America: Arms dealer to the stars
Who's the number one weapons broker in the world, again? Take a guess
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
Fate of Democracy Now in Supreme Court's Hands
If the court rules to free corporations to make unlimited campaign expenditures from their treasuries, the election playing field will be tilted massively against candidates advancing the public interest.
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2959
Senate must raise debt ceiling above $12 Trillion
Obama is asking Congress to raise the debt ceiling, something lawmakers are almost certain to do despite misgivings about the federal debt. The ceiling already has been hiked three times in the past two years, and the House took action earlier this year to raise the ceiling to $13 trillion.
http://snipurl.com/rpq0p
Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains
Two-thirds of the nation's total income gains from 2002 to 2007 flowed to the top 1 percent of U.S. households, and that top 1 percent held a larger share of income in 2007 than at any time since 1928,
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2908
Treasury Sees Millions More Foreclosures
Only 12 percent of U.S. homeowners eligible for loan modifications under the Obama administration's housing rescue plan have had their mortgages reworked, and millions more foreclosures are coming, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8525289
Another Wave of Foreclosures Looms
The housing market faces the prospect of a new round of foreclosures as hundreds of thousands of risky home loans known as option adjustable-rate mortgages reset to significantly higher payments that could force borrowers to fall behind, according to a report released Tuesday by Fitch Ratings.
http://snipurl.com/rpq14
Job openings down 50% from the peak in 2007
6 unemployed people for every available position
http://snipurl.com/rpq18
Another financial crisis inevitable: Greenspan
Another global financial crisis is inevitable because human nature always reverts to "speculative excesses" during a period of sustained prosperity, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23452.htm
Greenspan and Buffett issue recovery warning - papers
Two of America's most noted financial commentators have argued the recovery of the US economy is not a given, despite the recent uptick in sentiment.
http://snipurl.com/rpq1k
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greenspan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=federal+debt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Treasury
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recovery
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=housing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreclosure
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=homeowner
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unemploy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporation
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
Fate of Democracy Now in Supreme Court's Hands
If the court rules to free corporations to make unlimited campaign expenditures from their treasuries, the election playing field will be tilted massively against candidates advancing the public interest.
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2959
Senate must raise debt ceiling above $12 Trillion
Obama is asking Congress to raise the debt ceiling, something lawmakers are almost certain to do despite misgivings about the federal debt. The ceiling already has been hiked three times in the past two years, and the House took action earlier this year to raise the ceiling to $13 trillion.
http://snipurl.com/rpq0p
Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains
Two-thirds of the nation's total income gains from 2002 to 2007 flowed to the top 1 percent of U.S. households, and that top 1 percent held a larger share of income in 2007 than at any time since 1928,
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2908
Treasury Sees Millions More Foreclosures
Only 12 percent of U.S. homeowners eligible for loan modifications under the Obama administration's housing rescue plan have had their mortgages reworked, and millions more foreclosures are coming, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8525289
Another Wave of Foreclosures Looms
The housing market faces the prospect of a new round of foreclosures as hundreds of thousands of risky home loans known as option adjustable-rate mortgages reset to significantly higher payments that could force borrowers to fall behind, according to a report released Tuesday by Fitch Ratings.
http://snipurl.com/rpq14
Job openings down 50% from the peak in 2007
6 unemployed people for every available position
http://snipurl.com/rpq18
Another financial crisis inevitable: Greenspan
Another global financial crisis is inevitable because human nature always reverts to "speculative excesses" during a period of sustained prosperity, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23452.htm
Greenspan and Buffett issue recovery warning - papers
Two of America's most noted financial commentators have argued the recovery of the US economy is not a given, despite the recent uptick in sentiment.
http://snipurl.com/rpq1k
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greenspan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=federal+debt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Treasury
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=recovery
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=housing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreclosure
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=homeowner
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unemploy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporation
rudkla - 10. Sep, 10:27
