Employment
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On the Streets of Bedford Falls (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2010 -- There is not much happening this year on the streets of Bedford Falls. The Christmas decorations went up on Main Street, same as always, but it’s ...
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Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 2011: Breach of the critical threshold of global geopolitical dislocation (LEAP/E2020)
Nov. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- Public announcement GEAB N°49 As the LEAP/E2020 team anticipated in its open letter to the G20 leaders published in the international edition of the Financial Times of ...
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Happy as a Hangman (Chris Hedges)
Dec. 6, 2010 (TruthDig.com) -- Innocence, as defined by law, makes us complicit with the crimes of the state. To do nothing, to be judged by the state as an innocent, is to be guilty. It is to ...
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U.S. Federal Reserve Conjures -- and Redefines -- Money (Matthew Cardinale)
Nov. 30, 2010 (Inter Press Service) -- ATLANTA, Georgia - The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, ...
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Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street (Robert Scheer)
Nov. 24, 2010 (TruthDig) -- Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism. The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that corporate profits are at their highest level in U.S. history, ...
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Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter (Catherine Rampell)
Nov. 23, 2010 (New York Times) -- The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 ...
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Prime U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures Rise to Record (Kathleen M. Howley)
Nov. 18, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgages in the U.S. jumped to a record in the third quarter as unemployment strained household budgets of the most creditworthy ...
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Economic Data Show U.S. Recovery Accelerating (Courtney Schlisserman and Shobhana Chandra)
Nov. 18, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The index of U.S. leading indicators rose for a fourth consecutive month, manufacturing surged in the Philadelphia area and jobless claims climbed less than forecast, ...
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Outrage, Misguided (Noam Chomsky)
Nov. 4, 2010 (New York In These Times) -- The U.S. midterm elections register a level of anger, fear and disillusionment in the country like nothing I can recall in my lifetime. Since the Democrats ...
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Finance Has Become a New Form of Warfare: An interview with professor Michael Hudson (Democracy Now!)
Nov. 5, 2010 -- (Democracy Now!) -- The Federal Reserve will pump $600 billion more into the U.S. economy and keep interest rates at historical low levels. The short-term impact of the Fed’s move, ...
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World Job Crisis is a Threat to Democracy, Says IMF Head (Larry Elliott)
International Monetary Fund meeting dominated by fears that US job crisis will add to currency tensions with China Oct. 10, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (The Guardian) -- The International Monetary Fund was ...
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