General Economics

Holiday Shopping Trends Reflect Income Inequality


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U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters

A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters.  read more »

Wisconsin Union-Busting Drive Feeds Off Towns That Are Shrinking

The loss of power and people in rural and small town Wisconsin is helping fuel a showdown over government union rights and benefits.  read more »

Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants' cooling systems

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No.  read more »

Ireland bailout protest draws 100,000 to Dublin streets

One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic's history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin's streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead.  read more »

Is Harry Potter Partly to Blame for India's Pet Owl Crisis?

India is currently weathering an endangered owl crisis, and Harry Potter may be partly to blame.  read more »

GOP: There'll be no compromise on tax cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans leader in both the House and the Senate said Sunday there would be no compromise with Democrats on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest taxpayers.  read more »

Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market

Exclusive: Georgia trial reveals how sting netted highly enriched uranium that had been smuggled via train inside lead-lined cigarette box.  read more »

Mexico's president opposes marijuana legalization

Prop. 19, the California measure to legalize pot, would undercut Mexico's fight against drug cartels, President Felipe Calderon says. He calls on the Obama administration to oppose the measure.  read more »

Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles

How good is one teacher compared with another?  read more »

Facebook Working Hard To Avoid Google's Fate

Brick-and-motor biggie Target will start selling Facebook Credits gift cards in-stores nationwide September 5, the retail chain announced today.  read more »

The model and the blood diamond

THE curious tale of the diamond that arrived in the night has returned to haunt supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is entangled in a web of allegations against Charles Taylor, the former Liberian presiden  read more »

Report Says Many Youths Are ‘Too Fat to Fight’

A panel of retired military leaders has joined the fight against childhood obesity, saying that unhealthy school lunches are making America's youth unfit for military service and therefore pose a thre  read more »

Young job-seekers hiding their Facebook pages

(CNN) -- Justin Gawel says there's nothing too incriminating on his Facebook page.

"There's nothing naked or anything -- at least I don't think so," he said jokingly.  read more »

Cars pollute even when engines are switched off

LEAVING the car at home and catching a train to work may not be as good for the environment as you think.  read more »

Eight Health Leaders Respond to Obama's Healthcare Summit

As he launched his healthcare summit Wednesday, President Obama said he hoped his televised effort to garner consensus for reform "isn't political theater, where we're just playing to the cameras and  read more »

Mussolini iPhone application is withdrawn

An iPhone application that allows users to download speeches by the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn.

Its developer says he is removing it after legal threats.  read more »

Obama Details Small Business Lending Initiatives

President Obama, who has declared creating jobs one of his top priorities for 2010, has finally unveiled details of his $30 billion plan to increase small-business lending through community banks.  read more »

Haiti Tent City Residents Cope With Shortages

Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and relief supplies still make life difficult  read more »

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