There was some good news for the New Zealand economy in the latest figures from Statistics New Zealand ( www.stats.govt.nz ). For the first time for many years, we earned more money from our exports and paid less for imports. The surplus money was $8...
The economy continues to be a major concern globally but also to New Zealand. We are especially affected by what happens in Australia, partly because our major banks are Australian owned. In the last few days, the US and European countries have moved...
The disaster in Japan is expected to affect economies in Southeast Asia, but economists(经济学者) say the damage is likely to be limited. They say the region may even see increased investments from Japan as companies seek to diversify away fr...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy expanded by an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, partly boosted by personal consumption and exports, the Commerce Department(商务部) reported Friday. U.S. real gross dome...
More signs that the US economy is moving in the right direction: The US Labor Department says new claims for unemployment benefits declined last week, dropping below 400,000 for the first time since July 2008. Other data also shows that businesses ex...
Shivon: This bad economy is really taking its toll . Lex: Tell me about it! My company has already laid off 20% of its workforce , and now the management is talking about cutting salaries . It goes without saying that there wont be any bonuses this y...
President Bush says he is confident tax incentives and tax rebates will make the U.S. economy stronger than ever before. President and Congress agreed on a temporary stimulus plan last month after rising energy prices and falling property values slow...
Polls show overwhelming numbers of Americans believe the U.S. economy is in a recession, although government statistics have yet to show a period of negative growth that meets the technical definition. What is known is that the American economy has s...
The U.S. economy showed a big gain in jobs last month, but most of them were temporary census workers. President Barack Obama says it nonetheless shows the economy is getting stronger. The nation's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of one percent...
Experimental prairie farm designed to prove farmers can make a living off native grasses Johanna Sailor | Brookings, South Dakota 12 February 2010 Photo: Courtesy EcoSun Prairie Farm EcoSun Prairie Farm is intended to be a working model of agricultur...