Tag: economy
member name: Walker Bennett, SF Author
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December 22, 2009 11:09 PM EST --
Unemployment funds going 'absolutely broke'
The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections,
40 state . . .
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September 27, 2009 05:58 PM EDT --
35 Million Americans on Food Stamps :
12 Percent of U.S. Population on Food Stamps Highest Since Records Kept in 1969.
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February 21, 2009 11:31 AM EST --
Both Chinese and U.S. real-estate companies are increasingly organizing tour groups of Chinese citizens looking to buy depreciating American homes and businesses, according to USA Today .
These . . .
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May 31, 2009 12:17 PM EDT --
California now faces budget cuts “beyond draconian”
One of the first targets is 200 state parks, already causing a public outcry as summer approaches.
By Daniel B. Wood | Staff . . .
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September 03, 2009 10:35 AM EDT --
On Tuesday, the AFL-CIO released the results of a disturbing new Peter Hart survey, "Young Workers: A Lost Decade" that found that about a third of workers under 35 live at home with their parents, and . . .
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December 09, 2008 05:43 AM EST --
With Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreeing in principle over the weekend to drop a few billion on General Motors and Chrysler, all signs point to a government-backed auto industry . . .
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January 22, 2009 11:11 AM EST --
You wonder how the banks escaped critical supervision? Here's how. I do NOT want my tax dollars being sent to a place where they can change oversight at will!
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March 14, 2009 08:19 AM EDT --
This financial crisis is forcing companies tomake tough decisions, there is a risk that we might need to lay off Andre....
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June 16, 2009 05:19 PM EDT --
* Oil up nearly 2 pct on dollar, U.S. housing data
* Global stocks turn lower as mixed economic data weighs
* Bonds rise after Fed buys $6.5 bln in government debt (Updates with U.S. markets activity; . . .
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June 29, 2009 01:28 PM EDT --
I lived in Atlanta for seven years, six of those years I owned a house.
Each of those years, my property taxes were increased 20%. What began as a $720/year tax assesment was $2,150 by the time . . .
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November 04, 2009 12:27 PM EST --
Because I get paid in American dollars, I enjoyed the 15% raise I had when the Canadian dollar was at $.85. It's now almost at par with the USD.
Bank of Canada repeats warning on dollar effect . . .
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November 22, 2009 01:38 PM EST --
The Pending Collapse Of The U.S.A.
By Timothy V. Gatto
The truth that most people realize but can't openly talk about is that America has seen better days and that the system . . .
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November 22, 2009 03:38 PM EST --
As shocking as it may seem, California looming financial meltdown is the intended product of a Republican-led privatization scheme.
Engineering California's Economic Collapse by Ernest A. Canning . . .
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November 30, 2009 12:01 PM EST --
CHEAT THE BANKS! Carry and use cash. Do not use plastic because the banks take an override on every transaction. They rip you every time you use an ATM instead of a live teller. . . .
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March 12, 2009 03:25 PM EDT --
The second-biggest bank of the US, JP Morgan Chase, which acquired Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns recently, will increase its outsourcing to India by 25% this year to nearly $400 million. It will . . .
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June 15, 2009 09:55 AM EDT --
STIMULUS WATCH: $25 check may cost you food stamps
By MATT APUZZO – 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic . . .
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June 28, 2009 07:49 PM EDT --
British Rum Maker Got a $2.7 Billion Payout from TARP
I'm getting so tired of these stories. I mean, what's the point? Americans are perfectly happy to stay home and watch TV while . . .
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July 14, 2009 10:48 AM EDT --
It certainly seems that certain Republicans appear to be taking unseemly joy as more Americans lose their jobs. The party of Bush and the Party of No is dangerously close to being the party that hopes . . .
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July 21, 2009 10:12 PM EDT --
While Americans are busy printing money that is worthless and handing it out free to any corporation that ever thought about making a campaign contribution...
Bank of Canada tantalizingly close . . .
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October 03, 2009 02:31 AM EDT --
We're broke ... time for a new tax :
Given the country's fiscal hole, former Fed chair Paul Volcker and many tax experts say there may be a need for a value-added tax.
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