Conservative group sues to ban public employees from the Legislature Las Vegas Sun ...A conservative think tank filed a lawsuit today with the ultimate goal of preventing public employees from serving in the Nevada Legislature...
Mo. jobs chief defends review of sweetener maker Associated Press ...Missouri's economic development chief defended the state's review of a Chinese firm that failed to follow through on a pledge to open an artificial sweetener factory in rural Missouri but insisted Wednesday that it would have been a waste of taxpayer money to more thoroughly screen the company...
Why Did the Unemployment Rate Drop When Only 120,000 Jobs Were Added? The Economic Populist ...it's all a ratio and there is a large segment of the working population that is classified as not in the labor force. Bottom line, we're still in a jobs crisis, no doubt about it...
Foreclosure battle: A new hope Salon ...As Occupy gears up for a foreclosure campaign, state attorneys general show backbone in tussle over bank fraud...
China Rejects U.S. Ruling on Solar Imports Bloomberg ...China said a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism...”
D.E.A. Launders Mexican Profits of Drug Cartels New York Times ...The high-risk activities raise delicate questions about the agency’s effectiveness in bringing down drug kingpins, underscore diplomatic concerns about Mexican sovereignty, and blur the line between surveillance and facilitating crime. As it launders drug money, the agency often allows cartels to continue their operations over months or even years before making seizures or arrests...
