Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.4%!

Workforce Development

Stimulus money brings Kokomo back from the brink | Grist

Stimulus money brings an Indiana city back from the brink | Grist

Thieves will cost you $423 at the mall this year

Thieves will cost you $423 at the mall this year

H&R Block sues HSBC over RAL's!

H&R Block sues HSBC's U.S. unit over tax refund loans | Reuters

Expect more layoffs in cities as tax collections fall!

National League of Cities

Average credit card balance in US

Consumer Reports - as of July 2010, the median credit card balance in the US was $3,793, down $1100 from 2009. Good news - people have decreased credit card debt significantly in one year.

Fix Your 401(k) - Kiplinger

Fix Your 401(k) - Kiplinger

Secrets to Maximizing Social Security - Kiplinger

Secrets to Maximizing Social Security - Kiplinger

Vampire Squids - Worth a Repeat!

The Great American Bubble Machine | Rolling Stone Politics

Prudential benefits disproportionately from troop deaths!

U.S. pays as Prudential invests troop death benefits

Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities

Fringe Banking - Ripping Off The Poor!

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities

Bank Of America Delays Foreclosures In 23 States

Bank Of America Delays Foreclosures In 23 States