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Howard Zinn: US 'In Need of Rebellion' (Al Jazeera)
Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US "empire" is close to collapse.
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Saudi Policy Remains Unchanged After OPEC Decision (Ayesha Daya)
Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia isn't planning to reduce its oil production even as OPEC urged members to lower output and return to their official targets, a Saudi oil official said today.
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$100 Billion Could Yield Two Million "Green" Jobs (Deborah Zabarenko)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $100 billion U.S. government investment over two years could create two million "green" jobs in such industrial sectors as steel and construction, environmental and labor ...
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U.S. Housing Slump: No End In Sight (Oxford Analytica)
Even after U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson placed government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal "conservatorship" on Sunday, the outlook for U.S. housing prices is ...
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Government Payments to Wall Street for Auction-Rate Wreck Climb (Michael Quint)
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials are letting Wall Street banks pull off what makers of defective cars, computers and condos can't. After the collapse of a product banks created and ...
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Glum Outlook on Jobs (Andrea Coombes)
Percent of firms planning to hire drops to single digits: Manpower
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U.S.: Kim Jong Il May Have Suffered Stroke (MSNBC)
Speculation over N. Korea leader's health grows after he misses parade
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Treason for Oil (Video)
Professor Michael Greenberg lays out the mechanisms of manipulation and hoarding on energy markets. He names names and places places.
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Paulson Engineers U.S. Government Takeover of Fannie, Freddie (Dawn Kopecki and John Brinsley)
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government will take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the biggest surge in mortgage defaults in at least three decades threatened to bring down the ...
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Loan Giant Overstated the Size of Its Capital Base (Gretchen Morgensen, Charles Duhigg)
The government’s planned takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, expected to be announced on Sunday, came together after advisers poring over the companies’ books for the Treasury Department ...
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