Finance

Without full-time jobs, workers flock to temp towns

Short-term work has become a mainstay of the American economy, intensifying the rise in income inequality

Michael Grabell, ProPublica Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 12
Business ProPublica, Unemployment, Temps

Goldman Sachs CEO rakes in $26 million in 2012

Surprise! An analysis of bank CEO pay in 2012 reveals that executives make a lot of money -- and many are overpaid

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:04 PM UTC
Business Goldman Sachs, Banking, Finance

Billionaire hedge funder: Babies, breast-feeding “kill” focus, keep women from succeeding

“As soon as that baby’s lips touched that girl’s bosom, forget it," says hedge fund executive Paul Tudor Jones VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:06 PM UTC 33
Business Video, Finance, Gender

How Wall Street fraudsters ripped you off, again

The LIBOR price-fixing scam has cost at least $110 million -- in the state of Oregon alone!

Lynn Stuart Parramore, Alternet Friday, May 10, 2013 5:07 PM UTC
News AlterNet, Libor, Finance

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

Justin Elliott, ProPublica Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTC
Business ProPublica, Wall Street

Latest from Boston

LIVEBLOG: Stock markets gain VIDEO

Alex Halperin and Salon Staff Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 2:37 PM UTC 23
News Boston Explosions

Wall Street Dem covers up her past and runs again

Remember Reshma Saujani, the hedge fund congressional candidate? She's back, but don't mention the hedge funds

Alex Pareene Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Politics Opening Shot, Reshma Saujani

Bailed-out banks misused funds to pay back TARP

Money intended for small-business lending was used by many community banks as a "TARP exit strategy"

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 2:47 PM UTC
Business bailout, Financial Crisis, TARP

Bank stole your house? Have 10 pitchforks’ worth of compensation

Alexis Goldstein is listing items victims of wrongful foreclosure can afford with piddling OCC settlement sums SLIDE SHOW

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 9:15 PM UTC
Business slideshow, forclosure, occ

Reagan aide disqualifies himself from the conversation

Former budget director David Stockman makes outlandish calls for a divorce from the market and the state

Robert C. Hockett, The Century Foundation Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 5:08 PM UTC 25
Politics The Century Foundation

Global tax dodgers exposed

UPDATED: Tax havens of oligarchs, politicians and the wealthy unveiled by largest file leak ever

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 1:15 PM UTC 15
Business tax evasion, ICIJ, Leaks

Defeating useless rich people

Taming wealthy, unproductive "moochers" will require a populist campaign to stop them. Here's how we can do it

Michael Lind Monday, Mar 25, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 101
Business Labor, Progressives, Taxes

Must-see morning clip: The sequester is here

The first penalty of the sequester is Jon Stewart's federal pen program, laments "The Daily Show" host VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 2:25 PM UTC
News Video, sequester, Jon Stewart

Must-see morning clip: A Doomsday scenario for China’s real estate market

Analyst Anne Stevenson-Yang tells Lesley Stahl about the potential consequences of China's housing bubble VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Monday, Mar 4, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
News Video, Must see morning clip

Women and the investment gap

More than ever, women are breadwinners and budget-makers for their household. So why aren't they investing?

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 2:08 PM UTC
Life Finance, women, Gender, Money

How to save the USPS

Hint: It will also protect ordinary Americans from financial predators

David Dayen, Pacific Standard Monday, Feb 18, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 26
News POstal service, Government

5 steps to cheating the middle class worker

The rich are driving us ever closer to the status of most wealth-unequal country in the world

Paul Bucheit, Alternet Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:31 PM UTC 14
Social AlterNet, Labor, U.S. Economy

Bernie Madoff doesn’t like what he sees in the markets

The fraudster shares his insights

Alex Halperin Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 10:04 PM UTC
Technology Bernie Madoff, NYSE, Finance

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

Associated Press Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 8:41 PM UTC
Business Video, aol_on

Treasury to sell GM stake within 15 months

It has also unwound its position in AIG

Alex Halperin Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 1:39 PM UTC
Business TARP, Treasury

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