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A look at how energy extraction is reshaping Pennsylvania's economy. - StateImpact Pennsylvania

A look at how energy extraction is reshaping Pennsylvania's economy. StateImpact Pennsylvania “When we break ground – and I won't feel comfortable until we break ground – we will be breaking ground to an industry that is going to provide tens of thousands of jobs…in Southwestern Pennsylvania,” Corbett said. “We haven't had a manufacturing base ... and more »

Euro Elections: We don't want your European Union - Pravda

Euro Elections: We don't want your European Union Pravda The Merkozy space is dead, now rot in Hell for all eternity. The message is clear: the people do not want your European Union and the more people you ask, in a democratic process called a Referendum, the louder the message will ring in your ears. and more »

Euro Elections: We don't want your European Union

The election results in France and Greece leave a crystal clear message to those grey elements controlling the European Union, a message from the people who they never bothered to consult as they imposed a failed super-state in an arrogant top-down approach. The Merkozy space is dead. R.I.P. Read more

Google UK - hell offshore jobs - Google News

There are certain issues that Free Traders always avoid discussing. - Democratic Underground

There are certain issues that Free Traders always avoid discussing. Democratic Underground If their exports to us dry up any time in the next 10 years, their economy will go to hell. Finally, eventually America will eventually run out of jobs to ship offshore. And that will also spell doom for the poor nations of the world who export to us. and more »

Occupy The G8 - CounterCurrents.org

Occupy The G8 CounterCurrents.org Where are the jobs? Roughly half of new college graduates in the US cannot find work. Who's getting all the money? The gap is widening between the one percent and the 99 percent. At the same time, the world's oceans are being devastated by overfishing, ...

Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients - CTV.ca

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Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients CTV.ca There are good paying jobs in the oil patch that are being handed to offshore workers at the blessing of the government as well as Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), which was established in 1966, this must stop. It makes me laugh reading ... and more »

Ten things you need to know about tax - The Guardian

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Ten things you need to know about tax The Guardian Perhaps, but sometimes it seems that those of us who can't afford clever accountants or offshore havens are paying the most for it. We poor saps don't know about such tax avoidance schemes as double Luxembourgs, Dutch sandwiches or Irish branches.

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt Romney's Foreign Money - ABC News (blog)

ABC News (blog)

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt Romney's Foreign Money ABC News (blog) Close to 1000000 jobs added to the economy in the same length of time. Small business more optimistic than any other time in the past 4 years. At least another 100000 jobs expected for April, probably many more. Sounds a hell of a lot better than ... and more »

Resource development a rocky road for feds - CBC.ca

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Resource development a rocky road for feds CBC.ca If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then the government's plan for "responsible resource development" (RRD) is shaping up to be one infernal construction project. The goal of the plan is laudable: simplify the maze of regulatory ... and more »

Major slashes mortgage jobs - Broker News Australia

Broker News Australia

Major slashes mortgage jobs Broker News Australia CBA chief Ian Narev had previously vowed the bank was not considering any major redundancy programs, and had said CBA would not look to offshore jobs. Finance Sector Union Victorian secretary Darren Martin expressed frustration with the cuts, ... and more »

Rob Portman defends Romney over Bain attacks - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)

Rob Portman defends Romney over Bain attacks Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) Rob Portman defended Mitt Romney against Democratic charges that he was a "job destroyer" during his tenure at Bain Capital, insisting the presumptive Republican nominee has a "pretty good" record of creating jobs. Speaking at a lunch sponsored by ... and more »

The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster - truthout

The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster truthout But the new documentary film The Big Fix takes a detailed, daring look at what happened in the Gulf of Mexico with BP's Macondo offshore oil drilling rig. The story and facts that emerge are more than disturbing. The movie is soon getting its major ...

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios vs Rhode Island... a drama made for sports radio - WEEI.com

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios vs Rhode Island... a drama made for sports radio WEEI.com To move the operation to the state of Rhode Island and under the premise that you're gonna bring jobs sport at fifty jobs. Those are gonna be high paying jobs jobs 75000. Dollars an average of the pay. But American jobs was it was -- 450 believing ... and more »

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt's Romney's Foreign Money

The Obama campaign has launched a new assault against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney with a new battleground state TV ad and online info-graphic, both attacking his business dealings and offshore investment accounts. “As a corporate CEO, he shipped American jobs to places like Mexico... Read more

Resource development a rocky road for feds

The federal government's plans to streamline and simplify environmental regulations, particularly for energy projects, risks provoking the same kind of confrontational standoff seen in the 1990s over logging on B.C.'s west coast. Read more

Biden Speech: ‘Obama Economics’ vs. ‘Romney Economics’

The Obama campaign is doubling down on its attacks this week on Mitt Romney's experience at Bain Capital, with Vice President Joe Biden set to deliver a speech in Ohio, a decisive battleground state. Read more

House delivers mammoth tax cut bill to Brownback, who says he is prepared to sign it

"I am prepared to sign the bill, but I encourage Kansas legislators to continue their work on reforming our state’s tax policy and to consider some of the alternatives I proposed in my original pro-growth tax reform to off-set the cost," Brownback said in a press statement issued after bitter debates in the House and Senate. Read more

Vice President Joe Biden on stage at M7

"How many times have you opened The Vindicator to find out another factory was closing down? And you probably knew someone who worked there too. Or maybe it was you," Biden tells m7 crowd. Read more

What to do this summer in the Philippines? Here are 101 choices

There is absolutely no better time than now to wonder and wander around the Philippines. Trust me – I’m a veteran of the travel and tourism industry. Related posts: 7,000 summer jobs for poor kids & out of school youth Philippines featured in History Channel’s ‘Hidden Cities’ UK travel website says Philippines as Asia’s undiscovered jewel Read more

Derailing Australia's gravy train

Despite the mining boom, large parts of Australia are starting to look like Europe and the Reserve Bank's interest rate decisions mean the 'lucky country gravy train' is about to come to an abrupt stop. 30 Apr 2012 6:43 AM Read more

CommBank cuts by more than NAB

Commonwealth Bank moves to lower standard variable interest rate by 40 basis points, following the RBA's 50 basis point cut on Tuesday. Read more

CommBank trumps NAB

Commonwealth Bank passes on most of RBA's rate cut to customers. Read more

CommBank cuts by 40bp

Commonwealth Bank moves to lower standard variable interest rate by 40 basis points, following the RBA's 50 basis point cut on Tuesday. Read more