One Penny More a Pound
www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/opinion/04sat3.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a211
Fair trade is finally coming to the tomato fields of Florida, where farmworkers have won a remarkable victory in a 15-year struggle for better pay and working conditions. Last month, they struck a deal with growers to raise workers’ pay and to create an industry code of conduct, a health and safety program and a system to resolve worker complaints.
More than two million jobless Americans are entering the holiday season seized with varying levels of foreboding, worry or even panic over what lies ahead as they cope with the expected cutoff of their unemployment benefits.
In a memorable scene in the movie “The Social Network,” Sean Parker, the investor played by Justin Timberlake, leans over the table and tells the founders of Facebook in a conspiratorial tone: “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”
For more than a month now, you could have made a case that the recovery was gaining momentum. Stocks were generally rising. Retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend were strong. Job gains had been accelerating.
But you can’t make that case very well any more.
This morning’s jobs report – the first broad look at the economy’s performance in November — was disappointing and weak
One of the most destructive practices of private health insurance companies is the practice of denying care to customers for frivolous reasons. Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services started including denial rates on its information section about health insurance companies on HealthCare.gov, in an effort to inform the public about this practice by the industry.
www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/opinion/04sat3.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a211
Fair trade is finally coming to the tomato fields of Florida, where farmworkers have won a remarkable victory in a 15-year struggle for better pay and working conditions. Last month, they struck a deal with growers to raise workers’ pay and to create an industry code of conduct, a health and safety program and a system to resolve worker complaints.
Millions Bracing for Cutoff of Unemployment Aid
www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/us/04unemployed.html?nl=todaysheadlines&adxnnl=1&emc=...More than two million jobless Americans are entering the holiday season seized with varying levels of foreboding, worry or even panic over what lies ahead as they cope with the expected cutoff of their unemployment benefits.
A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating
dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/?nl=...In a memorable scene in the movie “The Social Network,” Sean Parker, the investor played by Justin Timberlake, leans over the table and tells the founders of Facebook in a conspiratorial tone: “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”
Jobs Report: So Much for Momentum
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/so-much-for-momentum/?nl=todaysheadlines&e...For more than a month now, you could have made a case that the recovery was gaining momentum. Stocks were generally rising. Retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend were strong. Job gains had been accelerating.
But you can’t make that case very well any more.
This morning’s jobs report – the first broad look at the economy’s performance in November — was disappointing and weak
Florida Woman Dies After Medicaid Program Outsourced To Private Insurers Denies Her Liver Transplant
thinkprogress.org/2010/11/24/woman-medicaid-jeb-bush/One of the most destructive practices of private health insurance companies is the practice of denying care to customers for frivolous reasons. Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services started including denial rates on its information section about health insurance companies on HealthCare.gov, in an effort to inform the public about this practice by the industry.
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