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Did the Arab Spring spark the 'Occupy' movement?

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Middle East movement inspired Occupiers, but so did home-grown protests in Wisconsin.
Posted In: Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, Wisconsin
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MID-DAY UPDATE: China announces trade deficit, Eurozone debt crisis escalates

Thursday, March 10, 2011
A surprise from China today -- the country said it bought more goods from around the world than it sold. It's called a trade deficit. And China...
Posted In: bonds, China, Eurozone, Greece, mid-day update, PIMCO, spain, trade, trade deficit, treasury, unions, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin lawmakers agree on one thing

Monday, February 21, 2011
And this final note. Lawmakers in Wisconsin continued their stalemate over budget cuts today. They're now in week two of protests over a plan to...
Posted In: Super Bowl, Wisconsin
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Support for labor unions vs. support for big corporations

Friday, February 18, 2011
These final notes today. First of all, a follow-up to our item earlier this week about the guy in Philadelphia who's trying to foreclose on Wells...
Posted In: foreclosures, labor, Wisconsin

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Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule

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High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?

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Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy

If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...