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Rent-Burdened Nation: Housing Expert Discusses Affordable Housing Crisis
2015-01-06 15:05:00| National Real Estate Investor
Veteran housing and urban policy writer Andre F. Shashaty is also president of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a San Franciscobased nonprofit education and advocacy group focused on the social, economic and environmental sustainability of American cities. Shashatys new book, Rebuilding a Dream: America's New Urban Crisis, the Housing Cost Explosion, and How We Can Reinvent the American Dream for All looks at the current state of housing and urban policy 50 years after the creation of the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development. read more
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Piketty Refuses French Honor, Says Nation Should Focus on Growth
2015-01-05 05:41:42| IT Services - Topix.net
Thomas Piketty, the economist who criticized income inequality in a best-selling book, refused to accept France's highest decoration, saying the nation should focus on reviving economic growth rather than issuing awards. "It isn't up to the government to decide who's honorable," the 43-year-old professor at the Paris School of Economics told Agence France-Presse.
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What's in Store: Harley dealership tops nation in fundraising
2014-12-18 04:59:27| Automakers - Topix.net
Roxanne Hooper is assistant editor at the Langley Advance follows the business scene in Langley. If you have tidbits or information, email her at rhooper@langleyadvance.com.
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New car sales grow across state, nation: Are we better off?
2014-12-16 16:27:39| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Using new vehicle registrations and other relative data as a measuring stick, the economy appears to be on the mend in Pennsylvania and nationally. There were 682,697 new vehicle registrations in Pennsylvania in 2007, just as the Great Recession started to take shape, according to data PennLive obtained from the Pennsylvania Automotive Association.
Draft Agreement Lima Climate Talks Calls for Emissions Cuts by Every Nation
2014-12-10 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A draft agreement calling for all nations to commit to greenhouse gas emissions cuts is circulating among climate negotiators in Lima, Peru, The New York Times reports. The proposed text calls for each of the 196 countries involved in negotiations to publicly commit to its own plan for reducing emissions. Those individual plans, however, will be driven by national politics and economic concerns, rather than by what scientists say is needed to curb the worst effects of climate change, critics say....
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