Deal reached on unemployment, payroll tax cut CBS News ...The bill would assure a continued tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for several million others...
Collection and Credit Firms Facing Broad New Oversight New York Times ...Debt collectors and credit reporting companies are bracing for intense scrutiny after the government’s consumer finance watchdog unveiled a broad plan to regulate financial firms that have largely evaded federal oversight...
New Bill to Weaken Protections, Incentives for Whistleblowers Sneaks Through Committee truthout ...Thanks to a lobbying effort from the US Chamber of Commerce, New York Rep. Michael Grimm's attempt to eviscerate hard-fought whistleblower reforms included in the Dodd-Frank Act is gaining steam. This news should be seriously troubling to anyone hoping to stop wrongdoing on Wall Street - the kind that led to the 2008 financial meltdown...
Kazakhstan massacre death toll may rise to 200 the moscow news ...over 70 people were killed and 400 injured when police shot at striking oil workers in the central square of the Caspian port city of Zhanaozen on Dec. 16...
Detroit Finance Study Team Closed Sessions Barred by Judge Bloomberg ...A Michigan judge permanently barred a review team studying Detroit’s finances from holding closed- door sessions, handing a legal victory to city employees...
Teamsters: Florida Doesn't Want Prison Privatization Local 2011 ..."Floridians do not want the rules changed so private companies can get secret contracts with no cost-benefit analysis and no public review," (said Ken Wood, Acting President of Teamsters Local 2011).
