“Simply put, no society can truly flourish if it stifles the dreams and productivity of half its population. Happily, I see evidence all over the world that women are gaining social and economic power that they never had before. This is good news.” IfsWorldDreamSocialHalfEconomicNewsEvidencePopulationGenderProductivityGood NewsEconomic Power Author:William J. Clinton
“The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another economic collapse, it’s almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it’s a perpetual driver of disruption.” IfsCompanyEconomicNewsCrisisLifetimeFinancialDriversCollapsePerpetualUnpredictableShrinksPredictableDisruptionFinancial CrisisForecastsEconomic Collapse Author:Steve Jurvetson
“Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech. If businesses in your nations are denied access to either type of information, it will inevitably impact on growth.” IfsCountryPoliticalNationsGrowthEconomicInformationTypeSpeechNewsImpactAccessDistinctionDeniedFreedom Of SpeechStandpointCensoringPolitical Speeches Author:Hillary Clinton
“We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.” ThinkingWayGrowthBusinessEconomicNewsClimateFriendlyGood NewsEconomic Growth Author:Jim Yong Kim
“I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.” KnowsWorldMeanLongStatesHumorPoliticalFoundTermUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionPeriodsNewsConcernedEconomicsInvestmentFolksOptimisticLong TermInvestorsSaltShort TermPolitical HumorBest Investment Author:George W. Bush
“Every morning you have the economic news from all over the world, from television, radio, the Internet, and an hour later the news changes and the numbers change. People run fast from one place to another, which is very risky because they don't have enough time to think.” PeopleThinkingWorldEnoughRunningHoursNumbersMorningEconomicTelevisionInternetNewsRadioEvery MorningEnough TimeTime To Think Author:Costa-Gavras
“But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.” PeoplePoliticalGroupsEconomicStreetsWallNewsCodeThroatGood NewsCountrysideExclusionZips Author:Jim Hightower
“I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantWould BeSchoolLeftHoursHalfSituationOpinionEconomicEventsTelevisionTaughtOughtNewsPressureRidiculousMediumsEveningJournalPublic SchoolHalf Hours Author:Walter Cronkite
“You folks feeling the economic pinch? Are you a little fed up with the economic news? It's bad. The department stores, this holiday season, no Santa Claus. They're laying off department-store Santa Clauses. So more bad news for John McCain.” LittlesFeelingsEconomicNewsSeasonsFolksStoresDepartmentHolidayFedsSantaBad NewsSanta ClausMccainFed UpClausesHoliday SeasonDepartment StoresSanta Clause Author:David Letterman
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“The Huffington Post Investigative Fund's goal is to produce a broad range of investigative journalism created by both staff reporters and freelance writers, with a focus on working with the many experienced reporters and writers impacted by the economic contraction. The pieces will range from long-form investigations to short breaking news stories and will be presented in a variety of media - including text, audio, and video.” LongStoriesFormGoalFocusPiecesEconomicMediaProduceNewsIncludingVideoJournalismVarietyPostsRangeFundBroadsInvestigationStaffReportersAudioContractionsNews StoriesBreaking NewsInvestigative Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington