How the legal assault on Obama's health law went mainstream Politico ...Many legal scholars, including respected conservatives, pooh-poohed the idea that the courts might actually strike down the law or the individual mandate requiring most Americans to get health insurance or pay a fine.Yet on Monday, three days of oral arguments about the law begin at the high court — the most time justices have devoted to a single law since 1966...“Once the Supreme Court grants review of the case and sets six hours of arguments over three days, it becomes a blockbuster case where, either way, there’s going to be a landmark ruling,”...
Labor Unions' Cash Infusion Stimulates St. Louis Home Sales CNBC.com ...Eight local builders and nine unions joined forces to create a stimulus program for new home buyers. It is thought to be the only program of its kind in the country...
Mike & Andy $tep up against angry unions New York Post ...Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo upped the ante in their pension war with organized labor yesterday, pitching in $36,000 apiece to bail out this weekend’s Latino legislative conference in Albany after teacher unions pulled their support...“They [unions] are angry about the passage of pension reform,” they said in a joint statement...
Victory in Oakland County Transfer Tax Case Paves Way for Other MIchigan Suits Against Fannie and Freddie naked capitalism ...Interest in local action to bring the big banks to heel seems to be heating up. Rachel Maddow discussed the efforts of local registers of deeds to straighten out the mess created by cavalier bank attitudes towards land records and other legal niceties...
Can Radical Efficiency Revive U.S. Manufacturing? Scientific American ...Both traditional and new U.S. industries will have to increase energy efficiency if the nation is to retain its global position as a leading manufacturer...
Eurozone 'poster child' Ireland slumps back into recession The Telegraph ...Ireland tumbled back into recession at the end of last year, dousing political claims that the "Celtic Tiger" has benefited from its tough austerity programme...
US Airways Seeking To Acquire American Out Of Bankruptcy Associated Press ...US Airways has put forward plans to take over American, which is in the process of restructuring its operations through bankruptcy...AMR...said it plans to ask for its labor union contracts to be voided...
