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...Martin isn't alone. With the unemployment rate hitting its highest level in more than a quarter-century, a growing number of the nation's jobless are striking out on their own to pay their rent and put food on the table - some doing freelance and contracting work, others launching full-blown independent businesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobless Entrepreneurs Face Tax Minefields | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Genesee County Land Bank owns more than 4,000 vacant residential properties in and around Flint, which had 124,000 residents at the last census. Today, streets are mostly abandoned, the average value of a single-family home has dropped to $16,400 and the city's unemployment rate hovers at 27%, which is two points better than it was in August when it hit 29%. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flint, Michigan: Electric Cars Bring Revival Hopes | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Bank of Canada's fall survey of business confidence shows 69% of the country's business leaders expect their sales volume to increase at a greater rate over the next 12 months, compared with the previous year. That's the best reading since the country's central bank began compiling these quarterly statistics more than a decade ago. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Exposure: Could Canada's Recovery Stall? | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...There's no doubt that a recovery is at hand," says economist Krishen Rangasamy of Toronto-based CIBC World Markets. "But the strong Canadian dollar will act as a break on the Canadian economy." He expects Canada's GDP to grow at an annualized rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter, and 2% in 2010. This compares with CIBC's lower estimate of GDP growth for the U.S., with 2.4% expected for the fourth quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Exposure: Could Canada's Recovery Stall? | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...exemplary argument for the affirmative: “The US should increase the rate at which it dismantles nukes. At the moment, when we sign a treaty to dismantle, we basically just sign papers and put them (the nukes, not the papers) in a warehouse waiting to be dismantled, which could take now until 2040, because obviously it takes a while to take them apart, without blowing yourself up. Our argument is that it’s better for security not to have a large number of nukes around that we can’t protect...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Date With Debate | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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