Today in Equity
January 15th, 2010 by Keith Forest
Today’s equity news.
“Administration Loosens Purse Strings for Transit Projects,” - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will make it easier for cities and states to spend federal money on public transit projects, and particularly on the light-rail systems that have become popular in recent years, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.
Administration officials said they were reversing guidelines put in place by the Bush administration that called for evaluating new transit projects largely by how much they cost and how much travel time they would save.
“White House: Stimulus saved 2 million jobs,” - Reuters
Obama has called for more measures to boost $787 billion package
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s emergency spending measures last year saved up to 2 million U.S. jobs, the White House said on Wednesday, but it warned that the outlook for the economy remained uncertain.
Obama, anxious to reduce double-digit U.S. unemployment which has dented his popularity, has already called for additional government measures to boost jobs on top of the $787 billion stimulus package he signed in February 2009.
“Americans are fat, study says, but not getting fatter,” - Mercury News
Americans are fat, but at least they’re not getting fatter.
Sixty-eight percent of Americans are overweight or obese, but that number hasn’t changed much in the last decade, according to a team of doctors Wednesday in two studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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