Monthly Archives: August 2011

SOLUTIONS: Why Taxing the Rich Is Good for America

Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by meganwilson

We could never post enough articles on this topic … By Loren Berlin Daily Finance Last week, Warren Buffett wrote an incredible opinion piece in The New York Times asking the federal government to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, … Continue reading →

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All Work and No Pay: The dirty secret of the jobless recovery

Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by meganwilson

YOU: doing more with less. CORPORATE PROFITS: up 22 percent. By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Mother Jones Also read harrowing first-person tales of overwork and 12 charts on just how much is being demanded of American workers. On a … Continue reading →

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WORD!

Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by meganwilson

U.S. Corporations are looking to and investing in new markets outside of the United States. That doesn’t just mean they’ve moved the manufacturing outside of the U.S.; it means they no longer see the U.S. as the primary market they’re … Continue reading →

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Kellogg Asks Mayan Group To Reconsider Toucan Sam-Like Logo

Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 by meganwilson

SAN FRANCISCO — Kellogg Co. is asking a group working to defend Mayan culture to reconsider its logo, saying consumers can confuse it with Toucan Sam, the mascot of its Froot Loops cereal. An attorney for the world’s largest cereal … Continue reading →

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Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery

Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011 by meganwilson

What political leaders around the globe and the mainstream media are failing to acknowledge is that all of these riots are related – they are the result of the glaring and undeniable inequity of power and resources that has been … Continue reading →

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Capitalism’s Failure …

Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2011 by meganwilson

A year ago I wrote the following on this blog: Where on earth do the folks who are predicting that the economy is not going to slip into a deeper recession/depression get the crack they’re smoking? Where do they think … Continue reading →

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CIO HEROES!!

Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 by Eliza

  Coming out of the summer haitus – and having slight issues with the WP 3.2 update (not WPs fault..) – we’re back with a whole new section dedicated to folks (groups and individuals alike) who are CIO’s HEROES. CIO … Continue reading →

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