The Housing Trust Fund, if funded, would allow communities to apply for funds and begin building immediately. Even if that happens, new housing would still be nearly a year away at best.
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Although the unemployment rate is expected to remain relatively stable at 8.6 percent, the economy should add 1.6 million payroll jobs — the same number it did in 2011. The committee noted that the job recovery will be prolonged.
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More than half of millionaires feel an obligation to “give back” and few are concerned with their ability to give, according to the eighth annual Wealth and Values Survey, entitled “Responsibility and Money: How the Wealthy View Their Role in Society.”
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Asked about expected hiring in 2012, respondents were slightly optimistic, observed Sims. “In the latest findings one-in-five employers predicts stepped-up hiring in order to drive strategic growth. The majority, 58 percent, predicted just nominal hiring on an as needed basis and 21 percent predict more hiring in order to fill existing gaps in the organization.”
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He fights to maintain the dignity of the elderly
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You’ve come a long way, baby: Cigarette ads of the 1960s partially to blame for women’s cardiovascular issues today
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Consumer delinquencies fell in seven of 11 loan categories in the third quarter of 2011, with two categories — bank cards and home equity lines of credit — holding virtually steady.
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