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Plug-In Hybrid Prius in US in 2012, Says Toyota

Steve Parker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus EV, Bmw, California, Tesla Motors, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, Bloomberg News, The Los Angeles Times, RAV4 EV, Business News
Steve Parker

"Toyota Motor Corp. has joined the growing ranks of automakers planning to bring advanced battery-powered vehicles to consumers in the next few years."

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington

David Sirota | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Democrat Coalition, Wall Street, Bloomberg News, K Street, Roll Call, Lobbyists, Barney Frank, Finance Industry, Lobbying Industry, Democratic Party, Banking Industry, Joseph Crowley, Politics News
David Sirota

In just the first half of 2009, the 15 New Democrats on Financial Services committee "received about $1.9 million in contributions from the finance, insurance and real estate industries."

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Federal Reserve-Bloomberg Suit: Fed Argues That Disclosing Emergency Loans Will Hurt Banks

bloomberg.com | Mark Pittman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed Emmergency Loans, Bailout, Bloomberg Suit, Bank, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Bloomberg News, Emergency Loans, Business News

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve argued yesterday that identifying the financial institutions that benefited from its emergency loans would ...

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Wall Street's Collateral Damage (Before You Take Public Transportation, Ask Your Banker)

Les Leopold | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Npr, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Collaterized Debt Obligations, Public Transportation, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Washington Metro Crash, Bloomberg News, Financial Regulation, Business News
Les Leopold

As soon as anyone calls for tight controls on Wall Street, pundits and politicians rush to the defense of "financial innovation."

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Media Gives Hate-Mongering White Supremacist Airtime, Facetime and Helpful PR

Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Semitism, White Supremacy, Shooting at Holocaust Museum, Bloomberg News, James Von Brunn, NBC News, Stormfront, Holocaust Shooting, Dc Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Dc Holocaust Shooting, Holocaust Museum Dc Shooting, Politics News, Dc Holocaust Museum, John De Nugent, White Separatists, CBS News, ABC News, Holocaust Museum, Media News
Rachel Sklar

This is unbelievable. In last night's "NBC Nightly News," Pete Williams had a segment on the Holocaust Museum shooter, James von Brunn, and they prese...

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Revolt 2009! Computers Rise Up, Force Improved Health Care Upon An Anxious Population

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear of Computers, Moloch, The Matrix, Health Reform, National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, Amity Shlaes, Michael Levitt, Bloomberg News, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Improved health IT is actually one of the few issues where left and right agree. Better health information is not a partisan issue, or at least it wasn't until now.

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Alpha Financial Dogs Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb, Socks Clinton and First Annual Lucky Award given to Mickey Rourke!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style

Read More: AnimalFair.Com, Dev Patel, The Lucky Award, Bill Clinton, Sydney Pollack, Socks, Kate Winslet, Bloomberg News, Nouriel Roubini, PetSmart.Com, Anthony Minghella, Adoptions.Petsmart.com, Mickey Rourke, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Betty Currie, Sean Penn, The Reader, Random House, Slumdog Millionaire, Harvey Milk, Wall-E, 81st Academy Awards, Elegy, Kodak Theatre, Penelope Cruz, Vicki Christina Barcelona, Oscars, Paris Hilton's Tinkerbell, Heath Ledger, The Times, Vino, Style News
Wendy Diamond

In honor of the 81st Academy Awards, I decided I wanted to start the first annual Lucky Awards. It's not about glamour, but the person or film and their contributions to a greater good.

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Mr. Buffet, Mr. Soros: Please Stop Investing in Filthy Fossil Fuels

David Sassoon | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Warren Buffett, Climate Change, Coal, George Soros, Daniel Rice, BlackRock Advisors Inc., Fossil Fuels, Goldman Sachs Buffet, Energy Investment, Oil-Sands, Bloomberg News, Global Resources Fund, Green News
David Sassoon

Buffet and Soros are men who could be showing us the way out of an endless fossil future. Instead, it looks like these men are showing us the opportunistic face of business-as-usual.

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A Turning Point: But Where Are Our Legislators?

Saskia Sassen | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Global Financial Crisis, Treasury Department, 700 Billion Dollar Bailout, Fed Accountability, Congressional Bailout, Bloomberg News Suing Fed, Bloomberg News, Bank Bailout, The Fed, Citigroup, Politics News
Saskia Sassen

The Fed has now committed to such a vast amount of debt in return for what are most probably dodgy securities, that is has become a source of national insecurity.

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