AltWeeklies Wire
Philadelphia's Strange Bettingfellowsnew
In Fishtown and Pennsport, casino opposition has united two very different riverfront communities.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
02-19-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Lawmakers Question Plan for "Limited Liability" Ownership of VT Yankeenew
The terms "nuclear power" and "limited liability corporation" make strange bedfellows, and the idea of marrying the two doesn't lie, er, sit, well with many Vermont lawmakers.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-15-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Real Estate Was a Great Racket ... Until the Lawsuits Started Piling Upnew
While young real estate dealers were enjoying the high life, their investors were headed toward foreclosures.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
02-14-2008 |
Economy
Tax Preparation Industy is Prime For Fraudnew
Income-tax preparers are not regulated. In Maryland, they're not even required to be accountants, nor is there a bond or insurance requirement tax preparers must meet, as there is with consumer lenders. There is no test that needs to be taken, and there's not even a roster of preparers' names and addresses.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
02-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Her Aim is Truenew
Pennsylvania's lone female rep in D.C. works to stimulate the economy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Paul Fain |
02-05-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
UVA Professor Talks Credit Crisisnew
Commerce School Professor Robert Webb, who specializes in the study of speculative markets, points out that last year, the European Central Bank and the Fed made rate cuts that analysts thought would be a shorter involvement than it has turned out to be.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
01-30-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Lawyers Avoid Malpractice Cases when Patient is Poornew
Tish Ortegon discovered that Texas is a hard place to sue a doctor. Especially if you're poor.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
01-15-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Man Who Is Creating a World Without Povertynew
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on microcredit, his Grameen Bank, and his call for the creation of "social businesses" where profits would go not to investors but for poverty reduction.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Richard Appelbaum |
01-14-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Planet Aid: Help to the Poor or Charitable Pandora’s Box?new
Some people are asking whether the national nonprofit is siphoning donations away from other, well-established local charities, or actually benefiting the poor people it claims to help.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
01-14-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Squeezing the Squeegeersnew
The war against Halifax's street peddlers has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with criminalizing poverty.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
01-14-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Hey, Big Spendernew
When it comes to loans, consumers are advised to protect themselves before they wreck themselves.
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
12-18-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Proposed Mortgage Solution May Not Help Everyonenew
The five-year freeze on mortgage interest rates proposed by President George W. Bush last week is projected by most housing experts to assist only about 20 percent of those facing foreclosure -- those who have managed to keep up with their increasingly expensive mortgage payments.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
12-14-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Plastic Peoplenew
How we became a nation of debtors, and how we can find our way out.
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
12-11-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
WIC Thwarts Natural Womennew
Organic groceries will be cut from the shopping lists of Montana mothers who rely on food packages from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program starting Dec. 1.
Missoula Independent |
Staff |
11-26-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
New Mexico Halts Darfur-Profiting Investmentsnew
Nine days after we reported that the State Investment Office has $42.3 million tied up in "highest offender" corporations conducting business in Sudan, New Mexico became the 22nd state to commit to a divestment plan.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
11-15-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Darfur, Economic Issues
