Federal Reserve's FOMC Says Less Economic Growth for 2013-2014 Economic Populist ... there just appears to be no more quantitative easing and beyond concerns about European sovereign debt, it appears the #1 problem America has is the piss poor jobs market in the United States...
10 Big Businesses That Barely Pay Taxes Tax Justice Network ...While the average American may be shelling out thousands of dollars each year in taxes to the federal government, many businesses are paying incredibly low tax rates, or none at all, despite raking in hundreds of millions in profits...
The Jobs Recovery By Industry The Big Picture ...The Leisure & Hospitality and Mining industry have recovered all the jobs losses, and then some. The recovery has produced 1.25 million Professional Service jobs, almost 83 percent of those lost during the recession. Manufacturing has recovered only 21 percent of jobs losses, financial services 11 percent, retail and wholesale trade around 25 percent, with construction faring the worst in the private sector, recovering only 1.1 percent of the 1.95 million job lost during the housing bust led recession...
Wisconsin bleeding jobs, as Gov. Scott Walker fights for his Christian Science Monitor ...While Wisconsin Gov, Scott Walker (R) fights to keep his job in a recall election scheduled for June, he is being forced to confront a harsh reality in his state: It lost more jobs during the past 12 months than any other state in the United States...
Teamster Funeral Directors Help Give Morgue Bodies Proper Burials Local 727 ... Teamsters Local 727 funeral directors are volunteering their time -- and hearses -- to give proper burials to 300 bodies that have been held at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office..,
Canadian Pacific Railway workers OK strike action to back contract demands Canadian Press ...The Teamsters union says workers voted 95 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary...
