Economy
July 24, 2007 -
Thousands of workers in Mississippi got a pay raise today. No, the state did not pass a new minimum wage law. Nor did Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, or Louisiana. Instead, Congress made good on one of their "first 100 hours" pledges, and the new federal minimum wage of $5.85 per hour goes into effect as of today.
June 27, 2007 -
Faced with an explosion of home foreclosures this spring -- jumping 90% in May alone -- the course of action prescribed by Wall Street and Washington has been simple: do nothing.
June 26, 2007 -
After passing the U.S.
May 31, 2007 -
Q1 2007 Q1 2006 % INCR ExxonMobile $9.280B $8.400B 10% Chevron $4.715B
April 18, 2007 -
Nineteen months after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, New Orleans "may have turned a corner," concludes the latest Katrina Index from the Greater New Orleans Data Center in collaboration with the Brookings Institution.
April 12, 2007 -
Is South Carolina shaping up to be the new-age-hipster Mecca of the South?
March 22, 2007 -
The 2007 State New Economy Index by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation examines a number of key indicators in every state to assess their ability to compete in the emerging global economy.