NEW YORK (AP) -- A diverse group of powerful unions joined demonstrations near Wall Street on Wednesday, lending some focus, credibility and potentially hundreds of participants to a group that started out with a few camped-out college students. Read the complete article
Now may not be a bad time to start a business. That’s according to Nita Shah, executive director of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon, the nonprofit that helps small businesses grow. “Our statistics are still the same: 96 percent of our clients are still in business,” Shah says. “So I think it is a good time to be in business, if they have done their research, and if they have community support.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other issues showed no signs of giving up their campaign on Monday, with organizers urging participants to dress up as corporate zombies and to take part in a rally against police brutality. Read the complete article
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the government count. Read the complete article
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) -- A conflict over Longshore union jobs at the Port of Longview, Wash., grain terminal is flaring up again with the arrest of protesters blocking railroad tracks. Read the complete article
For a fourth year in a row, the African American poverty rate more than doubled that of non-Hispanic white Americans, according to 2010 data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. At 27.4 percent, the African-American poverty rate also nearly doubled the overall U.S. poverty rate - 15.1 percent. Read the complete article
No one can force kids to eat apples, and no one can force parents to serve spinach, but the Health Department has another idea: using federal Stimulus Grant funds to make sure small corner stores have the ability to stock healthier food items. Read the complete article
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's promise Thursday that everything in his jobs plan will be paid for rests on highly iffy propositions. Read the complete article
U.S. stocks plunged Friday, threatening to erase the week's gains, as rising fears about fallout from Europe's debt crisis overshadowed President Barack Obama's plan to revive the U.S. job market. Read the complete article
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to grow and might be at risk of another recession. Read the complete article
