GOP blocks veterans jobs bill with budget vote The Hill ...The Veterans Jobs Corp Act would have created new job-training programs to help veterans find work in targeted fields such as national park conservation, historic preservation projects, police work and firefighting, among others...
Bain Capital Complaint Should Be Made Public, Court Rules Huffington Post ...U.S. District Judge Edward Harrington said in a decision on Friday that the public has the right to see a new complaint filed as part of a class-action antitrust lawsuit that claims Bain Capital and 10 other private equity firms colluded with one another to keep the costs of leveraged buyouts low...
Revolution From Above Economic Populist ...Consumers simply cannot make ends meet. Inflation-adjusted, or real, median household income declined for the fourth-straight year, plunging to its lowest level since 1995...
Project S.H.A.M.E.: Megan McArdle, a Covert Republican Party Activist Trained by the Billionaire Koch Brothers naked capitalism ...Megan McArdle is a Koch-trained conservative activist working as a business journalist and pundit...
American cancels 300 flights this week Associated Press ...American Airlines and American Eagle say they will cancel 300 flights this week to cope with a high number of pilots reporting sick and an increase in maintenance reports filed by crews...
Indiana union pension fund fueling big fight with Wal-Mart Courier-Journal ...If Wal-Mart shareholders are successful in suing the retail giant over allegations regarding a suspected bribery scheme in Mexico, it will probably be thanks to a relatively small union pension fund in Indiana...
Portland City Council passes resolution against coal trains Oregon Live ...Portland's City Council voted 3-0 Wednesday to oppose coal trains running through town until the Army Corps of Engineers fully evaluates the impacts of exporting coal to Asia through the Northwest...
