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Equal Pay for Breadwinners: More Men Are Jobless While Women Earn Less for Equal Work
Business  (tags: bushadministration, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, iraq, lies, media, military, news, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, democrats, socialsecu )

Kathleen
- 1577 days ago - truthout.org
"With so many men out of work, it is clear that more families are relying on women workers to make ends meet. As women increasingly take on the role of breadwinner, ensuring that they get a fair wage is taking on more urgency than ever before.....
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Loan Titans Paid McCain Adviser Nearly $2 Million
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, cia, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, economy, elections, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, iraq, lies, mccain )

Kathleen
- 1700 days ago - truthout.org
"Senator John McCain's campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former official
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Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts
Business  (tags: Iraq, Iraq Oil, Iraq Oil Contracts, Oil Contracts, Bush, Cheney, BIG OIL, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Warwire, Politics News )

Blue
- 1709 days ago - nytimes.com
al-Shahristani, saidhat talks with Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Total, BP and several smaller companies for one-year deals, which were announced in June and subsequently delayed, had dragged on for so long that the companies could not now fulfill the work
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More Rate Cuts From Fed Expected Tuesday
Business  (tags: Bush, Fiscally Irresponsible Republicans, War, Iraq, Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Interest, Rate )

Blue
- 1891 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Desperate to aid an economy in crisis, the Federal Reserve is ready to deliver yet another big interest rate cut.
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Senators Levin & Warner Visit Iraq
Business  (tags: Banks, Business, Commander-in-chief, Conspiracy, Democratic, Government, Inflation, Iraq )

Barry
- 1894 days ago - opednews.com
I was shocked to read a report about Iraqi oil money sitting in banks while the US pays for reconstruction. It's seems odd that the News shows didn't mention it or ask Sen. Levin about today on TV.
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California Station Sells Gas For $5 A Gallon
Business  (tags: $5 Gallon Gas, Big Sur, Gas, Gas Prices, Gas Prices California, Gorda, Higest Gas Prices, Breaking Business News, Bush, Republicans, war, Iraq )

Blue
- 1901 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Gas prices in California are at an all-time high. The statewide average price for a gallon of regular is now 58 cents more per gallon, than the same time last year.
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Is the Economy a Casualty of War?
Business  (tags: business, economy, world, iraq, government )

Cal
- 1902 days ago - motherjones.com
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has blamed the Iraq war for sending the United States into a recession. On Wednesday, he told a London think tank that the war caused the credit crunch and the housing crisis that are propelling the current ec
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War in Iraq Responsible for Subprime Meltdown?
Business  (tags: americans, economy, congress, government, iraq, war, usa, troops, housing, economy, investing, investments, investors, money, finance, debt, energy )

Angelus
- 1905 days ago - truthout.org
War allegedly has cost 50-60x more than forecast, with no end in sight
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Former Russian Spy Says Government Stole $500 Million From U.N.'s Oil-For-Food Program in Iraq
Business  (tags: corruption, crime, ethics, iraq, russia, unitednations, middle-east, palestine, dishonesty, lies, ethics )


- 1940 days ago - foxnews.com
A former Russian top spy says his agents helped the Russian government steal nearly $500 million from the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq before the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.{describes a Russian businessman who got hold of a nuclear bomb,
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The Palace of Shame
Business  (tags: Iraq, US Embassy in Iraq, delays, rising costs, poor design )

RC
- 2052 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The construction costs of the sprawling US Embassy in Iraq have risen by a projected $144 MILLION, and could rise even higher. Thanks to poor planning, poor workmanship, delays and squabbles about design this monolithic structure is bleeding us dry.
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Gates War Funding Request Increases By a Third
Business  (tags: 9/11, abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, government, Govtfearmongering, iraq, media, middle-east, military, politics, propaganda, terrorism, troops, usa, war, abuse, americans, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, energy, finance, government )

Echo
- 2062 days ago - cnn.com
Defense Secretary Robert Gates to speak to Senate panel Wednesday He's expected to ask for $190 billion in funding for Iraq, Afghanistan wars Gates plans to say money needed to protect troops, fix equipment, blah, blah, blah.....
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More Shenanigans: Company Bribed American Officers for $11M in War Contracts
Business  (tags: bribery, bribes, military, government scandal, Iraq )

RC
- 2089 days ago - nytimes.com
NY Times report on massive scandal involving American contracting officers who took money from Lee Dynamics International and then awarded them millions in contracts to build warehouses in Iraq
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Our Tax Dollars at Work - for Nefarious Doings
Business  (tags: Halliburton, fraud, KBR, Iraq, bribery, bribes, kickbacks )

RC
- 2127 days ago - truthout.org
Halliburton spin-off KBR: Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving at least eight employees and subcontractors of KBR
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