The Trade Agreement You Never Heard About - TPP Economic Populist ...Did you know, beyond closed doors, there is a massive trade agreement being crafted? It's called TPP or Trans Pacific Partnership and this one makes NAFTA look like the stepping stone that it is...
Spark in Sales of Cars and Trucks Drives U.S. Economy Bloomberg News ...Car sales that are running at the fastest pace in four years are poised to reverberate through the world’s largest economy as a spillover into production, profits and jobs for Americans may be starting...
Europe spirals toward new phase of debt crisis Tampa Bay Times ...Political paralysis in Greece, widespread protests in Spain and a vote against austerity in Germany on Sunday were threatening to send the European debt crisis into a critical new phase this week...
Warren: JPMorgan CEO should resign from NY Fed CBS News ...Democratic U.S. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren is calling on the CEO of JPMorgan to resign from the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank after the largest bank in the U.S. claimed a surprise $2 billion loss by one of its trading groups...
ALEC Targets Laws Holding Corporations Accountable Media Matters for America ... the organization has been quietly "ghostwriting the law" to the benefit of its big business funders and the detriment of consumers, investors and victims of corporate wrongdoing...
Congress Begins Tough Negotiations on Transportation Programs National League of Cities ...Lawmakers appointed to resolve differences on a new federal surface transportation program met last week to stake out their opening positions, but gave no indication of a quick resolution of the deep divisions between the House and Senate positions...