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 MarketWatch | America's dysfunctional capitalism Washington Post Another day, another display of the dysfunctions of American capitalism. On Wednesday, some understandably disgruntled investors filed suit in federal court against Facebook and several of the big banks that promoted its stock sale. New America Foundation Why America loves the Facebook fiasco Facebook Fluctuates |
 Reality TV World | 'American Idol' Anoints Phillip Phillips Season 11 Winner Hollywood Reporter America's love affair with WGWGs (white guys with guitars) continues as 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez takes second place in this year's competition. Phillip Phillips is the winner of American Idol's 11th season, beating out 16-year-old vocal powerhouse ... America Has 'Idol' Fatigue, as Finale Is Lowest Rated in Its History Phillip Phillips crowned "American Idol" winner Jessica Sanchez: 'American Idol' viewers made the right decision in Phillip ... |
 New Yorker (blog) | Romney's Blueprint: America Under Super-Mitt New Yorker (blog) The median income in America is down 10% in just the last four years. That's got to stop. We've got to start seeing rising wages and job growth. An unemployment rate beginning with ?5??that would be very welcome. The last time we had one was July of ... Mitt Romney would essentially be America's CEO Egos and Immorality Polls boost for Romney as Obama loses ground |
America's Car-Mart 4Q Net Up 15% As Volume, Prices Rise Wall Street Journal America's Car-Mart Inc.'s (CRMT) fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 15% as the used-car seller recorded stronger volume and selling prices. The company's bottom-line results have now surpassed analyst expectations for more than a year. America's Car-Mart Reports 24.4% Increase in Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share ... |
Lehman in $1.58 billion Archstone apartment deal: sources Reuters Lehman will buy the 26.5 percent of Archstone that it does not own from Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Barclays Plc (BARC.L). In January, Lehman bought half the banks' stake, or 26.5 percent of Archstone, for $1.325 billion. That came after Barclays ... |
 Miami New Times (blog) | The Worst Traffic In America? It's Not Los Angeles Washington Post Los Angeles might seem to be the nation's capital for gridlock, but according to Inrix, a provider of traffic data and information, the City Of Angels doesn't have the worst traffic in the United States. Inrix says that the city of Honolulu wins that ... Study: Miami Only Has the 12th Worst Traffic Congestion in America The recession's silver lining: Traffic congestion down 30% in America's 100 ... |
Leonard Pitts: Sing out, all you others of America Detroit Free Press African-American poet and writer Langston Hughes, seen here in a 1940s portrait. He died 45 years ago this week, but his insights on being American are especially worth remembering today. / ARCHIVE PHOTOS So wrote Langston Hughes, the unofficial poet ... |
 kjrh.com | 33-year-old missing child case 'awakened America'; man in custody claims he ... kjrh.com "It awakened America," said Ernie Allen, president and chief executive officer of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. "It was the beginning of a missing children's movement." On Thursday, New York police said they had a man in custody ... Man confesses to murder which terrified America After 33 years, a lead in case of missing Manhattan boy Man confesses to murder 33 years ago terrified America *new! |
'The Other America' takes the veil off American poverty Los Angeles Times (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / September 13, 2011) By Scott Martelle, Special to the Los Angeles Times Michael Harrington's "The Other America: Poverty in the United States" had been in print for about 20 years when I first read it in the early ... |
PYCO Reveals America's Top 10 Most Extroverted Cities MarketWatch (press release) Pycoscores.com Ranks Keota, IA #1 as America's Most Extroverted City with nearly 62% of its adult population scored as extrovert. SEATTLE, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- PYCO, Inc. has revealed the top 10 most extroverted cities in America. |