Predictions for tomorrow’s jobs report
Given last month’s numbers, we can’t rule out the possibility we've actually lost jobs
Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:57 PM UTCOn the Economy, Jobs report
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How is Carson Daly still here?
One-time "massive tool" now rivals Seacrest and could host "Today." "If I'm dry, vanilla, uninteresting - whatever"
On the Economy, Jobs report
Text messaging down across the U.S.
Internet-based applications are starting to eat into phone companies' profit margins
Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:21 PM UTCAssociated Press
6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off
And how to fight back
Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:53 PM UTC 15AlterNet, Business, U.S. Economy
Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania
For the "downwinders," big energy means big pollution
Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 15Tom Dispatch, fracking, Business
When nothing trickles down
The Fed's policy of keeping interest rates near zero can only benefit the richest 10 percent
Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:41 PM UTCRobertReich.org, The Fed, Apple
Bangladesh building collapse toll climbs to 433
As many as 149 people are still reported missing
Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:10 PM UTCAssociated Press, Bangladesh
Turns out much-hyped settlement still allows banks to steal homes
New data reveals mega-banks still illegally foreclosing on thousands. Get this: The housing settlement allows it
Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:08 PM UTC 47settlement, Foreclosure, Fraud
Alex Jones: Conspiracy Inc.
Conspiracy theories can be big business. Here's how the multi-platform entrepreneur makes his millions
Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 124Alex Jones
Study: Medicaid improves mental health for uninsured
But new research suggests it's less effective in treating physical conditions like high blood pressure
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 9:15 PM UTCFrom the Wires
Media companies reap benefits of higher network fees
Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc. and Comcast Corp. all saw growth in their cable network businesses this quarter
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:27 PM UTCAssociated Press
Patriot group hopes to become NASCAR sponsor
The Oath Keepers, a conspiracy-spinning "Constitutionalist" group, is raising money to get a car on the tracks
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:51 PM UTCSouthern Poverty Law Center
Man loses life savings in carnival game
Compulsive attempts to win an X-Box controller cost a New Hampshire dad all his money, but win him a giant banana
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:41 PM UTC 13The Fix, New Hampshire
Pope condemns “slave labor” conditions in Bangladesh
Meanwhile, the European Union is weighing action on trade access to force safety changes
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:39 PM UTCInternational Business Times
Voters not taking failed gun control legislation lightly
There have been drops in support for five different senators who did not vote for expanded background checks
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:20 PM UTCAlterNet, Wayne LaPierre
Big money arms the NRA
The failure of background checks legislation is no great mystery. The gun industry has Washington in its pocket
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 26Workers stage May Day protest for higher wages, better conditions
Laborers in Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and elsewhere marched and chanted en masse Wednesday
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:53 AM UTC 10Associated Press, Indonesia
Morning-after pill now available over-the-counter
The FDA announced Tuesday that women 15 and up can buy the emergency contraceptive without prescription
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:13 PM UTC 48Associated Press, Contraception
Apple selling record amount in bonds
The computer company is making its first debt issue since the 1990s
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:04 PM UTCAssociated Press, Apple
Online poker goes legit
A Las Vegas-based casino has launched the first fully legal poker website in the United States
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:58 PM UTCAssociated Press, Online Poker
Beanie Baby manufacturer’s corrupt labor practices
Ty Inc. relies on illicit labor brokers, or raiteros, to recruit immigrant workers who earn well below minimum wage VIDEO
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:56 PM UTCProPublica, ty inc, Labor
House Finance chair hits slopes with Wall Street lobbyists
Rep. Jeb Hensarling is in trouble for rubbing elbows with banking industry reps on a lavish ski getaway
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTCProPublica, Wall Street
First “ag-gag” charges brought … and then dropped
In Utah a woman was arrested under new controversial laws about filming slaughterhouses
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 7:48 PM UTCag-gag, Utah, slaughterhouse
Millennials are now the Crash Generation
Twenty-somethings coming of age today will be forever shaped by the country's economic recession
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:40 PM UTC 16Next New Deal, Great Depression
Bulletproof backpacks are now a thing
The Denver-based company Elite Sterling Security has found a unique way to capitalize on post-Newtown anxieties
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:14 PM UTCAlterNet, denver, The Guardian
Property of Bangladesh building owner to be seized
Protestors are calling for Mohammed Sohel Rana's execution after his building's collapse killed at least 386
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:30 PM UTCAssociated Press, Bangladesh
FDA to investigate added caffeine in foods
The move is in response to a caffeinated gum introduced this week by Wrigley
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:06 PM UTCAssociated Press, Wrigley, FDA
S&P 500 reaches new high
The stock market has recovered all the ground it lost over the previous two weeks
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:44 PM UTCAssociated Press
Google’s new answer to Siri
Google Now, a free iPhone and iPad app, performs many of the same functions as the Apple software
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:30 PM UTCAssociated Press, Siri, Google
Slow growth creates debt, not the other way around
As any FDR historian can tell you, government spending is the best stimulus for a slumping economy
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:11 PM UTC 10RobertReich.org
America’s staggering education gap
Students of wealthy families are increasingly better prepared for kindergarten than their lower class schoolmates
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 6:14 PM UTC 55On the Economy, Kindergarten
Cyberattack suspect to return to Netherlands
The suspect, identified only as S.K., is accused of hacking the anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 4:29 PM UTCAssociated Press, netherlands
Repeal the sequester, already!
How long is Washington going to let austerity strangle our increasingly meager economic recovery?
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:02 PM UTC 13RobertReich.org, sequester
America is poisonous to your health
Without our knowledge or consent, some of the country's largest corporations are subjecting us to deadly toxins
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 1:05 PM UTC 12TomDispatch.com, Lead
New York lawmakers propose raising smoking age
If passed, New York would become the first state to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:23 PM UTCAssociated Press, New York
What if Simpson and Bowles threw a debt-reduction party and nobody came
The godfathers of unnecessary deficit plans write a plaintive Op-Ed as the world moves on
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTCOpening Shot, Simpson-Bowles
Amanda Palmer to Morrissey: Let me help you crowdsource your next album
The former Smiths singer has complained that no label wants him. With such passionate fans, he does not need one
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 27Morrissey, smiths, Music
Forget copyright! We’ve always stolen music
The politics of copyright place the interests of big business over fans, the public -- and artists
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 31Music, Art in Crisis, Copyright
6 ways Big Pharma manipulates consumers
While many top-market pills have gone off patent, the pharmaceutical industry still knows how to turn a profit
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 1:00 PM UTCAlterNet, Pharmaceuticals
Will smartglasses replace eyeglasses?
Researchers say the future looks bright for Google Glass and other companies in the smartglass market
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 11:00 PM UTCScientific American, Google
Elephant poaching on the rise in Central African Republic
The poaching industry has thrived in the chaos that's followed President Francois Bozize's ouster
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 8:00 PM UTCGlobalPost
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