After more than 1100 layoffs for the 2011-2012 school year, no additional layoffs are expected for 2013. But other school districts still have financial difficulties.

Kyle Bass doesn’t play the interviewers games:D

Women in America Financial Health

President Obama announced Friday at the University of Michigan that he’s putting colleges on notice that tuition hikes can’t continue year after year. Ray Suarez discusses the proposals with Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, and Richard Vedder of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

www.ntv.co.ke While the International Criminal Court ruling earlier this week had been anticipated for several months in advance, there was no advance warning for Robinson Njeru Githae that he would take up the mantle at the Finance ministry. The acting Finance minister takes over arguably the most challenging ministry to head this year, with pressure to execute the financial aspect of devolution as well as organizing finances for the historic elections expected to present key challenges. With parliament not playing ball with regard to passing the financial bill as former finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta had expected, Githae already finds his in-tray full even before settling at treasury.

Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, this lecture was presented by Robert P. Murphy at the Mises Circle in Houston on 14 January 2012.

www.presstv.com In this edition of the show Max interviews Gonzalo Lira from LiraSPG.com. He talks about his latest news features covering the US financial and economic collapse for Latin American television, including TeleSur and also stations in Mexico and Argentina. Gonzalo Lira is an American novelist, filmmaker and economic blogger. Starting in 2010, Lira began contributing economic analysis to Zero Hedge, Naked Capitalism, Seeking Alpha and Business Insider; in Zero Hedge, one of his posts was the second most read of 2010.

www.FT.com Higher wages and tight credit have led some manufacturers to leave southern China, but others are staying and moving up the value chain. The FT’s Josh Noble visits two Austrian-owned factories that have operated in Guangdong province for over 30 years. For more video content from the FT, visit the Financial Times video section at: www.ft.com

CEO of Foundation Financial Group, Mark W. Boyer, contributed to a roundtable discussion regarding the job outlook for 2012. He participated in the roundtable with Karen Mathis and Keith Fairchild. Mark says that we are achieving stability in the job market, which leads to consumer confidence. As consumer confidence builds the housing market will flourish. Many jobs that are currently available are technical jobs.

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