According to the 2010 State of the Nonprofit Sector, a new survey from the Nonprofit Finance Fund, only 18 percent of more than 1,300 nonprofit leaders who participated in the survey expect their organizations to have a surplus of funds for 2010. This is despite the fact that 35 percent of the respondents reported a [...]
Filed under: News, Philanthropy on April 8th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: finance, government, philanthropy
In response to deadlocked talks on a new international agreement to fight global warming, a new draft that circulated Tuesday at the United Nations sponsored climate change conference does not feature any targets for carbon cuts or financing.
The new draft also fails to provide any long-term goals for emissions reductions, the peaking of emissions, and [...]
The U.S. government is currently financing its massive borrowing with ultralow interest i.o.u.’s, but this happy situation may not last much longer. Treasury officials now face enormous debt, an accumulation of short-term borrowings that are due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure to return to normal once the Fed decides the [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Uncategorized on November 27th, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Tagged with: budget, economy, finance, government
After last week’s announcement by Ben Bernanke that the recession was essentially over, I think many of us probably breathed a sigh of relief. Here’s a man responsible for many of the programs which have been so hotly contested, programs which have funneled billions of dollars to banks who may or may not have used [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Tagged with: analysis, ben bernanke, Dailyfinance.com, economy, finance, growth, jobs, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobe Prize, recession, recovery, stimulus, Unemployment, US
I’ve been following the run-up to next week’s G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh rather closely, and am concerned about the nature of the debate thus far. Before the self-congratulating and back-patting begins on the G-20’s “could have been worse” attitude over the current state of the recession – and the prospective recovery – begins, the big [...]
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.