Georgette Jasen The Fiscal Times
Recent Stories By Georgette Jasen The Fiscal Times:
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Penny-Pinching Companies Are Saving MillionsOctober 20, 2011
Americans are watching their wallets these days. With high unemployment, depressed home values, and a volatile stock market, jittery consumers are thinking twice about spending on everything from...
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7 Offbeat Jobs for Tough TimesOctober 1, 2011
With 14 million Americans out of work and the unemployment rate stuck at around 9 percent, it can seem as though there are no jobs to be had anywhere. But there are, if you just stretch your...
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USPS Fallout: 7 Businesses that May Hit the SkidsSeptember 23, 2011
It’s no secret that the U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. It lost $3.1 billion in just three months last spring and may have to default on pre-payments for retiree health benefits at the end...
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Why Fewer Credit Card Defaults Aren’t Good NewsSeptember 20, 2011
Fewer Americans defaulted on their credit cards in August and mortgage default rates held steady, but that may not be enough to boost the struggling economy. The Standard & Poor’s/Experian...
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Economic Cost of 9/11: Three Industries Still Recovering September 9, 2011
There was an immediate impact to the economy from the September 11, 2001, attacks, especially in New York but across the nation. There were some 400 businesses in the destroyed World Trade Center;...
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Hurricane Irene: Major $$ Damage May Lie AheadAugust 25, 2011
Hurricane Irene, currently slamming the Bahamas as a powerful category 3 hurricane and barreling toward Florida, has residents as well as state and local officials along much of the northeast coast...
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Does Bernanke Really Have a Magic Bullet?August 24, 2011
Although stocks surged Tuesday amid hopes that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will reveal new measures to stimulate the economy when he speaks at the annual central bank economic conference in...
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Stocks Surge. Is the Market Saying ‘No Double Dip’?August 23, 2011
Stocks surged to their biggest gains in nearly two weeks as investors ignored weak economic data and pushed aside fears of a double-dip recession to buy cheap shares. Traders also are hoping that...
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The Qaddafi Effect: His Fall Could Help the EconomyAugust 22, 2011
Stocks rallied this morning as rebels took control of most of Tripoli and appeared likely to end of the 42-year regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi fueling hopes that a resumption of Libya’s oil...
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7 Executive Perks You Won’t BelieveJuly 6, 2011
Top executives at big U.S. companies saw their pay increase 23 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a new survey commissioned by The New York Times. But besides the multimillion-dollar packages...
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Inflation Fears Rattle a Reeling MarketJune 15, 2011
Inflationary pressure on consumer prices, excluding food and energy, spiked last month, further rattling a stock market already swooning over Greek debt and a bellwether report released by the New...
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Exclusive Survey: Tax Ideas that Could Save JobsJune 9, 2011
If there is one issue that unites President Obama, lawmakers from both parties, business executives, and taxpayers it is this: Taxes—both individual and corporate--need a major overhaul. That's where...