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What Are You Drinking?
There's a new brand of bottled water, and unlike the others, it's 100% politically correct. But
Blacks See Wages Shrink
Another very troubling report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). In their latest weekly economic snapshot they show that African
New Bank Scam: Buy Discount TARP Warrants
The federal panel investigating the TARP bank bailout has announced that nearly a dozen banks have been buying back government-issued
Goldman good but not that bad (Julian Delasantellis)
Julian Delasantellis has a piece at Asia Times Online taking issue with Matt Taibbi's Rolling Stone article about
What's Really Draining State Money?
Great article by Sam Pizzigati on Alternet. What's Really Draining State Money? To become less unstable, states are
Swiss to Block UBS From Providing Data to U.S.
From yesterday's New York Times , an article about the U.B.S. tax case. For those of us
Robert Johnson on 'Taibbi's Scream'
From http://www.alternet.org/story/141163/taibbi%27s_scream%3A_stop_the_political_system_that_has_let_goldman_sachs_
Food Stamps as Stimulus (WSJ)
From yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Boost in Food-Stamp Funding Percolates Through Economy By ROGER THUROW and TIMOTHY W.
Goldman Sachs and NYSE Transparency
More on the brewing Goldman Sachs scandal we posted on a couple of days ago. This is a post from
Laura Tyson: Second Stimulus May Be Needed
Bloomberg is reporting that Obama administration economic advisor Laura Tyson said in a speech in Singapore that a second stimulus
Making the White House a Fair Trade Zone
A coalition of fair trade organizations, vendors, and other supporters has launched a campaign to convince First Lady Michelle Obama