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US unemployment rate falls to 9.5 percent

The US unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent in June as thousands of Americans left the workforce, adding to pessimism about the health of the economic recovery.

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Democrats are probably going to charge investors for this political perk, by extending the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to capital gains for the first time ever—on top of all the other taxes. Just what the economic recovery needs. … Even long time opponents of unionization will have to reconsider their stance given the cost advantage now open to companies providing their health insurance through collective bargaining. Posted by: Carter Wood @ 2:29 pm | Category: Health …

2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: Economics, schools, health top headlines (Suburban Journals)

FIRST OF THREE PARTS Economic and health concerns drove much of this year’s news in St. Charles County.

Health And Life Insurance Business?

So I just started working for a life and health insurance company . I have no experience in insurance or sales. Our … … And on top of this, in this economic downturn we are in, where no one is buying anything, you are supposed to run out , and get these elderly citizens to buy final insurance from you. If you do not go to the poor neighborhoods, where most people actually do not have insurance , you are totally wasting your time and effort. And what fun it is in these …

The latest news on health care, death penalty, census, recycling, Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Iraq, India, and Honduras

compiled by Duane Shank10-20-2009 Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail »Quote of the day. “We’ve spent the last few decades shoveling money at the rich like there was no tomorrow. We abandoned the poor, put an economic stranglehold on the middle class and all but bankrupted the federal government — while giving the banks and megacorporations and the rest of the swells at the top of the economic pyramid just about everything they’ve wanted.”  Bob Herbert op-ed column, Safet

Targeting the Main Enemy: Low-Road Finance Capital

The Dominance of the Financial Sector has Become a Mortal Danger to our Economic Security By Robert Creamer Huffington Post Over the last several decades, the financial sector has grown relentlessly. It has doubled in size over the last 14 years. During the period 1973 to 1985 the financial sector never earned more than 16% of domestic profits. This decade, it has averaged 41% of all the profits earned by businesses in the U.S. In 1947 the financial secto