America’s credit system is broken
I've carefully avoided debt my entire working life. So why am I having so much trouble getting a credit card?
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 5:48 PM UTC 35
Next New Deal, OKCupid
I'm going on an iPhone diet!
New Year's resolution: Join the Quantified Self movement and see if smartphone apps can help shed unwanted pounds
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Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 5:48 PM UTC 35
Next New Deal, OKCupid
ADP report shows gain of 215,000 jobs
The report beat analysts expectations
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 1:30 PM UTC
U.S. Economy, Jobs, Unemployment
The real way to fix the deficit: Stop coddling the rich
Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming costly tax expenditures
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 10:58 PM UTC 25
Next New Deal
Robots don’t destroy jobs!
Worrying about automation distracts us from the real problem: Misuse of corporate profits
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 3:39 PM UTC 14
AlterNet, robots, New York Times
4 painful lessons from the “fiscal cliff”
It may be over, but a new crisis looms. The question now is whether Democrats will cave on the debt ceiling
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 2:45 PM UTC
On the Economy, Fiscal cliff
Dow rises for fourth straight year
The index is up more than 100 percent since its low in March 2009
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:55 PM UTC 14
Wall Street, Great Recession
10 states set for minimum wage hike
But the expiring payroll tax cut could wipe out the meagre gains
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:56 PM UTC 13
Payroll tax, Minimum wage
Obama: An agreement is “within sight”
Serious deficit reduction requires "shared sacrifice" the president said, without giving specifics VIDEO
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 7:08 PM UTC
Video, President Barack Obama
Prepare for the mini-cliffs: Wind and dairy on the brink
Can Congress stave off two industry crises?
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 6:20 PM UTC 30
Wind power, Dairy, U.S. Congress
Zynga slashes games and jobs in effort to regroup
Say goodbye to "PetVille," but we'll still have "Words with Friends"
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 3:42 PM UTC
Zynga, Farmville
What if we go over the fiscal cliff?
A collapse in negotiations would be a rocky start for 2013 VIDEO
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:45 AM UTC 10
aol_on, Video, From the Wires
Report: Obama to propose compromise package to avoid cliff
The president will offer to keep the Bush tax cuts in place for those making less than $400,000, Bloomberg reports
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:54 PM UTC 14
Fiscal cliff, Republicans
Equity crowdfunding waits on the SEC
Kickstarter-like platforms that connect small investors to new businesses could be a bold experiment
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:09 PM UTC
JOBS Act, SEC, President Obama
Republicans just don’t care what the nation thinks
If you think Boehner and the House GOP will bow to public pressure to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal, think again
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 2:17 PM UTC 28
RobertReich.org, John Boehner
Private equity investor: “We didn’t build that”
A leading technology investor says his success depended on government funding
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 1:52 PM UTC
Venture Capital, Warburg Pincus
Android surge shakes Apple
America's most watched company can no longer claim to be the only mobile option
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:27 PM UTC
Apple, Android, technology
U.S. gas sales declining
It's not just fuel efficiency. Americans appear less interested in getting from point A to point B
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:54 AM UTC
Cars, Gas, Consumerism, technology
Bernie Madoff doesn’t like what he sees in the markets
The fraudster shares his insights
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 10:04 PM UTC
Bernie Madoff, NYSE, Finance
Targeted ads coming to TV
Ready for TV ads customized to your age, sex and income? Too late
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 9:11 PM UTC
Television, Advertising
Two ways of looking at robots
Influential technologists weigh in on the rise of the machines
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 7:47 PM UTC
technology, robots, Keith Kelly
John Boehner, failure
The collapse of his "Plan B" reveals that the GOP just isn't serious about reducing the deficit
Friday, Dec 21, 2012 6:18 PM UTC 30
RobertReich.org
Little known company buys New York Stock Exchange for $8 billion
The buyer is Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange, a 12-year-old futures trading outfit VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 8:41 PM UTC
Video, aol_on
Treasury to sell GM stake within 15 months
It has also unwound its position in AIG
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 1:39 PM UTC
TARP, Treasury
Two dead after Excalibur hotel shooting in Las Vegas
A gunman killed an employee and then himself Friday night VIDEO
Saturday, Dec 15, 2012 4:46 PM UTC
aol_on, Video, Excalibur hotel
Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily sings goodbye
News Corporation's iPad newspaper began with high hopes and ends with chins up VIDEO
Friday, Dec 14, 2012 5:25 PM UTC
Video, The Daily, Rupert Murdoch
Online privacy’s new iconography
What are sites really doing with your personal data? A new visual rating system is here to help
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 10:52 PM UTC
Privacy, Internet, Design
Obamacare, brought to you by Johnson & Johnson
When push comes to shove, corporate interests will always have the upper hand in determining public policy
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 10:39 PM UTC
BillMoyers.com, Obamacare
US blocks UN telecom treaty
Countries like China and Iran sought increased controls of cyberspace
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 10:39 PM UTC
U.S., Internet, Internet Culture
HSBC: Too big to jail
After being charged with money laundering, HSBC gets a Monopoly-style get-out-of-jail card
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 7:27 PM UTC
AlterNet, HSBC, New York Times
I quit! Now fork over the Twitter feed
Do employees own their social media presence? A court settlement doesn't make it any clearer
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 7:20 PM UTC
Twitter, Social Media, Linkedin
Fed’s jobs program: Doomed to fail
Near-zero interest rates might sound great, but banks aren’t allowing many people to take advantage of them
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 4:31 PM UTC
RobertReich.org, Ben Bernanke
Google rescues iPhone 5 maps
The search giant's new maps app aims to correct Apple's misfire
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 1:24 PM UTC
Google, Apple, Business, technology
McDonald’s pay chasm: $8.25/hour to $8.75 million/year
The CEO makes almost 600 times as much as one Chicago worker
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 7:17 PM UTC 57
McDonalds, Business
Michigan unions won’t lie down
The right-to-work bill may now be law, but organizers are already planning their next move
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 4:17 PM UTC
The American Prospect, Michigan
Revenge of the GOP billionaires
The Kochs and Adelsons haven't learned their lesson from the 2012 election. They'll just spend more in 2016
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 3:01 PM UTC
RobertReich.org, Politico
Congress to investigate NFL doping
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform takes up human growth hormone use by football players
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 2:08 PM UTC
Sports, NFL
California paid a psychiatrist $822,000 last year
The Golden State has some very highly paid employees, but that's not the whole story
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 6:01 PM UTC 13
Psychiatry, Health Care
HSBC to pay $1.9 billion to settle money-laundering scandal
The financial giant will avoid prosecution by paying the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 1:57 PM UTC
aol_on, Video, HSBC
Now’s not the time to raise the age of Medicare eligibility
It might save money for the budget, but not without crippling long-term consequences for our healthcare system
Monday, Dec 10, 2012 7:32 PM UTC
On the Economy, Jared Bernstein
5 job-destroying CEOs trying to “fix” the debt
Don't buy their bunk about "pro-growth tax reform." These corporate pirates would shipwreck the U.S. economy
Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 2:58 PM UTC 18
AlterNet, Randall Stephenson
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