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Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 11:36 AM
When the Obama administration rolled out the Home Affordable
Modification Program (HAMP) in 2009, officials estimated 3 to 4 million
borrowers would seek relief from their mortgages through the program amidst the
worst recession and housing market collapse in decades.More than two years later, those projections have proven to be
optimistic, to say the least. According to the Treasury Department, about
700,000 homeowners had sought aid from HAMP through the third quarter of
2011.
That’s a long way from 3
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Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:32 PM
House
Democrats will hold a public hearing on Thursday to promote economic
security, highlighting their legislative plans to create good jobs and a
strong economy, promote rural recovery and help small businesses. “The development of good jobs and strong
family incomes in Georgia is a primary obligation of this state,” said
Representative Virgil Fludd. “While Georgia’s families are facing
stagnant growth in their wages and a slow economy, our package of
legislation will jump-start Georgia’s economy by hiring Georgia workers,
demanding the purchase of Georgia-made products and requiring prompt
payment on all state contracts. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:42 PM
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will
speak at Georgia Southern University’s Hanner Fieldhouse on Wednesday,
March 28 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
During
Giuliani’s term as mayor of New York, he was credited with the economic
turnaround and revitalization of the city. Giuliani’s leadership in the
months following the September 11th attacks led him to be dubbed
“America’s Mayor” and named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year.”
Giuliani also received a knighthood from Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
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Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:36 PM
For
many Americans, overspending seems like a birthright. But, warns
financial advisor and author Leslie Greenman, sooner or later, those bad
spending habits will catch up with you. She explains why we feel
compelled to overspend and provides advice for making 2012 the year you
tighten your purse strings. If you fear you’ll be
ringing in the New Year with a holiday spending hangover, you’re not
alone. In fact, studies show that many Americans will still be paying
off their holiday debt months, and possibly years, after gifts have been
exchanged. |
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Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:14 PM
To Find Work, You Must Go
Digital, Recruiting Expert SaysThe nation’s unemployment rate may be inching downward, but
the out-of-work figures have remained in the 9.0 to 9.2 percent range since
April 2011, according to Bureau of Labor statistics.
An estimated 32,000
job seekers found work in October, but that still leaves 13.9 million reported
unemployed, which means a lot of people are competing for the same
job.
So how do you stand out in that crowd?
“It used to be that
executives could network their way onto the CEO’s schedule, maybe on the golf
course or a chance meeting at lunch or a ball game,” says Colleen Aylward, a
recruitment strategy expert and author of, |
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Andrea Woroch: Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 1:21 PM
Furnaces are kicking in across the U.S. as temperatures sink. Alas,
keeping warm comes with a higher sticker price each year, no matter what
type of
heating system you use. According to CNN Money, the average
bill for a home using heating oil is more than $320 per month while gas users fork over $160 monthly. Here are some thoughts on how you could lower your heating bill without freezing your way through the winter. 1. Energy Audit
The first step is to assess any problem areas. Ask if your utility
company provides a free or low-cost energy audit, which will identify
changes you
should make. |
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Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 4:39 PM
Mayor Kasim Reed to Sign Legislation Enabling Building Permit Reform and Enterprise Fund Mayor Kasim Reed will hold a press conference to discuss the
Enterprise Fund for the Atlanta Office of Buildings and Ordinance. The press
conference will be held at City Hall on November 29, 2011 at 9:15
am. Commissioner James Shelby and Don Rosenthal, Director of the Office of Buildings,
Michael Paris, president and CEO of the Council for Quality Growth and John
Ferguson, president of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors will also be on
hand to discuss the importance of this legislation. |
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Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:22 PM
Inaugurated on October 26, 2011 with a reception bringing together 450 people,
in the presence of the Ambassador of France to the United States, the Mayor of
Atlanta, the President of Georgia Tech, several elected officials of the Paris
region and numerous local figures, the series of events, « France-Atlanta:
Together Towards Innovation » animated the Georgia capital for more than two
weeks.
In
total, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and Georgia Tech presented 15
French-American scientific, business, cultural, and humanitarian events, |
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Marc Gunther: Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 1:26 PM
One of the cool things about being Bill Gates is that if you are curious about something, you can find smart people who will teach you whatever it is that you want to know. About five years ago Gates decided that he wanted to learn about climate change, so he arranged for two of the world's leading climate scientists, David Keith of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution, to organize a series of seminars. Since then, Keith and Caldeira have recruited |
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Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011 9:00 PM
After
losing her job as a book editor for Entertainment Weekly, Jennifer
Reese set out on an ambitious, often outrageous, culinary journey. Is
“doing it yourself” always cheaper? Jennifer had her doubts.
After
curing prosciutto, trying to get those crannies in an English muffin,
and buying goats to be a better cheesemaker, Jennifer’s kitchen-related
experiments yielded some surprising results, which are chronicled in
MAKE THE BREAD, BUY THE BUTTER (Free Press; October 18; $24).
MAKE THE BREAD,
BUY THE BUTTER tells the often hilarious stories surrounding these
kitchen-related experiments and offers a full picture of what is
involved in a truly homemade life. |
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