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Why Some People Go Green--and Others Don't
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:55 PM EST (yahoo.com)
Why do some people love the Toyota Prius, but others couldn't care less about driving a hybrid vehicle? Why do some of your friends spend hours trying to reduce their carbon footprint, while others wonder what's the point of even recycling?
The new GM
Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:59 AM EDT (WSWS)
.The "new" General Motors exited bankruptcy court on Friday.
GM Exits Bankruptcy
Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:12 AM EDT (The New York Times)
A new General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday -- far more quickly than most industry watchers had expected -- as a leaner automaker pledging to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers.
Robert Reich: When Will The Recovery Begin? Never
Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:00 PM EDT (Common Dreams)
Problem is, consumers won't start spending until they have money in their pockets and feel reasonably secure. But they don't have the money, and it's hard to see where it will come from. They can't borrow.
Depression Level Unemployment: 40 Percent Unemployment in the U.S.? Top 12 MSA Unemployment Regions Located in California. The Only 2 MSA Regions with 20 Percent Unemployment Exist in California.
Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:35 AM EDT (mybudget360.com)
Statistics have a way of being cold and unsympathetic to the plight of the numbers they represent. That is why when we hear that our national unemployment rate is 8.9 percent, there is little cause for alarm from the headline.
US credit card companies jack up rates
Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:33 PM EDT (WSWS)
Credit card companies have in recent months sharply raised the rates they charge customers, as credit card defaults have risen to record levels.
US treasury secretary rejects limits on executive pay
Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 9:41 AM EDT (WSWS)
Timothy Geithner, US treasury secretary, said on Monday he opposes caps on executive pay in companies receiving bailouts from the federal government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
SuperCapitalism: The Sperry Plan To Rescue The U.S. Economy
Seeded on Tue May 19, 2009 9:35 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
The only certain way to ensure the economic rescue of America, is to excite her people into positive, constructive action. To jazz them, by rapidly delivering on the promise that is America, a promise sometimes called "the good life".
Making It -- Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 7:13 PM EDT (The New York Review of Books)
If he were not the second-richest person in the world, Warren Buffett's other well-known attributes—an Omaha address, a five-bedroom house where he's lived for fifty-two years, an annual $100,000 salary, and a phone he answers himself—would be unremarkable.
Soros Says Economic Downward Trend Easing: Report
Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 7:59 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The downward trend in the financial crisis is easing and national economic stimulus packages are starting to work, billionaire investor George Soros was quoted as saying by a German newspaper on Monday.
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