economy
Rally at Treasury: Goldman Sachs owes us $13 billion
June 10, 2010"Young Turks" talk show host Cenk Uygur led protesters at the Treasury Department chanting: "Hey-hey, ho-ho, $13 billion's a lot of dough!" and "Goldman Sachs, we want it back!"
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Official admits oil gusher exceeds all prior estimates
June 10, 2010A second “containment” vessel will increase the amount of oil being captured to as much as 28,000 barrels of oil per day.
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An idea whose time has come
June 10, 2010A new political and economic model, a new New Deal, is urgently needed, but the tycoons of finance are not about to yield their power - it will take a series of struggles.
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Action on jobs key to victory in November
June 9, 2010"We don't have the luxury of all this whining and agonizing. We've got to turn the agonizing into organizing."
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Portugal: Economic struggle goes to the streets
June 7, 2010On Wednesday June 2, the Portuguese parliament voted by a thin margin to accept the austerity package presented by Socialist (PS) Party Prime Minister Jose Socrates.
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