March 10, 2013
France Postpones Austerity and Deficit Targets for Rest of 2013
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Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
View original post here: France Postpones Austerity and Deficit Targets for Rest of 2013
Original post: Investigating Obama’s Claim That Sequester Cuts Will Reduce Vaccinations For Kids
Please consider Dutch support EU referendum Dutch lawmakers have been forced to debate a referendum on any further transfers of power to the EU after a citizens’ petition demanding a plebiscite garnered 40,000 signatures in two weeks. Although parliament is not obliged to follow through with legislation, the move underlines the surge euroscepticism in one of the EU’s founding members, which could pose an obstacle to any further integration needed to bolster the eurozone
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An amusing poll by Rasmussen shows 63% Think Congress Can Always Make Things Worse . Poll Questions Generally speaking how do you rate the way that Congress is doing its job
Wired reports 11 Years Later, Senate Wakes Up to War on Terror’s ‘Battlefield America’ Sen.
Bloomberg reports Swiss Voters Approve Limits on ‘Fat Cat’ Executive Pay Swiss voters approved some of the world’s toughest limits on executives’ pay in a referendum, a move critics say could make Switzerland less attractive to multinational corporations. The initiative against “fat cats,” proposed by Thomas Minder, head of a herbal toothpaste company, was backed by 67.9 percent of the voters today, the government said on its website today. The proposal gives shareholders an annual ballot on managers’ pay
Traffic Slump at Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn; Smaller Plates, Cheaper Items at Olive Garden; Saturation Everywhere High gasoline prices coupled with 2% payroll tax hikes is going to take a bite out of restaurant sales this year. For some chains the slump has already started.
Jed Graham at Investor’s Business Daily has an interesting chart showing Wage Recession Hits 5 Years; Worse Than Jobs Drought . I can show it’s even worse, but first let’s consider a chart and commentary by Graham. As bad as the current job recovery has been — and it’s by far the weakest since World War II — the recovery in wages has been far worse
Think Greece has been “saved” by the Troika? A quick look at some loan repayment stats may help you think clearly.