Voice of America
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved an $838-billion economic stimulus plan, handing President Barack Obama a major victory in his bid to create jobs and revive the nation’s ailing economy.
Three Republicans joined majority Democrats in the Senate Tuesday to approve the massive stimulus package by a vote of 61 to 37.
President Obama welcomed [...]

Voice of America
WASHINGTON — Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs between 2001 and 2003, when he was a member of the Texas Rangers. The three-time American League Most Valuable Player made the admission on Monday in an exclusive interview with the cable sports television [...]

PRNewswire-USNewswire
PETALUMA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2009 — Economists agree one of the most important aspects of a successful stimulus bill will be its ability to create jobs. The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates businesses with less than 20 employees make up 90 percent of all U.S. firms and are responsible for creating more [...]

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PETALUMA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2009 — According to the latest United States Census Bureau statistics, businesses with fewer than 20 employees account for 90 percent of all U.S. firms and are responsible for more than 97 percent of all new jobs. The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released a report on the Census [...]

PRNewswire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2009 — Amidst all the rhetoric surrounding President Barack Obama’s first signature piece of legislation, a massive $800 billion economic “stimulus” bill, one thing is clear: a majority of Americans reject the President’s handiwork. A just-released ATI-News/Zogby International poll shows that clear majorities of Republicans and Independents are against it.
Question #1: ATI-News/Zogby [...]

PRNewswire
STOWE, Vt., Feb. 9, 2009 — In the latest issue of The Casey Report, the flagship publication of Casey Research, Managing Director David Galland and Chief Economist Bud Conrad have examined the decline of the Japanese economy since 1990 and note the many similarities, and a few key dissimilarities, to the United States’ current crisis.
“Statements [...]

Special to HarpBlaster.com News Wire
KENNESAW, Ga. — In the midst of an annual conference designed to pinpoint the Southeast’s niche in the digital media revolution‚ Kennesaw State University announced receipt of a $1.5 million gift from the Harnisch Foundation to establish a center to research and develop innovative ways to produce and distribute news.
Kennesaw State [...]

Voice of America
WASHINGTON — The Senate headed toward a possible vote Friday on its version of an economic stimulus bill aimed at stopping the U.S. economic decline. President Obama launched a stinging attack on Republicans still opposing the legislation, as new U.S. job loss figures put additional pressure on lawmakers.
Senate lawmakers worked through remaining amendments [...]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2009 — President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing the new Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
Modeled on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower the Board will provide an independent voice on economic issues and will be charged with offering independent advice to the President as [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – When the money ran out on the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, employees refused to work and a nearly two-week strike began on Feb. 6, 1868.
The Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad was chartered on Jan. 28, 1852, and ran from Paris, Tenn., to Guthrie, Ky. The road connected [...]