Economic Crash

The G20: Rebooting the System

Ann Pettifor | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business


Ann Pettifor

To help the poor of the world, the G-20 shuffled the deckchairs on the board of the IMF. No doubt this will cheer up those families in drought-stricken Kenya whose babies were snatched by starving hyenas.

Toyota Asks California For $2 Million For Employee Training -- But They're Closing Shop In 2010

latimes.com | Marc Lifsher | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business


Reporting from Sacramento - Toyota Motor Corp. is closing California's last automobile plant, but that isn't keeping the factory from asking the stat...

Bernanke: Recession Is Very Likely Over

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over, although he cautioned that...

Keep the White House Drapes: Bring Back the Solar Panels

Paul Loeb | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics


Paul Loeb

What if Obama, instead of redecorating the White house, took a powerful symbolic stand by using the already allocated money to bring back solar panels to make the White House more energy efficient?