| Jul 12, 2010 | Economy / BusinessFifteen million Americans are currently unemployed, and nearly half of that number has been actively and fruitlessly seeking employment for longer than six months. The depth and breadth of our labor market crisis is the greatest in over 50 years. Though the...
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| Jul 5, 2010 | Economy / BusinessEvery summer, several financial firms competing to get the banking business of the world’s mega millionaires release what amounts to scorecards on global wealth. These data-packed reports tally the current number of our international rich and super-rich, by nation and...
| Jul 3, 2010 | Economy / BusinessChicago alderman Ed Smith tried to fight plans for Walmart to open a new store in his city by illustrating that its CEO Michael Duke’s $35 million annual compensation, “when converted to an hourly wage, worked out to $16,826.92,” ABC News reported....
| Jul 1, 2010 | Economy / BusinessHere’s how our readers have responded to Kaul’s column back in April about conservatives attempting to replace Grant with Reagan on the $50 bill (Keep Grant on the $50 Bill). “Phony as a $3 bill would better fit Ronald Reagan,” Arthur House of...
| Jun 28, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe financial and economic crisis we’re enduring is extremely costly. America faces a critical choice: Who should pay the bill? We can stick it to the poor by gutting our safety net. We can kick the can down the road by short-changing public education and...
