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August 5, 2010 |
Feds Award $1.2B in Broadband Stimulus Funds Latest allocations of stimulus money for broadband come from the Agriculture Department, which is funding projects aimed at bringing access to rural and poor areas.   |
InternetNews
February 27, 2006
Roy Mark |
Rural America Closing Broadband Gap According to a new study, 24 percent of adult rural Americans went online with a high-speed connection by end of 2005, compared to 39 percent of home broadband users in urban and suburban areas. |
Managed Care
July 2005 |
Economically, country mouse does better Although lower income in rural areas is often cited as an obstacle to recruitment of physicians, one study suggests rural and urban areas do not differ significantly - at least, in terms of income. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
A fresh look at rural development Years after it went out of vogue, the rural economy is again emerging as a priority for boosting national performance and reducing poverty, according to experts at a seminar held in New Orleans in March during the IDB's annual meeting.... |
IDB America
April 2004 |
IDB Supports Mexican Rural Financial System The IDB and Mexico signed a contract for a $300 million policy-based loan to support the consolidation of a reform of the Mexican rural financial system. |
InternetNews
February 23, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
The Digital Dirt Road Divide Internet penetration among U.S. rural residents has risen, but the community still lags behind its suburban and urban counterparts. |
Reason
November 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Zombie Farmers A July report from the Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture paid more than $1 billion in subsidies to 172,801 dead farmers during a six-year period. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
Jennifer Pellet |
Money Buzz 03/05 Entrepreneurs in rural regions may soon have a shot at a funding windfall... Think the IPO market looks too grim to be worth a gamble? Think again... etc. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Mahmood Hasan Khan |
Rural Poverty in Developing Countries How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it? |
InternetNews
July 1, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Broadband Stimulus Opens With Rural Emphasis Rural Utilities Service offers up almost its whole budget in first application window; Net neutrality groups shout victory. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Unhealthy Rural Trees? Common sense would say that urban trees are more stressed than their rural counterparts and grow more slowly. However, recent research in New York City is questioning this widespread belief. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Justin Hibbard |
Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Rural Market Worth $2.67B to Verizon Wireless The deal to buy Rural Cellular comes weeks after AT&T bids for Dobson and Sprint and Clearwire strike a WiMAX deal. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2010
Tim Hanson |
This Is Still a Great Place to Invest I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When I tell people I'm buying stocks in China, I get shocked stares. |
InternetNews
December 17, 2009 |
Feds Award First Broadband Stimulus Funding Vice president presides over inaugural broadband stimulus awards. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2000 |
Policy Center One-Pager The Effect of Accredited Rural Training Tracks on Physician Placement |
Food Engineering
February 8, 2006 |
Food Safety Remains Top Priority at USDA The US Department of Agriculture continues to collaborate with states and private industry to protect the nation's food supply from terrorist threats. Currently the agency is in the midst of conducting five critical food defense exercises this year. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2010 |
USDA Taps Microsoft for Cloud Services As competition with archrival Google for public-sector cloud contracts heats up, Microsoft snags a major contract to provide email and other services to the Department of Agriculture. |
Entrepreneur
July 2002
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
After The Flood With the flow of VC funding slowed to a trickle, let our list of the top 100 VC funds be your divining rod. |
AFP eWire
June 13, 2005 |
Resource Central Non-profit resources: AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit... Ernst & Young Disaster Relief Accountability Toolkit... Foundation Funding for Children's Health... The Rural Charitable Sector in Ontario... |
AFP eWire
April 6, 2010 |
Fundraising Tips: A Snapshot of Rural Donors Although people from rural communities are less likely to donate to charity, those that do give donate a higher percentage of their income than urban donors. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
Mara Der Hovanesian |
USDA Home Loans: Subprime Redux? Builders are jumping on a no-money-down program to bolster sales in depressed markets. Sounds familiar? |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
Rich Smith |
Rural Cellular Goes to Town A report card on Rural Cellular's profits. |
Wired
April 2004
Gary Rivlin |
The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Martin Ravallion |
Urban Poverty Yes, the poor are gravitating to towns and cities, but more rapid poverty reduction will probably require a faster pace of urbanization, not a slower one -- and development policymakers will need to facilitate this process, not hinder it. |
AFP eWire
March 21, 2005 |
Research to Benefit Social and Economic Health of Rural Canadian Communities The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, is investing $1 million to help rural women improve the economic health and viability of their communities. |
Information Today
August 4, 2015 |
The USDA and Microsoft Present a Data-Centric Food Resiliency Challenge The challenge will explore how climate change will impact the U.S.'s food supply and how the country can achieve better food resiliency. |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
High Tech At The Hospital Little-known Computer Programs & Systems, which designs information systems for rural hospitals, has been under the weather -- till lately. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2009
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Stimulus to Broadband Use A little-known element of the economic recovery bill can help address our urgent need to expand broadband service. |
InternetNews
March 19, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Will the Stimulus Cash Flow to ISPs? With the government planning to spend billions on Internet infrastructure, decision makers face a conundrum. |
