Can the US consumer keep spending? Macrobusiness ...income growth remains lousy at 0.2% for February. Indeed, in real terms it fell 0.1%. For growth, however, the news was better with the personal consumption expenditures jumping 0.8% in the month...
Trans-Pacific Partnership April Fools hoax traps some media Computerworld ...The opposition lobby on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA) and some media outlets were momentarily excited over the weekend at the news that secrecy on the trade negotiations had been lifted and a full text of the current agreement was about to be released...
Some of Christie's biggest bills match model legislation from D.C. group called ALEC Newark Star-Ledger ...Experts and watchdog groups say ALEC has supplied some of the dominant legislative proposals in Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire and Maine, among others. The bills rolled back union benefits, toughened voter-registration laws, eased environmental rules and spun off government services to the private sector...
How State Media Turned A Blind Eye To ALEC's Influence On The Voter ID Debate Media Matters ...the largest newspapers in the seven states that enacted voter ID laws in 2011 have largely ignored ALEC's influence...
We’ll bring Britain to standstill warn truckers Yorkshire Post ...Ahead of talks between unions and fuel distributors this week, fuel lobby leaders say they have formed an alliance with the tanker drivers and plan to blockade refineries and cause gridlock on motorways to stop soldiers moving fuel around the UK...
Hostess Serves Up New Batch of Cuts Wall Street Journal ...with the Twinkie maker back on life support after Hostess filed for Chapter 11 protection again in January, Mr. Peruzzi and about 16,000 other unionized workers are being asked to give up yet more, or their jobs will cease to exist...
