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NOVEMBER 2, 2010 ELECTION

 

League of Women Voters Provides Info on Polling Places, etc.

 http://www.vote411.org/home.php

 

 

 

From The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations 
Contact Susan Kniep, President

Website: http://ctact.org/
Email: fctopresident@aol.com
Telephone: 860-841-8032

 

 

TAX TALK Oct 29, 2010

 

 

Eyes on the Fed  Why the Fed's bold move won't work  By Chris Isidore, senior writerOctober 29, 2010: 10:44 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a plan to pump more money into the economy next week. But some economists worry that the move won't work. http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/29/news/economy/quantitative_easing_liquidity_trap/index.htm

 

 

Total US intelligence bill tops $80 billion  Associated Press, Oct 29, 2010 WASHINGTON — The annual cost of US intelligence is public for the first time: just over $80 billion for 2010…. The $80 billion exceeds the $51 billion spent on the State Department and foreign aid programs in 2010. Continued at http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/10/29/total_us_intelligence_bill_tops_80_billion/

 

 

 

Hundreds of teaching jobs still lost this year, despite federal cash infusion Ctmirror.com, Oct 28, 2010 The last round of federal stimulus money for education was billed as desperately-needed funding to preserve teachers' jobs, but a survey suggests many towns are saving the money for the future--and hundreds of classroom positions remain empty…. "It just makes sense to save it. Our schools have a much grimmer budget picture next year," East Hartford Mayor Melody Currey said about the $2.4 million her school district received in September. The town's 7,000-student district has cut 68 teaching jobs in the past two years, reduced afterschool programs and increased class sizes  Continued at http://www.ctmirror.org/story/8190/hundreds-teaching-jobs-still-lost-year-despite-federal-cash-infusion

 

 

 

Consumer sentiment dips to lowest since November Reuters Oct 29, 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment worsened more than expected in October, hitting its weakest level since November, with concern about the economy high leading into next week's election, a survey showed on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S2KY20101029

 

 

 

Economic growth weak in third quarter (CNNMoney.com) Oct 29, 2010 -- The U.S. economy continued on its path of weak growth in the third quarter, according to the government's latest reading Friday. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, grew at an annual rate of 2% in the three months ending in September. While that's slightly better than 1.7% growth in the previous quarter, it's still considered too weak. Continued at  http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/29/news/economy/gdp/index.htm

 

 

 

Spill investigator: Halliburton, BP knew of faulty cement before well blowout Darren Goode - 10/28/10 02:33 PM ET Halliburton and BP knew weeks ahead of the fatal explosion of the Macondo well that cement being used to seal it was faulty but "neither acted upon it," a top investigator for a bipartisan presidential commission investigating the spill said in its first official finding.

Continued at

 http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/126321-spill-investigator-halliburton-bp-knew-of-faulty-cement-before-well-blowout

 

Health reform reshaping medical practice By Deirdre Shesgreen

  

WASHINGTON--Patients who suffer from heart failure are getting a radical new treatment at Hartford Hospital aimed at reducing the chances of readmission. Not new drugs or diagnostics; it's a new way of practicing medicine.

Healthcare Roundup: Health experts urge a payment overhaul By Julian Pecquet - 10/26/10 06:12 AM ET  Experts would prefer a government authority sets the rates, or an all-payer system. As the Obama administration struggles to keep employers from dropping coverage because of healthcare reform's new mandates, a slew of new reports this week examine ways to keep costs down. http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/125801-healthcare-tuesday