Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Population On The Rise
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courtesy of ‘Eric Gilliland’
Good news! The DC population is at its highest in over 20 years … and it’s still growing!
The city’s population set to break 600,000 in 2010. How do we know that? The Census Bureau had a head count of 599,657 residents as of July 1 which means DC is on pace to [...]
Metro’s Budget Disaster, Fare Hikes Possible
‘Empty Metro Car’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
$175 million. That is the current projected budget gap for Metro for the fiscal year. That is a gap some $30m larger than what was predicted just three months ago and you may be paying the difference. WaPo wrote today that Metro’s managers recommended this morning that up [...]
Area Museums Making Cuts
‘Castle silhouette’
courtesy of ‘brianmka’
The Newseum has cut 29 people from its full-time staff, trimming down for the second time since its April 2008 reopening. The cuts came late last month. The floor staff saw only minor cutbacks and the museum president, Kenneth Paulson, has stated that the cuts “should not affect the experience of museum [...]
Early Christmas Sale
Circling Circuit City, by Vicki & Chuck Rogers (Creative Commons)
The Washington Post reports that Circuit City is closing 155 stores nationwide in an effort to reduce costs and weather the current economic storm.
So, what does that mean to us DC people? Well, the stores that are closing (including locations in Baltimore, Beltsville, Marlow Heights, Charlottesville, [...]
Worried About Your Job?
Queue for job, courtesy of le Haricot
The economy is a mess. Our 401(k)’s are toast. And we’re all stressed. Now the WaPo has quantified our job-loss fears:
In September, there were more mass layoffs — instances in which employers slashed 50 or more jobs at one time — than in any month since [...]
