... totally discretionary. Cap and trade legislation — which would touch every corner of the economy — didn’t have to come up during a profound recession. Even fiscal stimulus was completely elective, ... through the window of crisis. That this audacious strategy would hamper the ability of the economy to recover, as Geithner sees that it has, was totally predictable. The choice to go ...

... with the modern production infrastructure the country has been creating for the past decade. The economy is being transformed from its traditional dependence on coffee, bananas, and raising cattle to ... . It is a country that has been successfully integrating itself into the modern world economy for over a decade. Those doing business here have profited greatly, and will likely continue to do so as ...

... as developer ecosystems. Some have called this the "app economy." Here is more on where we at GetJar see these technologies heading. When Facebook launched ... viral adoption, and payments. In just two years, a $1 billion-plus economy was created. Almost simultaneously, the iPhone App Store skyrocketed ... Post: Open Beats Closed in the App Economy (post comment) OStatic Buffer Overflow... ...

... learn this week that the pace of expansion in Russia's economy slowed back in November, following two months of steady advance in ... well show increasing restraint in lowering interest rates, even as the economy slows, the ruble rises, and bank retail lending ... since December 2008. Over the third quarter as a whole, the GDP Indicator suggested that the economy contracted by a revised 8.7% year-on- ...

... for ways to cut costs in this tough economy, it seems more of us are ditching name brand foods for private labels. A new report ... 7 popular food and fitness products during this recession. Because of the economy, I’ve been using a lot more coupons than I have before. How have you changed your food ... Nugget: Food prices falling Is the bad economy making us fat? (Take the poll!) 5 healthy ...

Higher-than-expected oil prices will help Russia's economy return to pre-crisis levels, deputy economy minister Andrei Klepach said in London this week. Oil prices have rebounded after falling sharply in late 2008, and foreign investment in Russia has increased as a result. The increasing value ...

In the Chevrolet press conference at the LA Auto Show, a representative noted that the Chevrolet Malibu (33 mpg, with four-cylinder engine) and Equinox (32 mpg) were best in class for fuel economy. Of course, these are highway estimates, based on the EPA’s test criteria. But our own real-world fuel-economy tests paint a different picture.

In their list of top 10 business opportunities in a down economy, John Assaraf and Murray Smith, founders of OneCoach, a provider of small-business coaching services, recommend ... debt management Photo by tudorcity. From Business Opportunities Weblog. Source: 10 Bizs Based On A Bad Economy Presented here with permission by the very gracious Dane Carlson from the Business Opportunities Weblog.

Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist James Carville made news during the 1992 presidential campaign when he coined the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Today, more than 17 years later, Carville’s advice is still one that politicians need to heed. Opinion surveys...

By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer December 3, 2009: 4:32 AM ET • The recession ends: Get ready for $100 oil • The economy roars: $140 oil, is there an end in sight? • Everyone in China buys a Cadillac: World tapped out But a growing number of experts are saying that you can forget all that. For the next couple of years, they say, oil prices will remain well below….. ...