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Debt: And You Think You'Ve Got It Bad?
Business  (tags: debt, consumers, world, news, money, economy, americans )

Cal
- 1 hour ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
Bankruptcy may seem like strong medicine, but debtors in the US have it relatively easy. Public humiliation, years of re-education, even jail await deadbeats abroad.
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Cherokee Nation Industries Lays Off Employees to Deal With Losses
Business  (tags: Native Americans, company, lay offs, finance, economy )

Lone
- 8 hours ago - cherokeephoenix.org
STILWELL, Okla. - Because of Cherokee Nation Industries' construction division being more than $1 million in the red four months into its fiscal year, the company has been forced to lay off employees
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SIGN OF THE TIMES--More Members of Middle Class File for Bankruptcy
Business  (tags: consumers, foreclosures, BANKRUPTCIES, CHAPTER 7, society, humans, economy, americans, money, usa )

Cal
- 21 hours ago - usatoday.com
A new study by Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School Leo Gottlieb professor of law, and Deborah Thorne, Ohio University associate professor of sociology, finds that personal bankruptcy has become a largely middle-class phenomenon led by filers who are coll
7 comments
Men From Opposite Spectra Agree: Power of Fed Must Be Diminished [!]
Business  (tags: Federal Reserve Bank, economy, constitution, finance, debt, cover-up )

Janet
- 1 day ago - americanfreepress.net
According to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), who is the author of landmark Audit the Fed legislation (H.R. 1207), the chairman of the House Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, Rep. Mel Watt (D-Fla.), has quietly stripped the bill of "just about
2 comments
Out of Control
Business  (tags: big banks, business, economy, corruption, lies, money, finance, government, ethics, news, society, politics, usa, world )

Cal
- 2 days ago - inthesetimes.com
Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up.
4 comments
Costco Nixes Coke Products Over Pricing Dispute
Business  (tags: Large Business, fighting, money, marketing, economy )

Lone
- 2 days ago - finance.yahoo.com
Costco customers may have to look elsewhere for Coca-Cola products now that the retailer has stopped carrying them because the pair are fighting over prices.
10 comments
US Postal Service Still Losing Billions
Business  (tags: economy, business, U, postal service, usa, society, marketing, news, consumers, finance )

Cal
- 2 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
The agency has cut 40,000 jobs and will propose ending Saturday delivery
6 comments
DISTURBING! China, U.S. Eye Pact to Help Troubled Banks: Sources
Business  (tags: world, china, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', business, investments, money, news, economy, dishonesty, politics, society, government, finance, ethics )

Cal
- 3 days ago - reuters.com
Chinese and U.S. regulators are negotiating a pact aimed at encouraging Chinese financial institutions to buy into small and medium-sized banks in the United States, bankers briefed on the plan said
8 comments
Ohio Attorney General Takes Aim at Wall Street
Business  (tags: business, energy, economy, ethics, politics, society, usa, money, government, finance, dishonesty, consumers )

Cal
- 4 days ago - reuters.com
He's already knee-deep in litigation against major financial institutions, including Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), and recently told Reuters that his team of about 400 attorneys is looking for other opportunities to hold Wall Street's feet to the fire.
5 comments
Uncle Sam Sitting on a Goldmine
Business  (tags: Gold, money, usa, business, economy, government, investors )

Cal
- 7 days ago - money.cnn.com
The government holds the world's largest gold reserve, but even with gold prices at a record high, the Treasury is unlikely to sell.
4 comments
How the 40 Year Drop in the Minimum Wage Helped Cause Obesity
Business  (tags: risks, diet, death, obesity, economy, business, ethics, society, consumers, government )

Suzybell
- 8 days ago - grist.org
I have written about the link between wages and obesity before--with wages dropping since the 60s and healthy food prices always going up, people eat more unhealthy food. But now two economists have drilled down into these issues and claim to have found
7 comments
Of Bats and Billions: Following Recovery Funds
Business  (tags: business, politics, government, finance, economy, news, society, usa )

Cal
- 8 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Msnbc.com's 'Stimulus Tracker' lets users view projects big and small
3 comments
10 States Face Financial Peril
Business  (tags: business, economy, government, money, society, finance )

Cal
- 9 days ago - money.cnn.com
Dropping tax revenue, rising unemployment and yawning budget gaps are wreaking havoc in states from Arizona to Wisconsin, a new report shows.
2 comments
Jobless: 10 Percent Is Tougher Than It Used to Be
Business  (tags: consumers, unemployment, debt, society, news, money, usa, economy )

Cal
- 9 days ago - hosted.ap.org
It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less than half the savings. They spend 10 weeks longer off the job. And a bigger share of them have no h
6 comments
Meet Robyn Nietert of the Women's Microfinance Initiative: Building Businesses, and Lives, One Loan At a Time
Business  (tags: business, debt, Entrepreneurs, ethics, economy, finance, humans, investments, labor, money, society, world )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - planetgreen.discovery.com
The Women's Microfinance Initiative (WMI) started as a casual discussion between two women in Bethesda, Maryland. Robyn Nietert and Betsy Gordon wanted to help people in an impoverished community, and microfinance seemed a more sustainable and empowering
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US Postal Service Still Losing Billions
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