Right-to-work law curbing unions becoming greater political issue Bloomberg ...“Unions are the last defense against corporate greed,” said James Hoffa...
ALEC Readies Its Christmas List Blog for Iowa ...ALEC is having a little get together before Christmas to let those legislators who owe allegiance to them and not to their voters just what it is they want in the next year...
Stocks: Worst Thanksgiving Drop Since ’32 Bloomberg ...as S&P cut Belgium’s rating and a report said Greece is demanding private investors accept larger losses on their debt...
Black Friday: Occupy Protests Discourage Shopping On One Of Retail's Biggest Days Huffington Post ...Anti-Wall Street protesters took their message about corporate greed to Black Friday shoppers, staging demonstrations in commercial areas around California on one of the busiest days of the year for retailers and bargain-hunters...
Oregonian Buries Lede in Police Overtime Article: Officers are Unnecessary for #Occupiers’ Peaceful Assembly firedoglake ...The police presence, with its skyrocketing “associated overtime” costs, appears to be an entirely self-inflicted wound to the city’s coffers...
European Banks Frantically Trying To Dump $7 Trillion Of Crap Assets -- But No One Will Buy Them Business Insider ...The balance sheets of European banks are piled high with legacy assets -- mortgages, real-estate, and other loans--that are tying up precious capital and constricting the banks' ability to make new, more productive loans...
