Fed may give loans to IMF to help euro zone: paper Reuters ...The Federal Reserve, along with the 17 euro zone national central banks, may help provide the International Monetary Fund with funds that could be used to aid debt-ridden states, a German newspaper said...
Gas exports soar, keeping U.S. price at pump high San Francisco Chronicle ...Faced with sluggish sales at home, American refineries are shipping gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products abroad in record amounts, turning the country into a net exporter of fuel...
Wealth gap widening in U.S., globally, report says Politico ...The U.S. — where the Occupy Wall Street movement exploded to protest the disparity between the richest 1 percent and the remaining 99 percent — ranks in with the fourth-highest inequality level, coming after Chile, Mexico and Turkey...
Guest column: Do the right thing, Mitch, oppose right-to-work legislation (By Brian B. Buhle) Lafayette Journal and Courier ...You stated that you were not in favor of right-to-work legislation. You stated you did not want to tip the balance of power between labor and business. You were comfortable with the labor laws currently on the books and that tipping the balance would be unfair to the hardworking men and women of the labor movement...
Opposition to state takeover law grows as more cities fall into financial distress Flint Journal ...The city’s new governing leader wasn’t picked by voters and isn’t accountable to them...
Walker should denounce violence, threats by his most misguided backers The Cap Times ...The list of instances where individuals who imagine themselves to be aiding Gov. Scott Walker have assaulted and threatened supporters of the drive to recall the governor, and destroyed signs supporting the recall, is growing too long...
