Perpetuation of the foreign earned income exclusion: U.S. international tax policy, political reality, and the necessity of understanding how the two intertwine.
ABSTRACT This Article discusses Section 911 of the Internal Revenue Code, also known as the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), as an example of a provision that has been sustained, not on the basis of sound economic analysis and compliance with established U.S. international tax policy, but...

Dallas Fed Researches the Border Economy.
DALLAS, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The current economic status of the Texas- Mexico border and the challenges the region faces are detailed in a newly released special Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas publication, The Border Economy. "Like much of Texas, the border has been moving...

S&P Affirms City of Gomez Palacio, Mexico 'mxA+' Rating.
NEW YORK, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today affirmed its 'mxA+' rating on the City of Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. The outlook is stable. The rating reflects the following credit strengths: -- Good financial performance; -- A recent increase...

Recruiting Conference to Focus on MBA and College Recruiting for the Financial Services Industry.
NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Research Institute's premiere conference on MBA and College Recruiting for the Financial Services Industry: On and Offline is coming to San Francisco, CA on July 30 & 31, 2001 at the Crowne Plaza Union Square. This event will feature leading...

The U.S. labor force in the new economy.
In the last two decades, the United States has been in the throes of rapid economic change brought by new technologies and the globalization of the economy. One of the best ways to study the effects of change on the U.S. population is through the abundant information available on...

Cuba's elusive underground economy provides important goods and services.
From watch repairmen in Holguin and ice-cream vendors in Sancti Spiritus to locksmiths in Matanzas and prostitutes selling themselves along Havana's Malecon, Cuba's so-called "underground economy" is evident nearly anywhere you look. Yet trying to get a handle on its size or economic impact is extremely difficult,...

IDC Forecasts the Worldwide eRecruiting Market Will Top $13 Billion in 2005 Industry's First Worldwide eRecruiting Forecast and Analysis.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Revenues in the erecruiting market are on the rise. IDC forecasts the worldwide market will grow from $1.6 billion in 2000 to $13.4 billion by 2005. This means an additional $11.8 billion will be up for grabs in this market in...

Zenix Income Fund Inc. Declares Monthly Dividend, Sets New Rate.
NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Zenix Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZIF), today announced a dividend of $0.052 per share for the months of June, July and August 2001. This is a decrease from the dividend of $0.054 per share that the...

Raw deal.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is widely credited with saving America from economic ruin. But Jim Powell's new book, FDR'S Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (Crown Forum), promises to send FDR's inflated reputation crashing like a stock on Black Monday. Powell, a Cato Institute senior...

ProfNet Round-Up: Economic Outlook for 2002; Following is a round-up of experts who can discuss the economic outlook for 2002. The list is compiled from the ProfNet Database (http://www.profnet.com). Updates will be added to the round-up on ProfNet's Web site at http://www1.profnet.com/profnet_home/roundups.html.
PROFNET ROUND-UP: 2002 Business and Economic Predictions 1. The Economy is Already Rebounding. The economy is already rebounding, says James Butkiewicz, chairman of economics in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Butkiewicz points to an upswing in manufacturing orders, consumer confidence, housing starts and...