Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Drug Companies Paid For Articles
The New York Times reports that drug giant Wyeth paid doctors and researchers to put their names on articles to
Ex Nasdaq head ran massive Ponzi scheme
Federal agents have arrested Bernard L. Madoff, a top Wall Street trader and ex-CEO of of Nasdaq for securities fraud.
Big Three Spent $7.2 Billion On Ads In 2007
One reason the Big Media conglomerates in the United States may want to see the Big Three transnational automobile companies
Closures & Layoffs (Dec. 7-13)
The weekly report from Mark Heschmeyer of the CoStar Group. By Mark Heschmeyer | December 11, 2008 Closures & Layoffs (Dec.
The Big Three's 1990s Corporate Welfare Grant
If GM, Ford and Daimler/Chrysler end up getting a big corporate welfare grant from the "U.S. Corporate
World Bank and Food Crisis (Bloomberg--!)
A critique of the World Bank and the Washington Consensus--at Bloomberg, of all places. This is part 3 of a
Watchdogs Chide Treasury on Bailout (WSJ)
Just posted to the WSJ site: By MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | DECEMBER 10, 2008, 4:45 P.M. ET WASHINGTON --
Green Jobs in Prisons?
Hat-tip to Lois Ahrens of the Real Cost of Prison Project for this disturbing story, from a site called cleantechnica.
More people seeking fewer jobs
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) put out a brief showing that there are now 3 people looking for jobs for
Jared Bernstein to Be Top VP Econ Advisor
We somehow missed the news (from last Friday) that VP-elect Joe Biden had picked Jared Bernstein, senior economist at the
Interest rate on US T-bills turns negative
From The Financial Times: Interest rate on US T-bills turns negative By Michael Mackenzie in New York Published: December 9
How to Get a New New Deal (John Nichols)
We noticed this in the Boston Metro, our subway paper ("world's largest circulation global newspaper" or