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Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 25, 2012
Firefighters Trash DNC for Lack of Aid in the Recall For weeks Democrats in Wisconsin have been putting pressure on the national Democratic Party to do more for the …
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Britain Fears “Lost” Generation of Jobless Youth in Europe’s Crisis
London - Several months after graduating from a technical college, Mohammed Aden remains unemployed, despite sending out a flurry of resumes for entry-level jobs in electronic engineering, his chosen field. …
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Five Ways the Facebook IPO Teaches Us About How Wall Street Games the System
Facebook’s initial public offering — which so dominated the financial press that Facebook has been on the cover of the Wall Street Journal for nine straight days — has started to …
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Obama Has to Explain Why Fairness Is Essential to Growth (and Why Some Democrats Have to Stop Believing Otherwise)
The Cory Booker imbroglio has ignited a silly but potentially pernicious debate in the Democratic Party between so-called “pro-growth centrists” who want the President to focus on how well …
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Greece and the Euro: Is the End Near?
If Greece exits the euro, then what for the Greek economy? Nobody knows!
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Romney’s Disastrous Education Agenda: Reward His Donors, Make Sure Money Dominates Politics
Mitt Romney has just released his plan for educating Americau2019s young people, and itu2019s wholly consistent with his overall philosophy: Allow money to dominate politics, and everything will work …
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Cooperative Banking, the Exciting Wave of the Future
Rather than feeding off the community, banking can nourish the community and local economy.
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Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism
Bain Capital and JPMorgan are parts of the same problem.
JPMorgan Funds Senate Finance Chair, Even Bigger Problem in the Wings
Tom Ferguson: Euro crisis may have more devasting effect on US banks than previously thought. TRANSCRIPT: PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul …
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Snarling Banks
Jim Hightower: Thank you, Supreme Court, for making money play possible with your Citizens United decision. Now bankers are going to intimidate officeholders with the threat to put unlimited …