Archive for the ‘Economy | Finance’ Category

Stephen Colbert was roundly criticized by politicos last year for his tongue-in-cheek congressional testimony on the plight of illegal farm workers, but now he’s getting to revel in his own prescience. Stephen Colbert’s Congressional Testimony

Oakland Police Attack Protesters! The Whole World Is Watching…

The board of directors of Ben & Jerry’s has issued a statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests taking place in New York City and other cities around the country. “We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our [...]

Anyone who wants to understand the enduring nature of Occupy Wall Street and similar protests across the country need only look at the first official data on 2010 paychecks, which the U.S. government posted on the Internet on Wednesday. The figures from payroll taxes reported to the Social Security Administration on jobs and pay are, in [...]

Warren Buffett released what he said was his adjusted gross income last year. CNN Money reports that in a letter to Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp Buffett reveals that he made $62,855,038 last year. He also said his taxable income was $39,814,784. According to Reuters, the world’s third-richest man paid only $6.9 million in federal income [...]

Student loans can weigh on a person for years, and that’s got some people hoping for a personal bailout. By Sunday afternoon, more than 270,000 people have signed an online petition sponsored by MoveOn.org, urging Congress to forgive student loan debt.

It’s pretty well known that American jobs are declining. The economy is tanking and the jobs that could keep us afloat are all heading abroad. The reason for this obviously is because it is much cost effective for US companies to outsource these jobs than to keep it in US itself. At one point in [...]

I recently caught up with Ryan Blair, who is a serial entrepreneur and author of the new book “Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain.” Ryan established his first company, 24-7 Tech when he was only twenty-one years old. Since then, he has created and actively invested in multiple start-ups and has become a self-made multimillionaire. [...]