Study: Tech Worker Shortage a Myth
by
finehoe
on 25 Apr 2013
310 comments, latest
12 years ago
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on in Washington, it’s that the country has a woeful shortage of workers trained in science, technology, engineering and math — ...
Wall Street betting billions on single-family homes in distressed markets
by
finehoe
on 21 Apr 2013
17 comments, latest
12 years ago
If the chain of easy credit and dangerous leverage that started on Wall Street fanned the housing bubble and eventual crash, some analysts find it disturbing that major investors ...
6 States that Tax the Poor the Hardest
by
finehoe
on 22 Apr 2013
5 comments, latest
12 years ago
6. Texas Texas imposes taxes on the poor equal to 12.6% of their income, compared with just 3.2% in tax on its wealthiest taxpayers. 5. Arizona In Arizona, the ...
Obama, Deficit Hawk
by
finehoe
on 11 Apr 2013
1 comment, latest
12 years ago
It’s hard to envision a time in recent history when the deficit has shrunk so much in dollar terms in the space of four years. ?w=580 http://www.thedailybeast.com/a #politics
For Some Ready To Buy, A Good Home Is Hard To Find
by
finehoe
on 20 Mar 2013
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
The season seems to have arrived early in some places where homebuying is already frenzied, and in many markets, the pendulum has swung from an excess of homes on ...
The Social Mobility Fairy Tale
by
finehoe
on 13 Feb 2013
7 comments, latest
12 years ago
Research demonstrated that less than 8 percent of Americans born to fathers in the lowest class ended up in the highest class. But almost half, 42 percent, of the ...
How the Rich Are Destroying the US Economy
by
finehoe
on 29 Jan 2013
23 comments, latest
12 years ago
by Robert Reich As President Obama said in his inaugural address last week, America “cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make ...
D.C. house inspires 168 bids in red-hot real estate market
by
finehoe
on 21 Dec 2012
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ It didn’t look like a house anyone would pay $400,000 extra for. Several walls inside the gray townhouse with blue trim were streaked with water stains. The first ...
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