The Treasury Department’s Titanic Takeover
It's official: the Obama administration intends to nationalize the entire financial sector. If there were any lingering doubts as to the intentions of...
Sectors
The New GM: Government Made
There's something fundamentally wrong with the world when a country known for being the...
More H-1B Visas, More U.S. Tech Layoffs
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 8 it has received...
Newest Bailout: Auto-parts Suppliers
The Obama administration is now in the business of subsidizing the auto parts industry....
Stimulus Results: Unemployment Soars
“The U.S. may suffer further job losses in the coming months” began the April...
Obama Administration Ousts GM CEO Wagoner
In a move heralding the Obama administration’s most aggressive intervention in the business sector...
Bill Would Give Feds Control Over Family Farms
On February 4, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced the Food Safety Modernization Act of...
AIG’s Latest (Fourth) Federal Bailout
For the fourth time in six months, the federal government is giving billions of...
$750 Billion Bank Bailout in Obama Budget
Figuring prominently in President Barack Obama’s newly released budget proposal for fiscal 2010 is...
Creeping Nationalization
Though the Obama administration continues to deny it, the U.S. government continues to move...
Automakers Seek Another $21.6 Billion
General Motors and Chrysler submitted “financial viability” plans to the U.S. Treasury on February...
Obama’s Homeowner Lifeline Not a Lifeline
“President Barack Obama threw a $75 billion lifeline to millions of Americans on the...
Coming Soon: Nationalization of the Banks?
Will the banks be nationalized? That question would have seemed preposterous prior to the...
Experts Warn of Oil Price Rise
Oil prices dropped from $141 per barrel to below $40, but experts say that...
True Unemployment Rate Higher Than Reported
The unemployment rate in December rose to 7.2 percent, according to the Labor Department....