By: Natalie Moore Article Reprint Chicagoans joined in the thousands of planned national protests against Walmart on Black Friday to demand higher wages from the big-box retail chain.
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Detroit bankruptcy given green light as judge says it should have happened years ago and thousands of workers and retirees protest over pension cuts
Judge Steven Rhodes ruled that city is eligible to shed billions of dollars of debt that accumulated during the city’s decades-long decline By Associated Press Reporter Article Reprint Detroit is eligible to shed billions of
Read moreYahoo Japan Creates Bizarre Interactive Page for Lady Gaga
By Eva Recinos Article Reprint Lady Gaga continues her series of quirky projects for her newest album “ARTPOP” — we last wrote about her flying dress — with something fans can really, er, snuggle up
Read moreHere’s Who Earns The Minimum Wage, In 3 Graphs
npr.org Article Reprint A town near Seattle may raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Massachusetts is debating raising the hourly minimum to $11. And in the nation’s capital, Senate Democrats are pushing a
Read moreSmall Firms May Soon Turn To Crowdfunding To Sell Shares
By: Yuki Noguchi Article Reprint Crowdfunding is popular among musicians, filmmakers and artists looking for a way to finance their next project. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering rules that, for the first
Read moreHow Poor Is Poor? Ashton Kutcher, Walmart Face Off on Twitter
By: Tim Sprinkle Article Reprint Memo to Walmart (WMT): Don’t get mixed up with one of the most-followed people on Twitter if you don’t want to fan the flames over your hourly wage policies. Whatever
Read moreFeds open formal probe into Tesla electric car fires
The electric car maker has sent through a software change to make its cars ride higher By: Chris Woodyard Article Reprint The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said today it has opened a
Read moreBoeing sells 225 new 777X jets in one day
By Larry Clifton Article Reprint Seattle– Sunday, Boeing Company, based in the state of Washington, chocked up $95 billion in sales for 225 of its new 777X jets on the first day of the
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