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Failure has many culprits

In a recent syndicated column, economics professor Walter Williams pointed out that many colleges and universities have become centers of liberal indoctrination, intolerance and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-12-26/failure-has-many-culprit
Fed expected to launch revamped bond buying program

...rates for the top 2 percent of income earners. Most Republicans are resisting such a move.Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Gordon College, says he thinks Fed officials this week might discuss what further action they could take if...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-11/fed-expected-launch-revamp
Lockheed says Marietta presence solid

...to save this?'"About 80 percent of Lockheed's business is the defense industry, said Don Sabbarese, an economics professor at Kennesaw State University. The company's chief competitor, Boeing, is making similar cuts to operate more...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-12-16/lockheed-says-marietta-presence-sol
Success of BMW plant spawned debate over tax incentives

...month."They never stopped building the plant. It has been a continuing expansion," said Bruce Yandle, an economics professor emeritus at Clemson University.BMW is now as much a part of modern South Carolina culture as barbecue buffets...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-24/success-bmw-plant-spawned-
It's the spending, stupid: Poor choices stick citizens with fat bill

...the end of 2011, had spent nearly $900 billion of your money. An October 2012 study by Ohio State University economics professor Bill Dupor concluded that "ARRA created/saved approximately 450,000 state and local government jobs and destroyed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-01-13/its-spending-stu
FedEx says global economy is stalling, cuts outlook

...trailing growth in the world's economies, mimicking a trend seen in the last two recessions.Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Martin Smith School of Business at California State University, agrees with that forecast, calling the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-09-18/fedex-says-global-economy-
Lawsuit seeks runoff in U.S. House District 7

...Chris Whitmire.The state Election Commission will decide Friday whether to call a runoff between Coastal Carolina economics professor Gloria Bromell Tinubu and attorney Preston Brittain. At issue is whether to count the votes of state Rep. Ted...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-06-15/lawsuit-seeks-runoff-us-house-distr
Federal Reserve extends program to drive long-term rates down

...But in a comment on Twitter, Justin Wolfers, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton...strength in six years. Jeremy Stein, a Harvard economics professor, and Jerome Powell, a former private equity executive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-20/federal-reserve-extends-pr
Across the region

...state.With all votes counted in the five-way primary, Gloria Bromell Tinubu, a Coastal Carolina University economics professor, received 49 percent, while Myrtle Beach attorney Preston Brittain received 37 percent.Judge Larry B. Hyman...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-06-22/across-region
AP survey says high US unemployment to persist well into next presidential term

...election isn't going to be a miracle cure for the unemployment rate ? that's for sure," says Sean Snaith, an economics professor at the University of Central Florida. He thinks unemployment, which is 8.2 percent now, won't drop...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-04/ap-survey-says-high-us-une