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State Workers Pay Increasing...
There has been some amount of attention called to the fact that pay rates in the public sector have been steadily increasing despite the wage freeze that was called for by the Coalition. Conversely, w...
Two Year Low in European Sto...
Just ahead of Germany’s day in court over the legality of that country’s part in Greece’s bailout effort, European stocks fell to the lowest point in two years. Confidence is at surprisingly low...
Head of World Bank Warns of...
As if fears for the global economy weren’t bad enough, they are now soaring as the head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, warned that the world is entering into what he calls a “new danger zone....
EU Oil Embargo on Syria...
Jointly, the countries of the European Union have agreed to embargo oil from Syria in response to treatment of pro-democracy protestors in that country. It is their intention to step up pressure on th...