US charges ex-Fannie, Freddie CEOs with fraud Associated Press ...Two former CEOs at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Friday became the highest-profile individuals to be charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis...
Occupy Wall Street is many things, but one thing it's not is partisan McClatchy ...The Occupy Wall Street protest may be a movement, a momentary phenomenon or something in between, but one thing its most fervent activists insist that it's not is a team of shock troops for any partisan political campaign...
In strongest warning yet, IMF raises risk of another Great Depression Today Online ...The world risks sliding into a 1930s-style slump unless countries settle their differences and work together to tackle Europe's deepening debt crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned...
Senate Leaders Agree on 2-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut New York Times ...The agreement would also speed the decision process for the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast, a provision necessary to win over Republicans who opposed the tax break...
Chinese Police With Shotguns Man Checkpoints Near Scene of Land Protests Bloomberg ...Conflicts over land transfers in China are the leading cause of unrest, according to an official study published in June. The number of protests, riots and strikes doubled in five years to almost 500 a day last year...
Jeb Bush, K12 Inc. the Digital Learning Council and Florida Virtual School Scathing Purple Musings ...Bush urged Scott to end one of the state’s pension plans, sell the Florida Virtual School and take his first trade mission to Brazil and Colombia...
