The GuardianOccupy movement returns for May Day protests in DC, New York and around USWashington PostTuesday marked a noisy return to the national stage for the Occupy movement, which had been dormant for much of the winter. Activists called it “A Da…
New York TimesLloyds Records Small Profit in First QuarterNew York TimesBy MARK SCOTT Carl Court/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAntónio Horta-Osório, chief of Lloyds Banking Group. LONDON — Lloyds Banking Group, partly owned by the British go…
Globe and MailAusterity Worsening Dire Labor Markets: Labor AgencyCNBC.comThe employment situation across the world is alarming, and there is little sign of recovery any time soon as austerity and spending cuts bite, a report out Monday warned. The Int…
The GuardianSamsung Takes Cellphone LeadWall Street JournalBy EVAN RAMSTAD SEOUL—Soaring sales of smartphones lifted Samsung Electronics Co.'s profit to a record in the first quarter and apparently pushed the South Korean company past Nokia Corp….
The collapse of Spain’s booming housing market has left unfinished, unoccupied towns across the country.
Each failed development represents a loss for the banking sector, which admits to $240 billion of problematic exposure and is probably exposed to…
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Is this the future of American health care?………….
FIVE years ago, Steven L. Glazer, an internal medicine doctor in Norwalk, Conn., told his thousand patients that he would no longer be able to care for them because he was going to focus on on…
Just when folks were getting used to having their garbage picked up…..
More than 100 American cities could go bust next year as the debt crisis that has taken down banks and countries threatens next to spark a municipal meltdown, a leading analyst…