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Vienna, Austria Ranked As the Smartest City |
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 The City Fix
February 3, 2012
We previously wrote about the most livable cities in the world and the most innovative solutions to make cities more livable. Now we bring you the smartest cities in the world, courtesy of Boyd Cohen of Co.EXIST. Cohen explains that some people choose a narrow definition for smart cities, but he prefers a broader definition, encompassing cities that use information and communication technologies to be more efficient in the use of resources. This can be a result in energy or cost savings, improved service delivery or quality of life, or reduced environmental footprint.
Cohen previously released his research on climate resiliency, which culminated in a global ranking of climate resilient cities.
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Ten Cities Crushed by the Global Recession |
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 24/7 Wall Street Wire
January 27, 2012
The global recession officially ended in 2010. Since then many countries have begun experiencing economic growth again. However, North American and Western European nations are recovering at a much slower pace than the rest of the world. In fact, the slowest-growing metropolitan areas are located in the United States, Western Europe and earthquake-damaged Japan, according to Brookings Institute’s Global Metro Monitor 2011. 24/7 Wall St. has examined the Brookings report to identify the world’s largest cities that just cannot seem to recover.
Read more: Ten Cities Crushed by the Global Recession
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USA: 2 Winners as Local Governments Rebuild |
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 MoneyShow.com
Thursday, January 26, 2012
By Benjamin Shepherd, Editor, KCI Investing
KCI Investing
Tickers mentioned: EGOV, AIRM
The economy may be slowly reviving, but states and local municipalities are still barely getting their footing…and these companies will help them in their recovery, writes Benjamin Shepherd of Personal Finance.
US state and local governments shed about 244,000 jobs in 2011 and 249,000 jobs in 2010, according to government data. Since the height of the global credit crunch in mid-2008, almost 670,000 state and local government jobs have been eliminated.
But as the US economy slowly heals, the outlook for state workers is beginning to improve. The US unemployment rate in December fell to 8.5%—hardly an ideal level, but a marked improvement from the 10.1% unemployment rate recorded in 2009. As Americans get back to work and spend their hard-earned dollars, state budgets are recovering, thanks to rising income tax and sales tax receipts.
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