The FBI Crime Index reports that juvenile and adult arson cause an average of 560,000 fires, 750 deaths, 3,700 injuries, $1.5 billion in property loss. • 55% of all arson arrests in the U.S. are children under 18 • Nearly half of these are age 15 ... more

YES. The package would temporarily increase the size of mortgage loans, known as the conforming loan limit, from the current $417,000 to a maximum of $729,750. This will help home-owners in high-cost urban areas, like New York City, buy, sell or ... more

The Indian advertising industry, pegged at Rs 160 billion, has been clearly affected by the global economic meltdown. The television segment, which accounts for Rs 72 billion, was growing at 18-20 per cent. Given the current situation, growth will ... more

February 25, 2009 The global financial crisis now underway is expected to have major impacts on North American and European workers and consumers, including massive job losses and reductions in spending power. It will have even more serious ... more

WASHINGTON – The master’s of business administration degree is undergoing a period of self-examination. Applications for graduate-level business schools traditionally increase during a recession, and today’s MBA programs are seeing that rise in the ... more

The crisis has required the Fed to make a huge investment in providing liquidity to the banking system through its own resources and in helping to administer and partially fund federal programs that were put in place to save the banking system. The ... more

The future for government programs is far from certain. As you may be aware, many experts believe that the government does not have the money necessary to adequately fund Social Security or Medicare for the baby boomer generation. And this was ... more

Healing crisis depends on individual health condition. For diabetic patients, some common diabetic symptoms such as thirsty, frequent urination may become prominent in the beginning. In fact, increase in blood glucose level is the most common ... more

Francesco Lamanda: The Italian economic structure is mainly composed of two macro-regions. The northern and central parts of Italy include 60 percent of the population and feature a financial- and manufacturing-driven economy that is comparable to ... more

NEW YORK (Special to the NNPA from the Final Call) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, in a recent meeting here with Bretton Woods Institution organizations, called for immediate and long-term measures to tackle a growing global food ... more