Obama back to a new normal

Obama's day: Back to a new normal USA Today By David Jackson, USA TODAY Good morning from The Oval. On this day in 1994, South Africa's newly elected parliament elected a new president: Nelson Mandela. Today, a week and a day after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama returns to ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Welcome to the New Normal Duke University Schools and departments have reduced spending by millions between 2008 and 2009, but the trend began to climb again during most of 2010, with three consecutive quarters of increases compared to the same periods the previous year. ... See all stories on this topic » Duke University

Hot Money Is the New Normal: Solaris Group's Ghriskey Yahoo! Finance (blog) By Matt Nesto | Breakout – 6 hours ago Move it or lose it, buddy. That's an expression that is certainly relevant to the current market environment. Now, perhaps more than any time in recent history, investors' time horizons have become shorter than ... See all stories on this topic »

Guadagno Talks Taxes, Tourism, Tough Budget Choices Shore News Today She couldn't have been more optimistic, despite the subject of the 2011 Cape May County Tourism Conference – “The 'New Normal' in Tourism, Understanding the Post-Recession Customer.” Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno said a “change in attitude” means tourism is no ... See all stories on this topic »

Don't Give Up on Commodities but the Correction May Not Be Over Seeking Alpha This is part of the "new normal," because in the past 2 years we've seen many commodities triple and quadruple. The prices for many commodities suffered the worst week in recent memory last week. Oil prices dipped below $100 per barrel, gold fell below ... See all stories on this topic »

AACP doesn't accurately reflect Aspen economy Aspen Times The “new normal” Aspen economy is vastly different than the 2007 economy quantified in “The Aspen Economy” by Economics Research Associates upon which the AACP is based. • The report states more and more Aspen employees will be needed, never imagining ... See all stories on this topic »

The Killing Recap: Unusual Suspects New York Magazine But the negativity ends there because we enjoyed watching the various characters adjust to their new normal. For Darren, this means acknowledging the fact that his gravelly voiced nobility isn't going to get him elected mayor. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Magazine

Andrew Hall, the $100 Million Man, Loses Big on Oil and Silver Wall Street Journal (blog) “Unfortunately, higher oil prices are not an aberration but part of a– to use a cliché – new normal,” Hall wrote. “As the rest of the world raises its living standards it will consume more energy and more oil…that means higher prices, painful as that ... See all stories on this topic »

Kevin Frisch: A tree falls in the global forest Brighton-Pittsford Post We called it the “new normal.” Eventually, we got used to that type of normalcy. Now, again, with bin Laden erased from the global-terrorism equation, things have changed. They feel different. But unlike the new normal of the post-9/11 world, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ballston Spa pastor left paralyzed by a 2010 bike crash will return to his ... The Saratogian “As I look ahead to the 'new normal,' I am anxious to leave the artificial world of the hospital and resume my ministry and life,” Slawter said. “Of course, I look forward to regular doses of Judy's cooking, the gentle nudge of the big black nose of ... See all stories on this topic »

Wisconsin of the West, Part 2 OB Rag Their answer: austerity is the “new normal” and everyone needs to sacrifice to solve our budget deficits. And this is presented with no irony despite the fact that the top 1% of earners are the only ones to have increased their share of wealth over the ... See all stories on this topic » OB Rag

US-China meeting comes as China faces its own problems, too Christian Science Monitor "This pattern of lower growth and higher inflation could extend into the coming years and become a 'new normal,' driven mainly by changing demographics," write the economists, Ting Lu, TJ Bond, and Xiaojia Zhi. Inflation in China might have some ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Cancer survivor surprised with scholarship Forsyth County News Online But her life is now down a much different path, and now it's our new normal. I truly believe that all life experiences contribute to who you are meant to be.” Instead of nursing, Winn said she hopes to become a child life specialist or a teacher. ... See all stories on this topic »

Tourism increases in state, Chippewa County WEAU-TV 13 We are experiencing a “new normal” in travel behaviors: travelers staying closer to home, responding to last minute deals, and looking for good overall travel value,” said Allyson Gommer, Tourism Director at the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. ... See all stories on this topic »

Irish Consumer Sentiment Index weakened in April FinFacts Ireland However, consumers that feel they have adjusted to a fairly tough 'new normal' might also draw significant encouragement from a well crafted Government jobs initiative that is seen to improve Irish employment prospects.” Austin Hughes added: "It is ... See all stories on this topic » FinFacts Ireland

Targeting Americans, and With Little Controversy The Atlantic That has now mostly faded, despite the fact that we're witnessing an unprecedented assertion of executive power -- one that has obvious potential for the worst kinds of abuses. It has become our new normal. Are we going to get through a presidential ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

Get Ready for the Bounce Motley Fool Of course, maybe you believe the company's broken, and that last year's performance is the "new normal" for Logitech? In that case, selling is probably the right move. So ... what do you think the future holds for Logitech? We'd really like to know, ... See all stories on this topic »

Andy Vels Jensen's National Print Awards speech ProPrint In reality, we will only know when we get back to a “new normal” and we are not there yet. This “new normal”, for traditional commercial offset print at least, will be 70-80% of pre-GFC levels. However, revenue does not necessarily make for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Business travellers powering hotel recovery Air and Business Travel News ... amount business travellers spend on accommodation is not at 2007 levels, and Bhatia suggested an increase in the use of virtual technology may mean it never fully recovers. “We're watching pretty carefully,” she said, to see what the “new normal” is.