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Recession Briefing 2.27

What you need to know today to survive and thrive in the recession.

Survey: Entrepreneurs less downbeat amid recession (Crain’s)
After the initial panic at the end of 2008, small businesses are now seen adapting to new economic realities.

A Bold Plan Sweeps Away Reagan Ideas (NYT)
The budget that President Obama proposed on Thursday is nothing less than an attempt to end a three-decade era of economic policy dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and his supporters.

Obama plans boost for low-income housing (AP)
President Barack Obama is proposing a big spending increase for programs that provide housing to the poor and invest in neighborhoods with large concentrations of poverty.

Minor league hockey taking a hit in recession (CNN)
In this season of recession, hockey fans are going without.

Jobless Angry at Possibility of No Benefits (NYT)
As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting stimulus money for increased unemployment insurance, there is growing anger among the ranks of the jobless.

Layoffs Deepen Pool of Applicants for Jobs Driving Big Rigs (WSJ)
Trucking companies suddenly have more applicants than jobs, thanks to a recession-driven jump in applications and a decline in the number of trucks on the road

Innovators of the Economic Recession (WP)
The are individuals and businesses who are still forging ahead, sometimes embracing innovative (read: sometimes eyebrow-raising) ideas and runnig with them.

Recession forces more adults back to school (MSNBC)
Unemployed workers without a high school diploma are finding they need one to have any chance of working again soon.

Le Mans Slowed Down as Recession Curbs Millionaires (Bloomberg)
Getting to the starting line may be the toughest part of the Le Mans 24-hour car race this year.

Visits to Online Job Sites Soar as Recession Deepens (DMW)
As the nation’s recession leaves more and more people looking for new jobs, web traffic to career development sites continues to grow in step, according to new figures from Nielsen Online.

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