Broadband – Your Responses We received a number of responses to our Agurban last week entitled Internet Speed in the United States. We hit on the topic of Internet speed and the continued competitiveness of the United States vs. the rest of the … Read more

Internet Speed in the United States The results of a second annual survey of Internet speeds, conducted by the Communication Workers of America, show that the United States has not made significant improvement in the speeds at which residents connect to the Internet. … Read more

Real GDP revised up for Q2 – What Recession? Government sources recently released revised information for second quarter GDP (gross domestic product), which was revised up to a 3.3% annual growth rate for the quarter versus an originally estimated 1.9%. Based on these … Read more

Banking the “Unbanked” The City of Evansville, IN launched a program earlier this month to bring people who traditionally rely on payday lenders and cashiers checks to pay bills, into mainstream financial institutions. The “Bank On Evansville” initiative will help the “unbanked”, those … Read more

Bringing Jobs Back to America from China: Can It Happen? The economics of global trade are starting to tilt back in favor of the U.S. to a degree unseen in a generation. Since 2002 the dollar has plunged by 30% against major world … Read more

Entrepreneurial Activity The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, was established with a vision of advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth. Ewing Kauffman began working as a salesman for a pharmaceutical company following his service in … Read more

High-Impact Firms -The Gazelles Revisited David Birch first popularized the term “gazelle firms”, referring to the fast growing firms that can often transform a community and region. Birch’s work was primarily focused upon sales growth. A recent study by the SBA has expanded … Read more

Economic Gardening – How does your community grow? Economic gardening is designed to “grow your own” jobs through entrepreneurial activity within the community. The concept of Economic Gardening (EG) originated with Chris Gibbons in Littleton, CO who 20 years ago decided that it … Read more

Good News for U.S. Small Businesses The National Association of Manufacturers said the trade figures for May show continuing improvement in manufactured goods trade. “Manufactured goods exports continued their sizzling pace,” said Frank Vargo, the NAM’s vice president for international economic affairs. “For … Read more

More Wind News Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels joined officials from Dominion and BP Alternative Energy on May 29, 2008 at a ceremony to celebrate the construction of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm in Benton County, IN, located about 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis. … Read more