Omni Royal Orleans Hotel Locally Owned Again.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-24 April 2008-Omni Royal Orleans Hotel Locally Owned Again(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter is back in the hands of local ownership. The...

BDC invests in Nuu-chah-nulth entrepreneurs.
A $250,000 investment in a partnership agreement with the Nuu-chah-nulth will benefit entrepreneurs in the Nuu-chah-nulth trading area. The Business Development Bank of Canada and the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation will create a new Aboriginal Business Development Fund. The $250,000 will be for a micro...

Detoothing the loan sharks: five ways' to put the brakes on predatory lending.
'What happens to a dream deferred?" Langston Hughes asks in his classic poem "Harlem." Whether it is the dream of owning a home, paying for college, or making that final payment on a ear. When the way of the world puts our dreams out of reach, what are the...

Les politiques de la banque mondiale relatives a la promotion de l'education des filles dans les pays en developpement: promesse d'equite ou renforcement des inegalites?
Cet article porte sur l'analyse des politiques privilegiees par la Banque mondiale pour promouvoir la scolarisation des filles dans les pays en developpement. L'examen est fonde sur une approche sociopolitique des rapports sociaux de sexe, des representations sociales de l'education et de la place et du role des filles...

Economic perspectives.
Introduction Henrik Wergeland was born 200 years ago. He worked in the vicinity of the central bank in periods. His plays were performed at the Christiania Theatre, which was located at Bankplassen, and as national archivist his office was located at Akershus fortress, a stone's throw from...

Greenspan, Alan: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.
GREENSPAN, ALAN: THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD. THE PENGUIN PRESS, N. YORK, 2007, 531 PP. [ILUSTRACIÓN OMITIR] Alan Greenspan fue nombrado por primera vez en 1987 como presidente del Federal Reserve Board, la institución nacional reguladora de la economía estadounidense. El...

Practicing Sabbath economics: how to live in the light of God's abundance and provision.
Theologian Ched Myers characterizes "Sabbath economics" as the basic struggle of mammon vs. manna. "Mammon" is the Greek word (from Aramaic) used in Luke 16:13 when Jesus notes that "no slave can serve two masters ... you cannot serve God and mammon." The word is translated "wealth" in the...

India and China: huge but tough markets: two of the world's largest insurance markets are also two of the hardest to master.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] India and China, among the world's fastest growing economies, represent big opportunities for the insurance industry. But a new report finds that penetrating those markets is not easy as billions of consumers are not familiar with the role that insurance plays in their...

Seeking the 'fair balance': how "moving money" into community investments can lead to social change.
Writing about Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth, Bible scholar Ched Myers points out that Paul quotes Exodus 16:18 to draw forward the "abundance and limits" lesson of the manna story in relation to giving in the Corinthian church. Paul writes, "it is a question of fair...

Foreclosed dreams.
The foreclosure crisis facing three million Americans and swamping the entire economy right now is the direct result of foolish free market policies. The solution to the crisis cannot be left to that same flawed market. ...