| May 17, 2010 | Economy / BusinessHouse is costly,So is rent;Next step downIs to a tent. Our country has plenty of housing. It’s just in the wrong place. There are lots of houses in Detroit, East St. Louis and rural spots where jobs have left. Cheap. But who wants to settle there? Conversely,...
| May 14, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe Senate has passed an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill to prevent lenders from earning money by deliberately steering homeowners to risky loans and mortgages they can’t afford. The amendment from senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)...
| May 12, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe CEO of TJ Max more than doubled his compensation to $14.8 million. The CEO of Gillette took home $16.5 million in stock and salary last year. The chief executive of Affiliated Managers Group Inc. was rewarded with $18 million. And Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz earned...
| May 10, 2010 | Economy / BusinessYes, jobs are hard to come by these days, but don’t despair. There’s a company that’s hiring–if you can stomach the work. It’s the Talx Corporation, and what it does is to help major outfits (from AT&T to Walmart) prevent their fired...
| May 3, 2010 | Economy / BusinessWhen I was in high school, I had a guidance counselor named Mrs. Cameron. She was a sweet woman, gentle of manner, soft of voice. She ruined my life. It was her job to give career counseling to the students in her charge. To that end, she would make us take an...
| | Economy / BusinessHaving decreed that corporations have a free speech “right ” to spend unlimited sums from their massive corporate treasuries to elect or defeat candidates in our elections, the Supreme Court’s five-man corporatist majority has opened a colossal can...
