economy
Double dip danger
March 15, 2010What does the economic future hold? The commentators in business media are like fortune tellers, reading the future in a bunch of soggy tea leaves. Fewer jobs lost than expected in February? The economy must be...
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Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
March 12, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
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Labor has plan to make banks pay
March 8, 2010One of the most innovative labor proposals is for a financial transactions tax on Wall Street.
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In Show-Me State, calls to tax the rich, show us some jobs
March 5, 2010"Government has a responsibility to assist people in these hard economic times," former autoworker Clem Smith told a crowd on the state Capitol steps.
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‘But we don’t have any work’
March 5, 2010Like most people here in Reno, Nevada, who are looking for work, I just call myself a statistic and hope for the best.
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