JPM Chase Quietly Halts Suits Over Consumer Debts American Banker ...Chase's halt does, however, follow scattered defeats in state courts and a whistle-blower's allegation that it falsely overstated the balances of thousands of delinquent accounts it sold to a third party...
The Occupations in winter naked capitalism ...This is what makes Oakland’s Occupy great. We are upper middle class business owners, homeless vets, web developers, teachers, working poor, students, people of color, angry white males and everything in between...
Troubled RI city in receivership loses democracy Associated Press ...former state Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr., is often criticized for sweeping like a dictator into a city he doesn't know, where he doesn't live and where, with the state's blessing, he unilaterally decides matters that go far beyond the fiscal...
Wisconsin, Minnesota ponder expanding Amtrak service Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...Wisconsin, Minnesota and Amtrak officials have started talks that could lead to expanding the current passenger train service between Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis-St. Paul...
Right to work fight may hit Mich. Detroit News ...Supporters and opponents of making Michigan a right-to-work state are closely watching Indiana's lawmakers debate the issue and gearing up for a possible battle in Lansing this year...
Senate Has New Plan To Privatize Numerous Florida Prisons NorthEscambria.com ...The head of the Teamsters Union local that represents corrections officers said Friday that the state is rushing into a wholesale privatization effort without thinking it through or hearing from everyone who has an interest in the issue...
