All Articles Tagged "growth"
Best (and Worst) Places to Get Your Swirl On
Interracial dating has gotten easier over the decades, and MOST places you go with your rainbow partner won’t get you chased out of town by an angry lynch mob. But some places in the U.S. just seem to be a bit more open–or downright blasé–about interracial partnerships, while others are…well…a bit more conservative, or downright hostile.
If you’re looking to get your swirl on, keep it on, and then set some roots, you might want to survey these top spots:
Growth Fears Hit Markets; Dollar, Treasurys Rise
(Wall Street Journal) – Fears about the pace of global growth hit financial markets hard Tuesday, with stocks sliding and investors rushing into the safety of the dollar and U.S. government bonds.Markets were already sharply weaker in Asian and European trading, and got an additional knock early in the U.S. trading day from a dismal reading of consumer confidence.
Growth Fears Hit Markets; Dollar, Treasurys Rise
(Wall Street Journal) – Fears about the pace of global growth hit financial markets hard Tuesday, with stocks sliding and investors rushing into the safety of the dollar and U.S. government bonds.Markets were already sharply weaker in Asian and European trading, and got an additional knock early in the U.S. trading day from a dismal reading of consumer confidence.
Apps And Downs
(The Economist) — SOME fight wars with words, others with numbers. Hardly a day passes without new data on mobile apps, the small applications that can be downloaded to smart-phones to perform all kinds of feats, such as accessing social networks, playing games and identifying unknown music. Apple recently announced that its App Store now offers 225,000 apps, which collectively have been downloaded 5 billion times. Android Market, the storefront for the operating system that powers many other smart-phones, now boasts 60,000 apps and is catching up fast. And GetJar, an independent mobile store that offers programs for all kinds of handsets, claims 72,000 apps and 1 billion downloads.
The Growth Of Black Communities Abroad
(News One) –In a world where visual indicators are prone to dictate social status, access to friendship circles and the overall social cohesion of minority communities, certain nations are proving just how reactive their societies are to the presence of growing minority populations. As globalization tends to be to the world’s societies what a turbulent flight is to someone who’s afraid to fly, black minority populations have become particularly controversial.
In Africa, Google Sows Seeds for Future Growth
(WSJ.com) — Despite some of the lowest Internet penetration rates in the world, Africa has enticed Google Inc. Lured by the continent’s growth potential, Google aims to convince entrepreneurs, students and aid workers to make use of its search, mapping and mobile-phone technologies. But Africa—with roughly one billion inhabitants, over 50 countries and many regions that have limited access to electricity—presents huge obstacles.
Three Best Ways To Land An Incubator Spot
(WSJ) — Business-incubators programs provide entrepreneurial ventures with office space, services and counseling for little or no cost. (See related article, “Entrepreneurs Find New Way to Grow.”) But while the programs have been expanding amid increased demand for their support, landing a spot in these can still be challenging, as they tend to be selective when considering applicants. Here are three best ways for start-up companies to land a spot in a business-incubator program:
U.S. Easter Spending Will Increase for First Time Since 2007
(Bloomberg) — U.S. consumers plan to spend as much as $14 billion on candy-filled baskets, lamb dinners and colored eggs for the Easter holiday weekend, a sign that non-essential purchases are rebounding.
The projected 1.8 percent boost would be the first increase in Easter holiday spending in three years, with food, candy and clothing leading the growth, according to IBISWorld, a Los Angeles-based research firm. Spending for the same period fell 8.3 percent in 2009 and 1 percent in 2008. Estimates are based on IBISWorld surveys, industry reports and sales figures.
