... perhaps it is worthwhile to mention three important principles for consumer/citizens in this day and age ...

The tags are made from recycled cardboard, the soles on the shoes are made with recycled rubber and 100% of the profits she earns from the clothes will be used to fund Australia Zoo's conservation programs.

According to an August 8 research paper from the Fed, personal savings has gone from a peak of 11% in 1982 to less than 1% while personal debt to income ratio has doubled in the same period. Foreclosures were up 150% in Q1 of 2007 and Q2 is rising faster.

A newly proposed law in California would establish a five-year pilot program for farmers to grow industrial hemp in four counties. The law would also define "industrial hemp" as separate from marijuana under the state's health and safety code.

The number of Fortune 500 companies that ban workplace discrimination for transgender Americans has risen 60% since 2006, and has quadrupled since 2003, according to a new report. But there is still a considerable way to go.

Equality Forum, a Philadelphia-based GLBT rights organization, has announced that more than 92% (463) of the 2007 Fortune 500 companies include sexual orientation in their employment nondiscrimination policies.

August 21, 2007 - Two area auto dealers have agreed to a settlement with the federal government over charges that they engaged in discriminatory lending.A copy of the consent orders between the United States and the dealerships, as well as additional info

There were ample warning signs that a financial time bomb in the form of subprime mortgages was ticking quietly for months.

NICE WHILE IT LASTED -- Problems in the credit market have shaken the confidence of stock markets around the world. To some analysts, the pattern is reminiscent of the dot-com bubble, and burst, of the late 1990s.

The corporate capitalists' knees are shaking a bit. Their manipulation of the sub-prime housing market has led to a spreading credit crunch and liquidity crisis. So it is time for them to call on Uncle Sam - the all purpose bailout man.