As the economy continues to unravel, a series of papers published today assess the effects of the crisis on children's health, education, and rights in East Asia and the Pacific. Crisis for Children, a special issue of the journal Global Social Policy, asserts investments can be made that will not only advance children's rights and break the cycle of poverty, but also safeguard countries' future economic growth and human development.

What has caused the current economic crisis. As soon as you have read the explanation, I would expect that you will find it to be blindingly obvious, and you may wonder why you have not heard it before. Despite this, to my knowledge, nobody else has identified or written about the real underlying cause of the economic crisis.

A British charity, the UK Autism Foundation has appealed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reach out to families with autism who are below the poverty line in his second budget, on Wednesday 22nd April 2009.

Even in the midst of a growing economic crisis last fall, over 90 percent of Americans said that the United States should act to reduce global warming, according to a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities.

There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State University's College of Business, is revealing just how deeply the crunch is being felt.

Pres. Obama's foreclosure prevention program will help some 9 million struggling homeowners keep their homes. The financial fix requires companies to help borrowers by adjusting their loans so that their monthly house notes do not exceed more than 31% of a borrowers monthly gross income. And, if you are a borrower who hasn't missed a payment, you may be eligible to refinance into a lower cost loan even if you have little or no equity.

Not even Donald Trump can escape the economic crisis. His Trump casino group, Trump Entertainment is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors. Now word has it that his daughter and a developer will be quitting the Board of Directors this Friday.

Hope Is Coming To Fort Myers, Florida. President Barack Obama is having a town hall meeting with 1,500 residents of the poverty stricken city. Its free to get in, but tickets are limited to 1,500 and hundreds are already lined up for them.

Last night the United States Congress failed to reach agreement on a loan package in support of the US auto industry. Obviously, we're very disappointed in this development.

The current economic crisis is forcing companies to quickly evaluate and modify their business models, but unlike previous economic downtrends, the information technology organizations are not feeling the cuts as quickly as in the past, according to a newly released survey.

Home foreclosures are at crisis levels. A startling report released by RealtyTrac, 1 in every 452 homes in the U.S. received a foreclosure notice in October causing home foreclosure activity to rise 25% up from one year ago.