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10 Unexpected Members Of America's Monopoly Club

24/7 Wall Street | Posted 05.25.2011

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A common definition of a monopoly is when a company has such effective control of its market that it can set prices and stifle innovation by depriving...

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Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael W. Hudson

With the struggles of many old-line news media, it's easy to forget how important real reporting is to informing citizens and defeating the forces of secrecy and propaganda.

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Which Are The Greatest Brands In American History?

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades -- companies like Apple, Go...

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The Oily History of Offshore Operations: From Venezuela to the Gulf

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nikolas Kozloff

It was the Americans and the British who pioneered offshore oil drilling some 100 years ago, and who must now pave the way for cleaner technologies to save the Gulf of Mexico.

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Obama Should Channel Roosevelt To Battle Wall Street

Washington Post | Simon Johnson and James Kwak | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the spring of 2009, Obama and his senior advisers did not seem terribly troubled by the dangerous concentration of power, wealth and hubris on Wall...

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Andrew Ross Sorkin:

nytimes.com | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can a bank be too big? That was one of the more interesting questions to come up during the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing last week, th...

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GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Transit, US Auto Industry, Global Economy, GM Bailout, Bradford Snell, Cars, Passenger Rail, Green Power, Green Energy, Alfred P. Sn, Solartopia, Environment and Government, Who Killed the Electric Car, Bailout, General Motors, Standard Oil, Trolley Systems, Gm Green, Trains, Buses, Detroit Bailout, Global Warming, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

GM's special role in history must now evolve into using its infrastructure to restore the mass transit system -- and ecological balance -- it has helped destroy.

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