Biden Makes Plumber Analogy
KEENE, N.H. -- The presidential campaign debate over Republican Mitt Romney's tenure at a private equity firm is going down the drain. Vice President Joe...
Auto Industry Rebound Fires Animal Spirits
A survey of some 200 auto industry executives by Booz & Co. finds that 94% of the auto maker executives and 92% of automotive-technology-supplier executives are bullish.
Ilya Shapiro: Politicians and Team Owners Snooker Sports Fans and Taxpayers
The reality of the Vikings stadium deal is that the owners will gain the most, not taxpayers or fans. Taxpayers will bear most of the risk, while the expected increase in the franchise's value will accrue wholly to the owners
Woman Sues Hospital After Falling Over Operating Table
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut hospital facing a lawsuit by a woman who says she was severely injured when she fell off an operating...
Gar Alperovitz: The Rise of the New Economy Movement
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In 'New Economic Visions', a special five-part AlterNet series edited by Economics Editor Lynn Parramore in partnership with political economist Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, creative thinkers come together to explore the exciting...
10 Tuesday PM Reads
My afternoon train reading: • How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads (Wired) • SEC Trials Increase 50 Percent as Execs Fight Lawsuits (Bloomberg) • Social Security is not going broke (Reuters) • Creating the Windows 8 user experience (MSDN Blog) • Goldman Sachs Boosts Tech Investments After Facebook IPO (Bloomberg) • A new...
Nathan Newman: Why EU Antitrust Focus on Google and Data Portability Matters — and Why It’s Probably Not Enough
The four main concerns the EU has with Google include ones regularly discussed in the media, but it also includes more specific concerns about how it deals with advertisers.
GOP Senator: Obama Is Attacking Capitalism
WASHINGTON -- The White House has laid siege to capitalism, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared Tuesday. Asked if President Barack Obama's campaign attacks...
Nardin Baker on the low volatility anomaly: part one
For some time now I have been intrigued by the research on the so-called low volatility anomaly. So much so that I devoted a section [...]
Powerful GOP-Leaning Group Has Big Plans For 2012
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S Chamber of Commerce, which helped Republicans make big gains in the 2010 congressional elections, is...
Greg Asbed: Field Notes on Food Justice: Why Your Local Grocery Store Makes Farmworkers Poor
"Fresh and Fair from Florida"... Five words that would look so beautiful stamped on your next tomato purchase. Five words that would signify a revolution in agricultural working conditions.
