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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and ...via Publish2 -
Do stimulus jobs last?
Stimulus may have created or saved 640,000 jobs so far, but many of those positions were never intended to last. ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Debates: Executive pay
Debate statement: "This house believes that on the whole, senior executives are worth what they are paid."Posted by Dwight Rousu -
American bank failures: An uncelebrated century
Partners Bank of Naples, Florida, earned a dubious distinction on Friday October 23rd. It became the 100th American ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Trying to Rein In ‘Too Big to Fail’ Institutions
Congress and the Obama administration are about to take up one of the most fundamental issues stemming from the ...via Publish2 -
In Health Care Reform, Massashusetts Plan May Be the Future
A mandate on individuals to buy health insurance can work -- just don't expect it to reduce the cost of care. That, ...via OneRiot
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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?
Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of ...via Publish2 -
FCC Fine Print Could Undermine an Open Internet | Save the Internet
(Blog Post) Buried in the fine print of the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open ...Posted by Ben Ross -
War weary Europeans test their leaders' resolve
Whoever ends up presiding over Afghan chaos and corruption, Europe is losing patience fast with U.S. mission muddle ...via GlobalPost -
Stimulus Contracts Go to Companies Under Criminal Investigation
The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under ...via Ellen Miller
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Faces of a jobless recovery
For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one ...via Peter Daou -
SPEEA: Boeing's decision to add second line in S.C. bad for everyone
Boeing's decision to add a second line in South Carolina is bad for the company and employees and eventually will ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Not So Unequal, After All
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. You've heard it over and over again. Many free-market ...Posted by Dale Penn -
The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report
(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a ...via NewsRack -
Copenhagen or bust
If we miss this opportunity, there will be no second chance sometime in the future, no later way to undo the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Alternatives Are Simply too expensive
The U.S. and Western Europe can point to a remarkable achievement over the past 40 years: significant reductions in ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class
we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama Must Get Going on Jobs
Obama has talked often about the need for more jobs. But he's put little presidential heft into creating them, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The audacity of greed: how private health insurers just blew their cover
The health-insurance industry has finally revealed itself for what it is. Background: The industry hates the idea ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Empire Strikes Back
AHIP, the insurance industry trade group, has apparently decided to hop off the healthcare reform bandwagon. After ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and ...via Publish2
