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Evergreen shifts work to China
Little more than a year after cutting the ribbon at a new factory in Devens built with more than $58 million in ...via NewsRack -
Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall
The unemployment rate in the U.S. soared to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October and employers cut more jobs ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983
The 10.2 percent jobless rate for October shows how weak the economy remains even though it is growing. The rising ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
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 -
White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs
The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Why did blue-chip Goldman take a walk on subprime's wild side?
Goldman Sachs was one of the last Wall Street giants to enter the subprime lending world, but when it did, it ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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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 ProPublica -
Cut Wall Street Out! How States Can Finance Their Own Economic Recovery
The BND's populist organizers originally conceived of the bank as a credit union-like institution that would free ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Six months after the outbreak, who’s investigating the CAFO-swine flu link?
Scientists at the University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa revealed last week they had identified the ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Lawmakers Debate Incentives to Attract Medical Students to Primary Care - News digest - Building Human Capital newsroom - Building Human Capital ...
Should this disparity in supply and demand continue, the nation could face a shortage of as many as 44,000 general ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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Obama Faces His Anzio
President Obama chose a cautious approach rather than bold action on the economy, and the decision may haunt ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
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 -
With tax break, a big carbon footprint
ENVIRONMENTALISTS who are worried about global warming should pay attention to the congressional debate about ...via AllTop -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Our Free Market Makes Economic Collapse Inevitable
The headlines are trumpeting recovery — some are even proclaiming an end to the recession in the United States ...via NewsRack -
A world of change in 287 days
The columnist evaluates the successes and shortcomings of President Obama's first 287 days in office. Obama could ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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Want to Save Our Economy from Almighty Greed? Here Are 10 Crucial Fights and Key Fighters to Watch
There are no less than four federal regulators responsible for overseeing consumer protection in finance, and all ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Too Big to Fail - Too Big to Exist -
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would break up financial institutions that are too big to fail. ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
On the Job
(Blog Post) It’s strange that on-the-job coverage gets relatively little attention in the debate, even though more than half ...via Jonathan Cohn -
Interview with James Galbraith
We need to find another path for economic expansion. We need to set a strategic direction. Our problem now, our ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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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 -
Ford Earns $997 Million, Projects Solid 2011 Profit
Ford Motor Co., the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy, posted net income of $997 million in the third ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Fed's Tarullo Shakes Up Bank Rules
The rise of Daniel Tarullo, a lawyer with a longstanding interest in bank regulation appointed to the Federal ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs
The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Senators Slog While Unemployed Suffer
A protracted and very partisan Senate skirmish has left hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans without ... -
Comparing the Votes of the Rich and the Poor
(Blog Post) As just about everybody knows by now, richer Americans tend to vote Republican while poorer Americans go for the ...via FiveThirtyEight
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Obama Faces His Anzio
President Obama chose a cautious approach rather than bold action on the economy, and the decision may haunt ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
