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Detroit's Unemployment Rate Is Nearly 50%, According to the Detroit News
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Huffington Post -
Submitted: 34 hours ago
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Officially, Detroit's unemployment rate is just under 30 percent. But the city's mayor and local leaders are suggesting a far more disturbing figure -- the actual jobless…
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Immigration bill backers try again despite jobless rate
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Washington Times -
Submitted: Dec 15, 2009
- Democrats on Tuesday begin their new push for an immigration bill, hamstrung by the image of legalizing millions of illegal immigrant workers at a time when the unemployment rate stands at 10 percent -- more than twice what it was… » See more
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Karen Dolan: What Obama is Getting Wrong About Economic Recovery
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Submitted: Dec 11, 2009
- This past week, President Obama announced the outlines of a new jobs plan for the country. For the first time, Obama suggested that up to $200 billion from the much-hated "bailout of Wall Street" program should go toward jobs creation ideas.… » See more
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Jobs Bill Squeaks Through Despite Dem Defections
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Submitted: 32 hours ago
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) muscled a $154 billion jobs bill through the House on Wednesday evening just before Congress departed for a holiday recess. With the vote in serious doubt until…
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Arianna Huffington: Can the Obama White House Course-Correct in Time to Avoid Hitting the 2010 Iceberg?
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Submitted: Dec 14, 2009
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On Sunday, President Obama gave himself "a solid B+" for his first year in office. But the report card that matters, the midterm one issued by voters, is still 11 months away. At the moment, things…
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Obama can create jobs by modeling two good ideas (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: Dec 15, 2009
- The Christian Science Monitor - With the nation's unemployment rate at 10 percent, the highest in a generation, President Obama could learn a thing or two about job creation by heading to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. » See more
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Brian Moynihan to succeed Ken Lewis as BofA CEO (AP)
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Submitted: 31 hours ago
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AP - Bank of America's new CEO says he doesn't expect to lead a major shift in strategy at the nation's largest bank when he takes over from Ken Lewis on Jan. 1. But with loan losses continuing to…
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Brian Moynihan to succeed Ken Lewis as BofA CEO (AP)
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Yahoo! Finance -
Submitted: 21 hours ago
- Bank of America's new CEO says he doesn't expect to lead a major shift in strategy at the nation's largest bank when he takes over from Ken Lewis on Jan. 1. But with loan losses continuing to mount amid double-digit unemployment rates, it… » See more
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Fed holds rates at record low to fuel recovery (AP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: Dec 16, 2009
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AP - The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to hold interest rates at a record low to drive down double-digit unemployment and sustain the economic recovery.
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Fed holds rates at record low to fuel recovery (AP)
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Yahoo! Finance -
Submitted: 37 hours ago
- The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to hold interest rates at a record low to drive down double-digit unemployment and sustain the economic recovery. » See more
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Fed holds rates at record low to fuel recovery (AP)
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Yahoo! Finance -
Submitted: 37 hours ago
- The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an "extended period" to keep the recovery going and drive down double-digit unemployment. » See more
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Fed to strike upbeat note on economy (AP)
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Yahoo! Finance -
Submitted: Dec 16, 2009
- Focused on keeping the recovery going and driving down double-digit unemployment, the Federal Reserve is poised to leave interest rates at a record low. » See more
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Ellen Brown: EU, IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way
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Submitted: Dec 14, 2009
- Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing countries, has now come to Europe. The International Monetary Fund is imposing its "austerity measures" on the outer circle of the European Union, with Greece, Iceland and Latvia the… » See more
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Dave Johnson: This Health Reform Bill Is Political Suicide
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Huffington Post -
Submitted: 37 hours ago
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Back in July I wrote, in Democrats Had Better Find Hiding Places I said it the other day, and I feel the need to repeat it: the public does not yet understand that the government is about to order…
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