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GDP Surges in Q1, Exceeds Expectations
Stockhouse Canada – NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out an uneasy May with a solid advance Wednesday, even after minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting indicated that inflation pressures raised the chance of another interest rate hike in June. The major

Finding SBA Venture Capital from an SBIC
San Diego Daily Transcript – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and its partners help millions of existing and prospective small business owners start, grow, and succeed. They help with SBA loans, counseling, training and contracts. SBA also helps businesses and

Spelling losing importance
Deseret News – Lauren Frary, right, holds a stopwatch while Teressa Thomas does a spelling assignment in a fifth- and sixth-grade class at Westridge Elementary in Provo. Mayor Brian Olsen, under fire for falsely claiming he had a master's degree, has resigned from

Economy'led by business investment'
Nine MSN – The Australian economy is increasingly being led by business investment, Treasurer Peter Costello has said. Mr Costello said the latest capital expenditure figures showed a 0.6 per cent in business investment in the March quarter. Over the full year

Beyond the Bank: Other Financing Options
WSTM – Last spring, George C. Kenney paid a visit to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., to do some research. He wanted to learn more about an amenity being offered to patients: interactive bedside entertainment consoles equipped with high-speed

Spending boom surges
Brisbane Courier-Mail – THE mining industry is keeping the economy afloat, with new figures showing a surge in mining investment while the manufacturing sector struggles. Mining capital investment during the past year has soared 91 per cent, and the latest March quarterly

Australian shares close up sharply on overseas leads, bargain hunting
Forbes – SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) – Share prices closed sharply higher, with sentiment staging a rebound following a rise on Wall Street overnight and on bargain hunting after recent heavy sell-offs, dealers said. They said index-leading resources stocks BHP

First-Quarter Productivity Rebounds Sharply (UPDATE)
Industrial Distribution – WASHINGTON (AP) – The productivity of American workers rebounded at a rapid clip at the start of this year and wages posted a solid gain as well, the government reported Thursday. The Labor Department said that productivity, the key factor in rising

Wage War
Forbes – If Democrats take control of the U.S. House of Representatives this November, among the first bills they'll push is one increasing the now $5.15-an-hour federal minimum wage. Or so current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has pledged. That

Productivity Rebounds; Jobless Claims Rise
WRAL – WASHINGTON — The productivity of American workers rebounded at a rapid clip at the start of this year and wages posted a solid gain as well, the government reported Thursday. AP Photo/Al Behrman Shoppers enter the new Forest Park Wal-Mart

ROUNDUP: US Economy Expands At 5.3 Per Cent Rate In 1st Quarter
Playfuls – The US economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, expanding at an annual rate of 5.3 per cent, which is the strongest since 2003, the Department of Commerce said Thursday. The figure was half a percentage point greater than original

Yen Awaits CPI by Ashraf Laidi
Forexnews.com – US Q1 GDP growth was revised to 5.3% from initial forecasts of 4.8% but lower than expectations of a 5.8% reading. The main reason for the weaker than expected figure is was the 1.4% and 5.2% increase in investment and personal spending instead of 1

Australia's trade deficit falls as exports surge – economists
Forbes – SYDNEY (AFX) – Australia's trade deficit for April was lower than expected due to surging exports after capacity increases over the last year, economists said.'After many years of disappointments the long expected upswing in export growth is finally

Know the different kinds of partnerships before starting
Windsor Beacon – The two most commonly used forms of partnership are the general partnership and the limited partnership. If you are a general partner, you are responsible for all of the debts and acts of the partnership either jointly or together with the other

City wireless network could pay off
Pioneer Press – St. Paul could install a citywide wireless network on the cheap and start profiting from it in as little as three years, according to a new study. Those are part of the findings of a city-commissioned, 110-page report released Wednesday that could

Big-city crime, poverty cited as national problem
Edmonton Journal – Big-city crime and poverty are federal problems whether Ottawa wants to admit it or not, says a Calgary-based research group. In a paper for the Canada West Foundation, Anne Golden calls on the federal government to abandon its traditional

Neff Rental LLC Announces Strong Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005
Money Plans – Neff Rental LLC and its subsidiaries ("Neff") announced today consolidated results from operations for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. For the three months ended December 31, 2005, Neff reported a 9.4% increase in revenues to $76

Amatil's future could be in grog
Sydney Morning Herald – TERRY DAVIS at Coca-Cola Amatil might protest there's nothing on his radar immediately when it comes to expanding from soft drinks into booze. But it would be unwise to rule Coke out as a potential bidder for Kiwi ready-to-drink business, Independent

Neff: Q4 profit up, year-end sinks to loss
South Florida Business Journal – Revenue rose in the fourth quarter and year at Neff Rental . However, profit for the year – a period during which the company was bought by an investment firm – slipped to a loss. For the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, the Miami-based construction and

Zarlink Releases Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2006 Results
Forbes – OTTAWA, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (NYSE/TSX:ZL) today issued fourth quarter and Fiscal 2006 results for the year ended March 31, 2006, prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP