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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
- 8 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
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Coca-Cola to Bring You Health Advice -Doctors' Group Lose Members Over Deal
Business  (tags: Coca-Cola, Coke, diet, health, nutrition, prevention, protection, business, consumers, corporate, marketing )

Roseann
- 15 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
Coca-Cola to bring you advice from one of America's largest doctor groups!
3 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
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
Take Action- Murdoch: Stop Race-Baiting
Business  (tags: petition, news, consumers, money, humans, society, ethics )

Daphna
- 7 days ago - civic.moveon.org
Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOX and the News Corporation empire, just said Glenn Beck "was right" when he called President Obama "racist." This is a rare moment of candor from Murdoch, one of the most powerful media barons in the world.
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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
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
Is Congress Creating Another Housing Bubble?
Business  (tags: economy, business, housing, dishonesty, corruption, politics, society, usa, money, news, government, finance, consumers )

Cal
- 11 days ago - motherjones.com
Economists agree that the home-buyer tax credit is risky and stupid. So why does Washington love the policy?
5 comments
Native American Business Garners Number One Spot
Business  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, nsurance, money, business, consumers, usa, news )

Kat
- 17 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
SANTA ANA, N.M. - For AMERIND Risk Management Corp., "family-friendly" is a natural extension of the company's basic business mission. The Pueblo of Santa Ana, N.M.-based AMERIND was established by more than 165 Native American housing authorities in...
8 comments
How Goldman Sachs Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash (Video)
Business  (tags: business, banks, wall street, Goldman Sachs, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, finance, money, investing, economy, foreclosures, investments, americans, consumers, ethics, investors, investigation )

Tom
- 19 days ago - mcclatchydc.com
Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting
4 comments
On Farmers, Activists and Scary Food Issues
Business  (tags: business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, environment, farming, investors, marketing, politics, usa )

Cowboss
- 19 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
I must confess that before I traveled to Iowa earlier this month, I had rubbed elbows with quite a few farmers, but by and large, they were not typical. Many of them were organic producers. Many were young. Probably a statistically disproportionate number
9 comments
Where's the Beef? In Land of Cowboys, Pig Thrives
Business  (tags: americans, consumers, corporate, economy, ethics, farming, marketing, money, society, humans )

Cowboss
- 19 days ago - google.com
The president of the National Pork Producers Council -- the person who represents the people who represent the nation's pigs -- appeared recently before Congress to talk about sales in the swine flu era. He wasn't happy. "Things look bleak going forward,
6 comments
Haryana : Fast Growing State of India - Naresh Kadyan
Business  (tags: ethics, Entrepreneurs, economy, government, politics, society, consumers, business )

Kadyan
- 19 days ago - en.wikipedia.org
Haryana emerged as a separate State in the federal galaxy of the Indian Republic on November 1,1966. With just 1.37% of the total geographical area and less than 2% of India's population. You are welcome to visit and invest in developing state, Cheers!!!!
4 comments
Child Labor | The High Cost of Cotton
Business  (tags: world, society, labor, humans, money, investors, ethics, farming, economy, consumers, business )

Daphna
- 20 days ago - gliving.com
Just in case you thought it was okay to buy non-organic cotton, here's a wakeup call: the workers sowing, picking, weeding, hoeing, cross-pollinating and carrying the heavy bundles of cotton are often... children. And I'm not talking about kids working th
10 comments
Tell Nature's Partner's Affiliates What Giumarra Is Up to - Take Action !
Business  (tags: business, corporate, abuse, consumers, wal-mart, farming, farms )

Tierney
- 21 days ago - ufwaction.org
Two weeks ago, our supporters asked Walmart to tell Giumarra/Nature's Partner--as one of its fresh produce suppliers--to uphold the law and the standards it claims to adhere to.
5 comments
 
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