The Ohio House unanimously passes a resolution urging Washington to act on China's currency manipulation manufacture this ...China has “significantly intervened in foreign exchange markets in order to hold the value of their currency within its tight and artificial trading band, resulting in enormous grown in China’s dollar reserves.”...
Koch brothers hope to raise even more funds at secretive right-wing gathering The Guardian ...If they meet their target of $400m for this year's presidential election cycle, the Kochs will have surpassed the $370m that John McCain had at his disposal as his entire campaign funding in 2008...
The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia Rolling Stone ...How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape...
Mitt and the junk bond king Boston Globe ...“Mitt, I think, spent his life balanced between fear and greed,” Wolpow said. “He knew that he had to make a lot of money to launch his political career...
Trucker jobs go unfilled, leading to delayed deliveries USA Today ...A worsening shortage of truck drivers is pushing up freight rates and delaying some deliveries, defying the weak economy, high unemployment and falling gasoline prices...
Teamsters to help Seattle-area cabdrivers voice their concerns Seattle Times ... the Western Washington Taxi Cab Operators Association, formally launched by drivers at a meeting at the Teamsters Building in Tukwila on Saturday, will contract with Teamsters Local 117 to lobby governments on its behalf. The new alliance will address continuing complaints about competition from "flat-rate" drivers who operate under a different set of rules, new workers' compensation premiums and other business costs...
