American Manufacturing Loses Another Member
The graveyard of American businesses is receiving another occupant. Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania-based apparel manufacturer FesslerUSA, over 100 years old, is closing its doors. The...
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Dodd and Frank: The Dukes of Moral Hazard
According to the text of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
Looking Behind the Latest Jobs Report Numbers
Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) stated that “total non-farm payroll employment...
Electric Car Battery Maker Goes Bankrupt Despite $500M in Subsidies
Another day, another subsidized “green energy” firm going bankrupt. This time it’s A123 Systems...
Making Sense of Friday’s Jobs Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued its latest jobs report on October 5...
Jury Clears Minnesota Farmer of Raw Milk Charges
In what his attorney called “a huge victory for food freedom,” a Minnesota farmer...
With Moody’s New Rules, Public Pension Plans Even More Woefully Underfunded
Moody’s, one of the big three credit rating agencies, has announced new rules to...
Food Freedom Fighters Organize Lemonade Freedom Day
Selling lemonade, raw milk, or any other comestible is not a crime. That is...
Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine Will Likely Get Off Scot-Free
Ten months after stitching together the pieces of the MF Global collapse and bankruptcy...
Auto Bailout Now Forecast to Lose $25 Billion — and Counting
At a recent campaign appearance President Barack Obama touted the alleged success of the...
Communist China Lobbying to Take Over U.S. Oil, Lawmakers Still Concerned
American lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expressing serious concerns about a...
America’s Exploding Energy Reserves Are Also Exploding Myths
The latest report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) not only confirmed the...
Facing Extinction at Bureaucrats’ Hands, Desk Toy Maker Fights Back
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to force Buckyballs desk toys off the...
Businesses, Investors Protest Eminent Domain in Virginia and California
Compelled under the despotic power of a local government in Virginia, one business owner...
DOL Axes Rules to Regulate Child Farm Labor
Farmers are celebrating the defeat of a proposed federal law that would have barred...
For Billionaires Only: Uncle Sam’s Real Estate Fire Sale
“The largest transfer of wealth from the public to private sector is about to...
The Real Unemployment Rate
The real unemployment rate is remarkably stable and it hovers around 41 percent. Demographically,...
Fed Approves First Communist Chinese Takeover of U.S. Bank
In a landmark step with global implications, the Federal Reserve — despite national security...
AG Secretary Tom Vilsack Uses Farm Bill to Support Obama’s Reelection
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says spending cuts proposed by House Republicans are creating an...
Ending “Too Big to Fail” Gaining Momentum?
Just two days separated a letter from Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine and...