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	Gas prices are highest ever for this time of yea.... NEW YORK - Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. "You're going to see a lot more staycations this year," says Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research. "When the price gets anywhere near $4, you really see people react." Already, W. Howard Coudle, a retired machinist from Crestwood, Mo., has seen his mont....

	Aumento de empleos para fortalecer la economía El presidente Barack Obama ofreció un reto al Congreso de Estados Unidos, “o pasan mi ley de propuesta de trabajos para los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos o simplemente, estancamos la economía” dijo el presidente de la nación en un discurso televisado en recientes días. En las próximas semanas se discutirá dicho plan en el Congreso, lo que abrirá un debate bipartidista en el que demócratas pretenden estimular la economía para la creación de empleos, mientras que los republicanos no quieren segu....

Who Would Win Under Obama's Jobs Plan If it were 2009, and President Obama enjoyed a comfortable margin of support in both houses of Congress, his latest jobs plan would probably sail into law, with the freshly minted stimulus money headed out of Washington tomorrow, or maybe the next day. This time, after all, he proposed a little something for everybody. His plan includes traditional Keynesian spending on roads and bridges that engineers insist are in urgent need of repair. There are generous tax cuts for small businesses, m....

Urges Entrepreneurs to Focus on Cash As global capital markets continue to display unprecedented volatility, and consumer confidence and unemployment remain negatively stagnant, small businesses and entrepreneurs that thought they had survived the downturn are increasingly concerned about a double dip recession. Covendium, the nation’s largest debtor-side commercial debt restructuring and advisory firm, says small businesses are having trouble getting the liquidity they need, and urges them to take protective measures to ensure t....

Velazquez on State of the Small Business Economy WASHINGTON -Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Small Business, delivered the following statement today at a hearing titled "Putting Americans Back to Work: the State of the Small Business Economy": "Since the financial crisis, this Committee has been closely following the health of the small business sector. This has included holding hearings here and throughout the country, as well as addressing the problems we found through legislation. Now, the econ....

Snowstorms cost NYC huge piles of money Mother nature hasn’t been very motherly or kind to New York City and many other parts of the nation this winter. Dear mother has dumped close to 60 inches of the white stuff in the Big Apple and even more in places like Boston and Chicago. Which in turn has depleted these cities’ snow removal budgets and that of almost every county in the northeast. In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg has said that it cost $1 million to clean one inch of snow and the City has gotten nearly 60 inches of snow s....

JPMorgan ignored suspicions about Madoff: lawsuit NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) executives stood by silently as their client Bernard Madoff ran his epic Ponzi scheme, hoping to protect the bank's investments and continue doing business with him, a newly released $6.4 billion lawsuit claims. Irving Picard, a court-appointed trustee seeking to recover money for former Madoff clients, made the accusation in his complaint against the second-largest U.S. bank, an edited version of which was made public on Thursday. "While numerous f....

Everything You Need To Know About The Verizon iP.... The four-year-long Verizon iPhone rumors reign of terror has ended. Pricing and Availability Verizons iPhone will be available online and in Verizon and Apple stores on Thursday, February 10th. Pre-orders will be available "to Verizon Wireless customers only" through Verizons website "on or around February 3rd." There will be a 16GB version for $200 with a two-year Verizon contract and a 32GB version for $300 with a two-year Verizon contract. Youll be able to purchase the iPhone off-contr....

Over 1 million Americans seen losing homes in 2011 NEW YORK – The bleakest year in the foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the U.S. housing meltdown began in 2006. About 5 million borrowers are at least two months behind on their mortgages and industry experts say more people will miss payments because of job losses and also loans that exceed the value of the homes they are living in. "2011 is going to be the peak," said Rick Sharga, a senior vice president at ....

Dream Act 2010: Keep Dreaming The Democratic party was in a festive mood after the House of Representatives passed a bill granting legal status to students who immigrated to the United States illegally. America: the land of endless opportunities. As long as you are white, rich, your parents were born in the United States, you cannot distinguish between raising your voice and speaking another language, and peanut butter is one of the three essentials you would take to a deserted island over a knife. On Wednesday, the Ho....

First Bronx Business Incubator to Support 400 En.... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg ground on the first City-sponsored business incubator to facilitate development of new startup businesses in the Bronx. The Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator, located in the historic BankNote Building at 890 Garrison Avenue in Hunts Point, will accommodate up to 400 entrepreneurs from the Bronx and across New York City over the next three years and is expected to be fully operational by February 2011. New York City Economic Development Corporation provided a $250,000....

New York Election Results 2010 Andrew Cuomo Wins In NY With 62% of the vote Democrat Andrew Cuomo won the election for Governor of New York over Republican/Tea Party candidate Carl Paladino. Son of former Governor Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo was the state’s Attorney General. Cuomo and Democrat Elliot Spitzer received notoriety after prosecuting various Wall Street abuses including fraud and insider trading. Cuomo has promised not to raise taxes, freeze salaries of state employees, and reduce Medicaid costs to clos....

LUCHAS DE INDEPENDENCIA Y LA VERDADERA INTEGRA.... Es curioso como las cosas suceden en estos días. Vivimos en un hemisferio donde los ideales en otro hemisferio, en este caso el continente europeo, vio el renacimiento de unos principios antiguos, pero olvidados, luego de que espartanos derrotaran a los atenienses en la Guerra de los Peloponesios. Estos principios renacerían en la Era de la Iluminación, en Francia, con intelectuales como Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu y Diderot quienes resucitarían los ideales de la Democracia: la Libertad, ....

LUCHAS DE INDEPENDENCIA Y LA VERDADERA INTEGRACI.... Es curioso como las cosas suceden en estos días. Vivimos en un hemisferio donde los ideales en otro hemisferio, en este caso el continente europeo, vio el renacimiento de unos principios antiguos, pero olvidados, luego de que espartanos derrotaran a los atenienses en la Guerra de los Peloponesios. Estos principios renacerían en la Era de la Iluminación, en Francia, con intelectuales como Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu y Diderot quienes resucitarían los ideales de la Democracia: la Libertad, ....

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