Economy

Economy

GTCC's New Cameron Campus Meets Global Needs Of Industries

5:26am October 10, 2014

It's been a busy year for Guilford Technical Community College. A new aviation training building opened near the airport in August. And its fifth campus also opened in Northwest Guilford County in August.

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Ebola Protective Suits Are In Short Supply

7:09am October 09, 2014

by Jackie Northam

The Ebola outbreak created a demand for personal protective equipment. Clinics can go through hundreds of PPE suits a day. Manufacturers increased production but agencies say there's still a shortage.

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Broad channels of short-term economic impact from the Ebola epidemic, as laid out in the World Bank report. For a larger version, click here.

World Bank Says Ebola Could Inflict Enormous Economic Losses

6:43am October 09, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

In 2013, Sierra Leone and Liberia ranked second and sixth among countries with the highest GDP growth in the world. But that growth has stopped because of the deadly Ebola virus.

A sign displaying calorie counts is seen in a Subway restaurant in New York City in 2008. A yet-to-be-finalized federal rule requiring big chain restaurants to post calorie counts has likely led eateries to tweak their menus.

Restaurants Shave Calories Off New Menu Items

12:22pm October 08, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

New menu items introduced by chain restaurants in 2013 contained 60 fewer calories, on average, than items on the menu in 2012. And that could be enough to make an impact on the obesity epidemic.

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Economy

Disease, War And Terrorism Are Dimming Economic Prospects, Especially In Africa

10:34am October 08, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

The International Monetary Fund issued a gloomy forecast and stock investors reacted. By the market's close, the Dow Jones industrial average had tumbled 272.58 points, or 1.6 percent

Yoram Bauman jokes about "hyperinflation in hell" and on earth. Case in point: the Zimbabwe hundred-trillion-dollar note.

So A Global Economist Walks Into A Comedy Club ...

8:49am October 08, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Yoram Bauman is an economist. And a stand-up comic. Who makes jokes about climate change and global development, among other topics. At the Inter-American Development Bank this week, he killed!

Economy

Traditional Voting Laws Don't Apply In Greensboro's Participatory Budgeting Process

6:32pm October 07, 2014

by Keri Brown

UPDATE -- The Greensboro City Council voted 5-4 to move forward with the plan Tuesday, but not before some heated discussion.

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During the recession, middle-class and poor Americans gave more of their incomes to charity organizations than did the wealthy, according to a new study.

Some Americans Boosted Charitable Giving In Recession; The Rich Did Not

12:44pm October 07, 2014

by Bill Chappell

As times got tough, America's less-wealthy citizens grew more generous, according to a new study. But people making at least $200,000 a year cut the portion of their incomes they gave to charity.

Squaring Your Taxes And Your Health Insurance Subsidies

12:37pm October 07, 2014

by Michelle Andrews

How can spouses divide the tax credits they receive when they buy different health plans from an insurance marketplace? And what do they tell the IRS?

Meg Whitman, the current president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, will lead one of the two companies the tech giant is creating by dividing its corporate services and printing/PC units.

Economy

Hewlett-Packard Will Split Into Two Companies

6:30pm October 06, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The ailing company that was founded 75 years ago has laid off more than 40,000 workers in recent years. Mergers that were meant to help it compete have not panned out.

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