Reuters – The United States will reach the limits of its borrowing authority on Monday, but don’t expect to hear alarm bells in Washington or on Wall Street. View full post on All Stories
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Student borrowing passes credit card debt
April 12th, 2011
davidguide NEW YORK, April 12 (UPI) — Student loans are piling up in the United States with two-thirds of those who received bachelor’s degrees in 2008 graduating owing money, an expert says. View full post on All Stories
Fixing California may come at a high cost
March 15th, 2011
davidguide California carries the largest annual deficit of any state in the United States yet also implements the highest percentage of taxation on its residents. How does a state obtain enormous amounts of revenue and finish the fiscal year with red ink?In… Stephen Michael II March 15, 2011 View full post on All Stories
U.S. Watches As Ambassador Holbrooke Collapses
December 12th, 2010
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is struggling in a critical condition at George Washington University hospital after admission on Friday morning. “This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. He is in critical [...]
International Outrage Follows Arrest of Wikileaks Founder
December 11th, 2010
davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent London, United Kingdom (AHN) – International protest is building about the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week. Assange is being held in a British jail awaiting extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to extradite him to the United States to [...]
New U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop To 421,000
December 11th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment compensation dropped to 421,000 for the week ending Dec. 4, a decrease of 17,000 claims from the week before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Not all jobless workers are insured by the unemployment compensation program. The advance [...]
Wal-Mart to stop extra $1 Sunday pay for employees
December 9th, 2010
davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (AHN) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Wednesday that it will no longer pay its employees who work Sundays an additional $1 an hour. The new policy, however, would only cover workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Current U.S. employees numbering 1.4 million will not be [...]
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