Subject: National Economy

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008
  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008
  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Yuletide Good Will Spells Ruin For SF Law Firms

    By Matt SmithAn apparent upwelling of holiday good cheer has destroyed two of San Francisco's oldest law firms, which had thrived during much of the past century by exploiting greed, jealousy, fear, malice and other non-holiday sentiments. Thelen LLP, begun in 1924 and until recently one of America' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    "Speaking of Responsibility, We've Taken It;" "Everything the 49ers Have Asked Us to Do, We've Done," - the Wit and Wisdom of Gavin Newsom on the economy

    By Benjamin Wachs What's that, you say? Didn't Gavin already give a Newsom-isode on the economy? Well, yes, but that was the "Economic Climate." This is the Newsom-isode on "Economic Development." What's the difference? Well, one kind of tells you what Gavin plans to do, and the other kind o ... More >>

  • News

    April 3, 1996

    $hort Circuit

    By Benjamin Wachs What's that, you say? Didn't Gavin already give a Newsom-isode on the economy? Well, yes, but that was the "Economic Climate." This is the Newsom-isode on "Economic Development." What's the difference? Well, one kind of tells you what Gavin plans to do, and the other kind o ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2008

    Law Requires Lobbyists to Disclose Little

    By Benjamin Wachs What's that, you say? Didn't Gavin already give a Newsom-isode on the economy? Well, yes, but that was the "Economic Climate." This is the Newsom-isode on "Economic Development." What's the difference? Well, one kind of tells you what Gavin plans to do, and the other kind o ... More >>

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    West Coast Dockworkers Dispute Could Paralyze U.S. Economy

    By Benjamin Wachs What's that, you say? Didn't Gavin already give a Newsom-isode on the economy? Well, yes, but that was the "Economic Climate." This is the Newsom-isode on "Economic Development." What's the difference? Well, one kind of tells you what Gavin plans to do, and the other kind o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Manga Mania

    By Benjamin Wachs What's that, you say? Didn't Gavin already give a Newsom-isode on the economy? Well, yes, but that was the "Economic Climate." This is the Newsom-isode on "Economic Development." What's the difference? Well, one kind of tells you what Gavin plans to do, and the other kind o ... More >>

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Starbucks

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  • News

    August 8, 2001

    Reading the Fed

    How long a recession, if the Federal Reserve adopts "Positively Outrageous Service" as an official slogan?

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Comic Book Store

    How long a recession, if the Federal Reserve adopts "Positively Outrageous Service" as an official slogan?

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    South to the Future

    New Way to Ease New Economy's Inflation Threat: Release Nonviolent Inmates

  • Calendar

    October 23, 1996

    The Grid

    New Way to Ease New Economy's Inflation Threat: Release Nonviolent Inmates

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2009

    Oil and Water

    New Way to Ease New Economy's Inflation Threat: Release Nonviolent Inmates

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice

    New Way to Ease New Economy's Inflation Threat: Release Nonviolent Inmates

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Local Artists: We Want To Give You Money w/ Masterminds

    ​Screw the bad economy. We want to do our part to help local artists when we can, as part of the annual SF Weekly Masterminds grants program. As you can see from last year's finalists, Masterminds gives up to $2,500 to creative people in the visual arts, fashion/design, performing arts, and film/v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Where Does Your School Rank in Cranking Out Peace Corps Volunteers?

    ​Nathan "Hale" Sargent doesn't want to say a bad economy is good for the Peace Corps. That'd be simplistic. That'd be insensitive. A bad economy is bad for everyone. That being said -- applications in 2009 were up 18 percent over the year before. So there's that. "We're not Plan B," says Sargent, ... More >>

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