deal. Economy
Read More...What Does Senate Budget Deal Mean For You?
By admin on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
Steve Inskeep talks to NPR’s John Ydstie about the latest in the fiscal cliff negotiations. The Senate passed a measure early into the New Year, and now it’s up to the house to vote on the deal, which will most likely happen by Wednesday. Politics
Read More...More snow could mean less ice for Antarctica
By admin on Saturday, December 15th, 2012 | Comments Off
Increased snowfall that’s expected in Antarctica as the climate warms is likely to send more ice into the sea, new research finds. The effect is so strong that additional sea-level rise caused by extra snowfall is greater than the rise caused by extra heat melting the ice directly. NBCNews.com: Environment
Read More...Video: What does the Susan Rice withdrawal mean going forward?
By admin on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 | Comments Off
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell and NBC’s David Gregory joins The Cycle to report on Ambassador Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw her name from consideration for Secretary of State and what this means going forward. (The Cycle) NBCNews.com: Politics
Read More...Barclays investment bank revamp could mean staff cuts
By admin on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 | Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays could axe as many as 3,500 investment bank staff and cut its advisory or equities operations in Asia as part of a broader strategic review aimed at fixing the bank's culture in the wake of the financial crisis. The future shape and size of the investment bank is seen as the [...]
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