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Backpage Not Complying With Requests to Help Stop Sex Trafficking

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 06.02.2012 | Impact
Read More: Politics, Goldman Sachs, Senator Leahy, Craigslist Sex Ads, Child Sex Trafficking, Financiers, Sex, Banking Regulation, Senator Rubio, Banking Crisis, Senator Boxer, Banking Reform, Backpage.com, Senator Durbin, Impact News
Conchita Sarnoff

Nicholas Kristof reported in Sunday's New York Times Magazine that Goldman Sachs owns a 16% stake of Village Voice Media.

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Hedge Fund Managers Give To GOP After Becoming Dissatisfied With Obama

Wall Street Journal | BRODY MULLINS, SUSAN PULLIAM and STEVE EDER | Posted 06.26.2011 | Business
Read More: Avenue Capital Group, Deficit, Wall Street, Financiers, Hari Sevugan, Tax Bills, President Barack Obama, Gop, Third Point LLC, Democrats, Presidential Election, Hedge-Fund Managers, Republicans, Campaign Finance, Business News

Hedge-fund managers made a big bet on Barack Obama and other Democrats in 2008. Now, with the 2012 contest gearing up, some prominent fund managers ha...

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Travelers of the World Unite: Stop the Wars

Judie Fein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Passports, Leadership, Political Parties, Somalia, Pakistan, Laid Off, Peace, Gandhi, Politics, Muslim, Old, Travel Advice, Ireland, Portugal, Religious, Top Chefs, Libraries Closed, Tunisia, Luggage, Natonal Museum of the Marine Corps, Brazil, Mandela, Afghanistan War, Behind-the-Scenes, Business Owners, Sustainability, India, Teachers, War Machine, Egypt, Proteecting Animals, Outback, Patagonia, Norway, Iraq, Thailand, Countries, Culture, Restored Sites, Government, Off-the-Beatenpath, New Hotels, Vietnam, Values, Vietnam War, Travelers, Off-the-Beaten Trail, Greece, Italy, Customs, Young, Extreme Sports, Foreign Wars, War, Yemen, Habitats, Facebook, Environmental Protection, Actors, France, War in Afghanistan, Muslims, Wait Staff, Blog, Financiers, Museums, Sex, Non-Military Solutions, Communities, Secular, Iraq War, Afghanistan, Aboriginal, Travel News
Judie Fein

In short, we are opinion leaders, opinion makers, the vanguard of the modern wave of exploration.

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Goldman Sachs: Too Big to Succeed?

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Goldman Sachs, Senate, Financiers, Derivatives, Business News
Bob Franken

The parade of insolent Goldman Sachs gangbangers basically made it clear they were way higher and mightier than the peoples' elected officials of any government.

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Obama Must Tame Finance at G-20 Summit: Here's How

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Debt, G20 Summit, Bank Lending, Deflation, Bailout, Financial Sector, Lending, Financiers, President Obama, Green New Deal, Aig, Monopolisation, Economic Recovery, Pittsburgh, g20, Business News
Ann Pettifor

We are in the middle of a monumental political conflict with very high stakes. On one side: politicians and regulators battling for the interests of middle-class Americans. On the other: the banks.

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Dispatch from London: Day 1 of the G-20 Summit

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: London, G-20 Summit, The Obamas, Police, Protests, Angela Merkel, Climate Change, Bankers, Nicolas Sarkozy, Financiers, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News
Ann Pettifor

While the protesters are more or less united, G-20 leaders are squabbling like parents fighting over how to constrain their petulant teenagers.

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