Topic: U.S. Department of Commerce

The Culture of Cheapness

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Nov 12, 2004 at 2:32 PM

According to today's Commerce Department report, retail sales grew very little in October, a mere .2%. Why? Auto sales dropped 2.2%, because as the Wall Street Journal online noted, there's been a "long-lasting up-and-down pattern of ...READ»

DISRUPTIVE | Comment

Not Disruptive...Destructive

BY david heitman
Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Nov 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Whew! The recession is over. Well, that’s a reliefOr so said the Commerce Department. The 3.5% GDP growth in Q3 proves it. Right?The announcement has been greeted with understandable and almost universal skepticism. ...READ»

RE:CON SUPERNOVA 2004 | 1 comment

Disruptive Wireless

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 65
Fri Jun 25, 2004 at 4:32 PM

Vanu Bose is CEO of Vanu Inc. Michael Gallagher serves as acting assistant secretary of commerce for communications in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Tren Griffin works as a technology evangelist for Microsoft. And Rob Toor is CTO ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

Does Fighting Piracy Fuel Innovation?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 58
Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 3:34 PM

A new study suggests that the key to outsize growth and innovation is a strong protection of copyrights and other intellectual property. Is its argument convincing?READ»

GLOBALIZATION | 4 comments

Numbers to Lose Sleep By

Relevancy Score: 56
Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 7:17 PM

Want more evidence that we should be worrying about American competitiveness? Check out the monthly trade data for August, released this morning by the Commerce Department--and sending some analysts scurrying to revise (downward) ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | Comment

Offshoring and Insourcing

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 52
Mon Nov 24, 2008 at 10:24 AM

In my book about recession-proof jobs, one of the criteria I used in selecting the recession-proof jobs was that they not be on the list of occupations that the U.S. Department of Labor considers vulnerable to offshoring. I can’t ...READ»

MICHAEL CANNELL | 1 comment

Got Pouffe? A New Ad Campaign Urges Consumers Unable to Buy New Homes to Shell Out for Furnishings Instead

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 44
Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM

For more than a decade we lived in a culture of real-estate ambition as up-ticking values made every house a potential nest egg. God help us, we were a nation of bidders and flippers consumed by balloon mortgages, rate locks and ...READ»

DIGITAL TV SWITCH | Comment

Zenith Lures Consumers to its Digital TV Converter Box with Energy Efficiency Claims

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 2:29 PM

With less than 100 days left before the dreaded Digital TV Transition, Americans--including myself--are scrambling to cash in government DTV coupons for conversion boxes. Many of us are just looking for a cheap model that can get ...READ»

ASSET MANAGEMENT | Comment

Hennion and Walsh News: US economy officially shrinking

BY Hennion and Walsh
Relevancy Score: 31
Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM

"Consumer spending is about 70 percent of the GDP and this looks like the lowest it has been in two decades, which goes to show that in the fourth quarter we are going into the recession, said Bill Walsh, president of Hennion & Walsh in Parsippany, New Jersey."READ»

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Relevancy Score: 30
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Obama To Inject $6 Billion Into Rural Broadband

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 28
Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 7:18 AM

President Obama has proposed a $6 billion fund designed to bring high-speed internet connections to underserved parts of the country. It's one of several technology-related proposals in the $825 billion economic stimulus plan that is expected to be voted on this week.READ»

ANALOG | Comment

How Congress Can Avoid Delaying the Digital TV Transition

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 24
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Democrats in the Senate have introduced a bill to delay the nation's transition to digital television from February to June. Senate Republicans have blocked the bill, saying a deadline extension would confuse consumers and delay ...READ»

BROADBAND | 4 comments

Which Senators Are Fighting Broadband Funding?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 21
Fri Feb 6, 2009 at 12:23 PM

As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | Comment

Tech Priority Check

BY Julie Piotrowski and Christine Canabou
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

While the New Orleans economy is powered mainly by tourism, many community leaders envision the city as an emerging technological hub anchored by its most recent high-tech achievement: The Naval Information Technology CenterREAD»

ASSET ALLOCATION | Comment

From Housing to Banks to Revenue...

BY David S. Waddell
Relevancy Score: 12
Sun Apr 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM

Friday, April 24, 2009 SOU Viewing Reminder To view the 2009 State of the Union videos on Youtube click here. From Housing… We concluded last week’s edition of the ...READ»

ASSET ALLOCATION | Comment

Washington Briefing May 2009

BY David S. Waddell
Relevancy Score: 12
Sun May 10, 2009 at 9:42 PM

Friday, May 8, 2009 Mr. Waddell Goes to Washington Earlier this week, Stacie and I had a terrific opportunity to travel to Washington for a comprehensive debriefing. Through my membership in the Society of ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION | 2 comments

Ways to Give Back

BY Anna Muoio
Relevancy Score: 10
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:49 PM

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