On May 20, the Economic Club of Phoenix presented its annual Economic Outlook Luncheon.

All but three states reported losses in nonfarm employment in March 2009 compared to 12 months earlier, according to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, the economy lost 4.8 million jobs over-the-year in March, and payroll employment fell by 3.6 percent.

This spring's crop of college graduates are venturing forth into one of the most challenging job markets in decades.

Doing business in China different than doing business anywhere else.

Current economic reports are grim, with indicators such as capacity utilization and housing starts at levels consistent with a deep contraction. Yet, there is a widespread view among analysts that the official end date of this recession is not that far off, sometime in late 2009.

Economy-watchers anticipated poor performance from the economy in the first quarter of 2009, and they got what they expected when the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the advance report on Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

In 2001, China became the first centrally-planned economy admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) — the only global international organization designed to facilitate multilateral trade between its member nations.

Whether or not you believe the science on climate change is irrelevant, says Andrew J. Hoffman, a University of Michigan professor of sustainable enterprise. Whatever you think, it's long past the time to open your eyes to the business implications.

Hope Berman Levin, the regional president for U.S. Bank in Arizona, recently touched on some of the rapid-fire changes that are happening in banking, during a talk at the W. P. Carey School's 26th Annual  Dean's Council of 100 Executive of the Year Luncheon.

Yesterday's hot topic met today's crisis at the recent "Immigration and the Economy" forum, co-sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business, The University of Arizona, Thomas R. Brown Foundations and The Communications Institute.