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It’s the Big Brother who should bother us
CounterPunch by Dave Lindorff 03/12/08 Gov. Spitzer’s bust should give pause to those in Congress who are ready to hand President Bush a free pass to continue his six-year campaign of warrantless spying... ...
Government report forecasts US recession
A US government report on Tuesday forecasted for the first time that the country's economy would enter recession in 2008. http://www.ft.com/c ms/s/b2c610fc-ef92-11dc-8a 17-0000779fd2ac.html Many more... ...
NSA quietly expands domestic spying program
"According to current and former intelligence officials, the spy agency now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions,... ...
Fed Says Economy Has Weakened This Year
"The economy has weakened since the start of this year as shoppers turned even more cautious given the severe housing slump and painful credit crunch.... Many economists fear that the country is teetering... ...
Women's Credit Profiling Called Costly, Ignored
Allison Stevens of Women's eNews reports: "Amid controversy over predatory mortgage practices that center on race and ethnicity, some consumer advocates say the problem of gender-based discrimination is... ...
The Senate Shills for Big Oil
According to an editorial in The New York Times, "One of the major shortcomings in last year's admirable energy bill was its failure to extend vital tax credits to producers of wind, solar and other renewable... ...
The Federal Reserve's rescue has failed
The verdict is in. The Fed's emergency rate cuts in January have failed to halt the downward spiral towards a full-blown debt deflation. Much more drastic action will be needed. http://tinyurl.co m/2pt9t9... ...
Markets Fall on Drumbeat of Grim Reports
Vikas Bajaj and Michael M. Grynbaum of The New York Times write: "An outpouring of negative economic and financial reports soured the mood on Wall Street Friday as banks and other lenders further tightened... ...
Economy Skids to Near Halt
The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly. http://biz.yah oo.com/ap/080228/economy.h tml U.S.... ...
Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle reports for The Nation, "William J. Haynes, the Pentagon's chief legal officer and overseer of Guantanamo's Military Commissions, is stepping down, amid mounting controversy over the tribunal... ...