Economy - Part 22

320 RESIGNATIONS FROM WORLD BANKS, INVESTMENT HOUSES, MONEY FUNDS SINCE LAST YEAR
Since last september, over 320 top level directors, executives, chairmen and ceos have resigned from major financial institutions, including central banks, major international banks, investment funds, and other financial entities. The list is huge, with m ...[Read more]
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5 Ways Wall Street Is Putting the Squeeze on American Students | Education | AlterNet
The damage to our educational infrastructure is growing, according to Catherine Rampell's chilling report in the New York Times. As state funding has dwindled, public colleges have raised tuition and are now resorting to even more desperate measures ...[Read more]
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3-billion sink into poverty as
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The Clash for the Cash: CEO vs. Average Joe | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Curious web app counts the increasing disparage in between the pay of an average citizen and of a ceo over time. The counter is real time, and also has some statistics regarding recent history, with visual representation of the disparage. ...[Read more]
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The Four Companies That Control the 147 Companies That Own Everything
Study finds that four companies control the 147 other companies that practically control everything through conglomerate holdings and stake holders. ...[Read more]
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3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US | Occupy America
In the last few days, the U.S. government census figures have revealed that 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty or are struggling to live on low incomes. And we know that the financial hardships faced by our neighbors, colleagues, and others in our ...[Read more]
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‘Dismal’ prospects: 1 in 2 Americans are now poor or low income
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans ...[Read more]
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Federal Reserve Gave Banks $13 Billion loans without telling Congress
The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. It turns out federal reserve has given banks $13 billion in loans ...[Read more]
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