10-Sep-2011 12:40 Obama

It feels a little strange to write such a thing about a high-cost, high-regulation state, but the numbers don't lie. Massachusetts is beginning to kick butt just as the world winces from a massive stock market migraine.

It’s not entirely clear why Massachusetts is enjoying a recovery that most expected would be firmly in place by now around most of the country. President Obama, for one, would love Massachusetts’ numbers... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118163&cid=ct_15_148_f&fid=27959&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bizjournals.com%2F%7Er%2Findustry_6%2F%7E3%2F7GilMSZORGw%2Fmass---the-economic-envy-of-the-nation.html

Health Care Reform: Appeals Court Dismisses Key Challenge to U.S. Health Care Law :: A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out Virginia's challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama last year.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210816/20110908/health-care-reform-health-care-law-health-care-obama-republicans.htm

TSX shows little conviction before Obama speech :: Toronto's main stock market index edged higher in cautious action on Thursday morning following weak U.S. jobs data and ahead of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama detailing his plan for job creation.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210798/20110908/toronto-s-main-stock-market-index-u-s-jobs-u-s-president-barack-obama-speech-job-creation-economic-g.htm

Obama jobs package may top $400B :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FJXkODdXL28/index.html

Stocks Dropping Following Obama Jobs Plan; Sudden Resignation of ECB Member :: Investors are likely skeptical about the efficacy of Obama’s jobs program and whether or not such a massive scheme would pass Congress.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211387/20110909/stocks-markets-obama-jobs-ecb-debt-stark-gold-oil.htm

Obama unveils 'American Jobs Act' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4qE1DqB5USw/index.html

Obama Jobs Speech: Principal Talking Points :: Obama laid out an ambitious $450 billion package of spending plans and tax cuts designed to stimulate the economy and create badly needed jobs.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211210/20110909/obama-jobs-speech-tax-cuts-spending-republicans.htm

Obama Jobs Speech: How the President is Passing the Buck :: President Barack Obama made a savvy play with his jobs speech proposal, if one considers his personal political hide. America's unemployment problem has gone on too long, and the nation is looking to Washington, and the president, to do something about it. So he drew up a economic plan that has a big price tag -- $447 billion -- urging Republicans and Congress to act immediately on it.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211198/20110909/obama-jobs-speech-president-passing-the-buck-republicans-super-committee.htm

Obama Faces Tough Slog to Sell Pivotal Jobs Plan :: President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue the troubled U.S. economy and his own prospects for re-election, embarks on an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a make-or-break $447 billion jobs plan.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211136/20110909/obama-faces-tough-slog-to-sell-pivotal-jobs-plan.htm

Obama unveils $450bn jobs package :: Barack Obama unveils a $450bn (£282bn) package of plans aimed at creating jobs, and urges Congress to quickly pass the measures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-14841746

Analysis: Obama Jobs Plan Reinvigorates Growth Outlook :: President Barack Obama's jobs package could lift economic growth by one to three percentage points in 2012, add well over one million jobs and lower the unemployment rate by at least half a percentage point, judging by early estimates.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211010/20110909/analysis-obama-jobs-plan-reinvigorates-growth-outlook.htm

GOP Scorn Greets Obama's $450 Billion Jobs Plan :: President Barack Obama presented a $447-billion plan for boosting jobs on Thursday before a rare joint session of the Congress and urged the Republicans to take urgent action to pass his plan leaving aside political differences.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211001/20110909/gop-fury-welcomes-obama-s-450-billion-jobs-plan-tax-holiday-payroll.htm

Obama Speech: President Calls for $447 Billion Jobs Package, Payroll Tax Cut :: In a joint-session address Thursday, President Barack Obama said the United States faces a "national crisis" and pressed Congress to urgently pass a jobs package of tax cuts and government spending he is proposing to revive the stalled U.S. economy.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/210908/20110908/obama-obama-jobs-speech-jobs-job-growth-job-creation-economy.htm