Greek Teachers Fight Austerity, Launch Strikes
The Liberty Beat BY: Derrick Broze Monday in Greece a week of strikes to protest planned layoffs of public sector employees began around the nation. The teachers, and public hospital doctors are [...]
Governor Signs Bill Hiking California Minimum Wage
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER (AP) Calling it a “matter of justice,” Gov. Jerry Brown put his signature on a bill that will hike California’s minimum wage to $10 an hour within three [...]
3.39 T Quantitative Explosion
By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) – The same day that the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee announced last week that the Fed would continue to buy $40 billion in [...]
Banks lock out Americans over new tax law
By Sophia Yan Hong Kong (CNN) Americans, take your money elsewhere! That’s what banks around the world have been telling their U.S. customers, as they try to avoid having to comply with a [...]
Internet sales tax legislation being Discussed in House
By Bernie Becker and Brendan Sasso (The Hill) Republicans in the House are taking a step forward on Internet sales tax legislation despite potential opposition from the GOP base. House Judiciary [...]
Larry Summers withdraws name from Fed consideration
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Ylan Q. Mui, (Washington Post) Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary and senior White House economic adviser, has withdrawn as a candidate for Federal [...]
U.S. government tries to block Ben Bernankes testimony in AIG case
The Liberty Beat BY: Derrick Broze A lawsuit dealing with the 2008 bailout of insurance corporation American International Group (AIG) may result in Ben Bernanke becoming the first sitting [...]
New York regulator issues subpoenas for Bitcoin, wants regulation for virtual currencies
The Liberty Beat BY: Derrick Broze The New York Department of Financial Services has issued a subpoena to several companies involved with virtual currency Bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal [...]
With Detroit’s Bankruptcy, Anarchists Have Begun Project “Free Detroit” – Starting a Community
The State Weekly The city of Detroit isn’t looking too pretty to date. On July 18th as many know, Detroit filed for bankruptcy after falling an estimated $20 billion in debt to over 100,000 [...]
Federal Reserve Will Continue Quantitative Easing Program
NPR After a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, it will continue to buy $85 billion in bonds every month and will leave the federal funds rate at the historic rate of near zero. Of [...]
