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China's growth could plunge to less than 1% by 2030, study says
China's zooming economy may feel the crunch in coming years as its workforce ages and productivity slips, potentially dragging down the global economy, according to a recent study. In a worst-case scenario, economic growth in China could drop to less...
Tags: China, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Indicator, United Nations, Federal Reserve
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The True National Debt
WASHINGTON -- How big is the national debt? You'd think this would be an easy question. Surely we know how much the government owes. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. The true national debt could be triple the conventional estimate, anywhere from $11...
Tags: Politics, Social Security, World War II (1939-1945), Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Indicator
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The sequester: a manufactured crisis
WASHINGTON -- Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives -- the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of crying "Wolf!" about spending cuts under the sequester. He is actually...
Tags: Politics, Elections, The New York Times, Iran, Barack Obama
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Column: Sequester is a manufactured crisis
WASHINGTON — Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacturers of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of crying "Wolf!" about spending cuts under the sequester. He...Tags: Politics, Elections, Washington, DC, The New York Times, Barack Obama
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Ag's role in education funding questioned
PIERRE - The statewide tax levies for general education would increase next year on commercial property and owner-occupied homes, but agricultural property would see its levy go down, under a key piece of school-funding legislation from the Daugaard...Tags: Values, Students, Religion and Belief, Regional Authority, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Easy steps to assessing pasture productivity
It looks like winter has finally arrived in parts of eastern South Dakota with the recent cold snap and snow fall. The importance of water management on pastures has been a topic we've been spending a good deal of time on during this drought period. I'...Tags: Droughts, Watertown, Natural Disasters
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Lamenting the death of the room tax bill [Letter]
A bill that I worked on with my Democratic colleague, Delegate Mary-Dulany James, was recommitted back to committee. HB 1395 promoted tourism and economic growth in Harford County and would have given the Harford County Council the authority to impose a...Tags: Havre de Grace, Tourism and Leisure, Rentals, Harford County, Business
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Agricultural drainage widening Minnesota rivers
The Blue Earth River is 50 percent wider along its entire length than it was seven decades ago, largely because a generation of artificial drainage on the surrounding landscape has doubled the flow of water coursing between its soft banks. It's one of...Tags: Science and Technology, Bodies of Water, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Rivers
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Study: Investing more in ag research would increase efficiency, productivity
"Total factor productivity" isn't a term that rolls easily off the tongue. But investing more money in agricultural research would improve both total factor productivity and U.S. ag production, according to a report from the U.S. Department of...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Inflation and Deflation, Research
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National Museum of American History to preserve ag heritage
WASHINGTON - On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture-stories about...Tags: Monsanto Company, Agricultural Research and Technology, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Museums
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Fed says moderate growth has returned, will stay course on stimulus
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve officials Wednesday acknowledged the recent pick-up in economic growth, noting in particular “labor market conditions have shown signs of improvement,” but the central bank made no change in its ongoing aggressive...
Tags: Central Bank, Energy, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Labor Markets
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Our biggest problem is not deficits
"Our biggest problems over the next 10 years are not deficits," President Barack Obama told House Republicans last week, according to those who attended the meeting. The president needs to deliver the same message to the public, loudly and clearly....
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, White House
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