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Minority Small Business to Drive U.S. Economy (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

WASHINGTON -- The growth of minority-owned small businesses will be one of the main forces driving the U.S. economy forward, reports the China Press. At the 2009 Minority Business Summit, U.S.... More

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GM’s New Customers (www.truthdig.com) TMC

GM, the financially beleaguered U.S. car company just emerged from bankruptcy, may be struggling at home, but it is growing part of its business model in a joint venture with Chinese automaker FAW.... More

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Recession forces Mexican migrants to return home (therealnews.com) TMC

For many Mexican migrants, heading North meant being able to send money back home to their families.

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Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

On the eve of the 74th anniversary of Social Security, nearly nine in 10 (88 percent) Americans said Social Security is more important than ever as a result of today’s economic crisis, and... More

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The Recession Hits Where It Hurts: Higher Prices for Beer and Steaks (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

Joe Weisenthal at Clusterstock finds that inflation will soon hit home for some, with price hikes on the horizon from beer manufacturers and cattle farmers. First, Weisenthal cites a Los Angeles Times... More

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Lawmakers Soften Impact of Recession as Kids Head Back to School (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

LAS VEGAS - It's back-to-school time for 400,000 public school students in Nevada, and some say their classrooms would be far more crowded had state lawmakers not stepped in to spare their budgets... More

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Don't succumb to deficit hysteria (www.salon.com) TMC

Aug. 25, 2009 | Today, as expected, the White House announced that the deficit projections are worse than it had thought. And as expected, the same old group of deficit hysterics went ballistic. "A... More

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Bernie Sanders Denounces Bernanke Reappointment | The Progressive (www.progressive.org) TMC

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the Independent and democratic socialist, was swift to condemn President Obama’s reappointment of Ben Bernanke as Fed chair. Sanders held Bernanke responsible for the... More

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Who Is Obama Playing Ball With? (www.truthdig.com) TMC

It looked like it was business as usual for President Barack Obama on the first day of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation, as he spent five hours golfing with Robert Wolf, president of UBS Investment... More

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