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Wall Street bonuses to rise by 40 percent
By Patrick Martin, November 6, 2009
The authors of the biggest financial catastrophe in world history—executives and traders at US investment and commercial banks—will see their year-end bonuses rise by an average of 40 percent comp...
US Army major kills 12 at Fort Hood, Texas
By Bill Van Auken, November 6, 2009
A US Army major reportedly about to be deployed to Afghanistan opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others.
Australian Labor “left” bestows medal on General Petraeus
By Laura Tiernan, November 6, 2009
The photograph published in yesterday’s press of John Faulkner, the Defence Minister in the Australian Labor government, draping an honorary Order of Australia around the neck of General David Petra...
Documents reveal SEC complicity in Madoff Ponzi scheme
By Andre Damon, November 6, 2009
Documents relating to the investigation of Bernard Madoff released last Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlight the complicity of the US regulatory agencies in one of the bigg...
Virginia, New Jersey elections: A blow to Obama and the Democrats
By Bill Van Auken, November 5, 2009
The Democratic Party’s loss of governorships in Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday’s off-year elections represented a blow to the Obama administration and the Democratic Party, while reflecting mo...
Unanswered questions in FBI killing of Detroit Mosque leader
By Tom Eley, November 5, 2009
The FBI has failed to provide a credible explanation for its killing of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a black Detroit-area Muslim leader.
Workers’ wages to fall further, International Labour Organization warns
By Barry Grey, November 4, 2009
The International Labour Organization (ILO) warned Tuesday that global growth in workers’ real wages, which fell sharply in 2008, will decline even more in 2009, despite what is being touted by gove...
One year since the election of Barack Obama
By Patrick Martin, November 4, 2009
One year ago today, on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the US presidential election in what was, for all practical purposes, a political rout.
US executives’ pensions soar in value
More Americans have to work past 65
By David Walsh, November 4, 2009
Workers in the US are increasingly giving up on the idea of retiring at 65, or even 67, while top CEOs are planning to quit their positions and live like royalty.
Transit workers strike in Philadelphia
By Bill Van Auken, November 4, 2009
More than 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers struck early Tuesday morning over wages and benefits. The action was denounced by Democratic officials, who invoked the economic crisis and rising unemploy...
FBI knew of CIA torture, considered prosecution
By Tom Eley, November 4, 2009
FBI agents witnessed torture at CIA prisons in 2002, new documents released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal.
Michigan woman dies after Medicaid dental care is cut
By Hiram Lee, November 4, 2009
An elderly Michigan woman died in October as the result of a severe dental infection after adult dental Medicaid benefits were cut in the state. Blanche D. LaVire, 76, had been diagnosed with abscesse...
