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

What would happen if each employable person in your community was to work for themselves as a sole proprietor? It would create jobs without all the red tape of government controlled employee tax regulation. This is a must watch show!

Friends of Animals president Priscilla Feral called for a national boycott of Idaho potatoes to protest Idaho's plan to kill wolves in September. That could affect Idaho growers, who produce about one-third of the potatoes consumed in the United States.

President Obama wants to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency when Congress returns from its recess. The American Bankers Association wants bank CEOs to ask their employees to send letters to members of Congress opposing the new legislation.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT USING THE STOCK MARKET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER, THINK AGAIN! Liquidity is supposed to reflect a good chance to make money. Not so according Joe Saluzzi. He explains in this video. Volume is ficticious. WATCH!

Now the lady who thought Africa was a country is an expert on economics. Her quotes speak for themselves:

Debt-ridden amusement park operator Six Flags, controlled by Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

The Court said banks can take overdraft fees from Social Security recipients' accounts. Banks earn $40 million a year from overdraft charges. Social Security recipients in the suit lost 20% of their monthly income in a single day because of bank fees.

Federal law has long protected Social Security and veterans benefits from most creditors. But creditors have been seizing the payments anyway by getting court orders to freeze and garnish bank accounts that receive the benefits through direct deposit.

Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute,