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What now? (U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders)
Nov. 3, 2010 (sanders.senate.gov) -- The Republicans won big on Tuesday. Not only have they taken over the U.S. House of Representatives and made major gains in the Senate -- but many of the ...
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New Ways Bankers Are Spying on You (Karen Blumenthal)
Nov. 6, 2010 (Wall Street Journal) -- Big Banker is watching you -- more closely than ever. With lenders still skittish about making new loans, credit bureaus and others are hawking services that ...
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JPMorgan Chase to Restart Suspended Foreclosures (Carrie Bay)
Nov. 4, 2010 (DSNews) -- JPMorgan Chase will begin re-filing affidavits later this month for some 127,000 foreclosures that have been on hold because of “robo-signing” issues. Charlie Scharf, head ...
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LPS Report Shows Foreclosure Timelines Continue to Stretch (Carrie Bay)
Nov. 3, 2010 (DSNews) -- Market data collected by Lender Processing Services (LPS) during the month of September reveals that foreclosure timelines continue to increase, with borrowers in the latest ...
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In U.S., 14% Rely on Food Stamps (Sara Murray)
Nov. 5, 2010 (Wall Street Journal) -- A huge number of American households are still relying on government assistance to buy food as the recession continues to batter families. Food stamp recipients ...
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QE2: Last Rites for the World's 'Reserve Currency' (Mike Whitney)
Nov. 6, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Millions of Americans have no idea what Quantitative Easing is or how it will effect them personally. That's why Wednesday's announcement that the Fed ...
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Finance Has Become a New Form of Warfare: An interview with professor Michael Hudson (Democracy Now!)
Nov. 5, 2010 -- (Democracy Now!) -- The Federal Reserve will pump $600 billion more into the U.S. economy and keep interest rates at historical low levels. The short-term impact of the Fed’s move, ...
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What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us about Iran? (Ali Gharib)
Use caution in reading the Iraq war logs -- and news coverage of them. Nov. 6, 2010 (Columbia Journalism Review) -- A source provides details to the American government about the nefarious ...
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It Was the Banks (James K. Galbraith)
Nov. 5, 2010 (CommonDreams.org) -- Bruce Bartlett says it was a failure to focus. Paul Krugman says it was a failure of nerve. Nancy Pelosi says it was the economy's failure. Barack Obama says it ...
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Fitch Says 7 Million Homes In The Shadows Will Take 40 Months To Clear (Carrie Bay)
Nov. 1, 2010 (DSNews) -- New figures released by Fitch Ratings put the industry’s shadow inventory at 7 million homes. The agency defines the shadow supply of properties as loans that aredelinquent, ...
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UN report warns of threat to human progress from climate change (Larry Elliott and Mark Tran)
Human development report says inaction on climate change puts at risk decades of progress on education and health Nov. 4, 2010 (guardian.co.uk) -- The United Nations warned today that a continued ...
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