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The drop in taxable retail spending over the past two years in Arizona has been dramatic -- even for a historic slump. Dennis Hoffman, director of the Seidman Research Institute at the W. P.

It is a widely accepted assumption in the healthcare and information technology industries that electronic medical records in hospitals help reduce costs and enhance the quality of patient care.

For the first time in three years, the ASU-RSI (Repeat Sales Index) is showing an increase in residential prices: preliminary data for March show that year-over-year, prices for homes in the lower-price and foreclosure segments in Phoenix turned positive.

Roger Myerson, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from the University of Chicago, told an audience of Chinese business executives and government officials recently that their country might do better if it liquidated some of its American investments.

Economic experts take a look at what's ahead for the nation and the state of Arizona at the annual Economic Outlook Luncheon sponsored by the Economic Club of Phoenix. This year John Arnold, Director of the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Dennis Hoffman, Director of the L.

Employment figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year through August show that every Western state lost jobs compared to the same eight-month period last year. Nationally, nonfarm employment through August was down by -3.7 percent.

Housing prices in Phoenix continued their downward march in September, extending a record string of declines that started 19 months ago. Home prices fell 28 percent this September compared with the same month last year, according to the Arizona State University-Repeat Sales Index (ASU-RSI).

Building necessary infrastructure is key to Arizona's economic competitiveness, yet realizing that fact may take a change of thinking.

A year ago, economists were talking of a possible recession, but few predicted the severity of the present financial crisis.

John Kotter knows your organization needs to change. His latest book, "A Sense of Urgency," delves into the how-to required of managers needing to embark on that first step, avoiding pitfalls along the way.