When money is spent investing in public transit, the result creates jobs that put the people who have been hit hardest back to work. A new study by the Economic Development Research Group, commissioned by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), shows that two-thirds of the jobs created by capital investment in ...

    As our economic crisis unfolds, the list of companies slashing their workforce sounds like a death knell. This month alone, layoffs have been announced at these industry giants: Merck, Yahoo, General Electric, Xerox, Pratt & Whitney, Goldman Sachs, Whirlpool, Bank of America, Alco, Coca-Cola, American Express, Time Inc., ...