by geddrystaff | Apr 24, 2015 | Economy, Global, Uncategorized
Published on Friday, April 24, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer While corporate watchdogs hailed the record $2.5 billion settlement paid by Deutsche Bank to U.S. and U.K. authorities for its rate-rigging role in the massive LIBOR scandal, some...
by geddrystaff | Mar 26, 2015 | Economy
Published on Thursday, March 26, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Newly leaked classified documents show that the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, if it goes through as written, will dramatically expand the power of corporations to use...
by geddrystaff | Mar 3, 2015 | Economy
Published on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer The Bank of England, one of the oldest banks in the world, has joined the growing ranks of those warning of the financial risk posed by a “carbon bubble,” which will...
by MGx Staff | Jan 19, 2015 | Economy
Published on Monday, January 19, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer In less than two years, if current trends continued unchecked, the richest 1% percent of people on the planet will own at least half of the world’s wealth. That’s the...
by MGx Staff | Jan 17, 2015 | Economy
Published on Thursday, January 15, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Fast-tracked international trade deals have led to exploding U.S. trade deficits, soaring food imports into the U.S., increased off-shoring of American jobs, and an...
by MGx Staff | Jan 2, 2015 | Economy
Published on Thursday, January 01, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer Last year, the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization officially declared that 2015 would be celebrated as the International Year of the Soil citing the threat to...