Posts Tagged ‘area’

Regional Arts Commission to dole out $3M in grants

The Regional Arts Commission, the St. Louis area’s largest annual funder of the arts, said Friday it approved $2.7 million for grants to support more than 180 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. Recipients include the Center of Creative Arts, Sheldon Arts Foundation, KDHX and Magic House. Find a full list of recipients here. RAC said [...]

Mumbai case offers rare picture of ties between Pakistan’s Intelligence Service, militants

ProPublica Staff United States (ProPublica) – by Sebastian Rotella This story was originally published on Dec. 29, 2010. Update May 2, 2011: As the world now knows, Osama Bin Laden was found not in a cave but just a short walk from Pakistan’s top military academy. That raises many questions about Pakistan, its military and [...]

Billionaire Tom Gores reaches agreement to buy Pistons

John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent Detroit, MI, United States (AHN Sports) – Tom Gores has reached an agreement to become the new owner of the Detroit Pistons it was announced Friday. Gores, a Los Angeles-based financier who grew up in the Flint area, has signed a purchase agreement with Palace Sports and Entertainment and [...]

As the snow melts, the metro area gets ready for its most bike-friendly spring yet | Stories

As the snow melts, the metro area gets ready for its most bike-friendly spring yet Photo by Bill Kelley A cyclist on the Minneapolis Greenway By Elizabeth Millard, The Line | Saturday, April 2, 2011 Rob Byers moved to Minneapolis from Washington, D.C., three years ago to take a job as a technical director at [...]

Where are the jobs?

Robin Johnson Readers of previous articles on this site know that Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has the highest unemployment rate in the nation among areas with a million or more. Throughout the US, we lost twice as many… March 27, 2011 View full post on All Stories

New York Times announces pay wall for online content beginning March 28

Linda Young – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The days of reading every article in the New York Times online ends for most readers on March 28 when the newspaper will put much of its content behind a pay wall. Some 49 million people worldwide reportedly visited the NYTimes.com site [...]

‘Green’ funds, in the red, now buying not-so-green stocks | Business Agenda

It’s been a long, cold stretch for mutual funds driven to make money by fighting global warming. The chill has forced a dilemma for the funds: Should they stick with the same high-minded strategy, or warm to a new approach? Investors have reason to complain. Funds focused on renewable energy have been in the cellar, [...]

Economic Recovery in San Diego

Mel Cota San Diego seems to be leading the state in terms of the supposed economic recovery. Even though unemployment is still in double digits in the county and those who have experienced long-term unemployment in the area are still looking for decent… March 09, 2011 View full post on All Stories

House prices ‘to fall by 20%’

Worst-hit areas of the country will be those that suffer the heaviest public-sector layoffs Homeowners should brace themselves for a “short, sharp shock”, with house prices set to fall by up to 20% over the next two years as rising unemployment and public spending cuts take their toll, experts are warning. The cost of the [...]

Unemployed Florida: Take a quick statewide tour on jobless trends

Wake up and good morning . Each month when the state of Florida updates the jobless numbers at the state, metro area and county level, it’s always worth a quick survey to see what different parts of the Sunshine State make of the latest snapshot on unemployment. Since December’s jobless data came out Friday — [...]

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