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  • News:Women Workers Less Likely to Have Secure Retirement

    By AFL-CIO June 09, 2009

    Women workers are less likely than men to have enough money to retire comfortably because they generally live longer than men and earn less on the job, according to a new report. It will take a three-pronged approach to help women have a secure retirement , the report says: traditional pensions...

  • News:Bill Regulating Wall Street Exec Pay Advances in House

    By AFL-CIO July 29, 2009

    A key congressional committee took another step toward reforming the way Wall Street works yesterday. By a vote of 40-28, the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3269 , the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act. The act would help end the excessive...

  • News:Federal Workers Paid Way More Than Private Sector

    By The Cato Institute August 24, 2009

    The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its annual data on compensation levels by industry (Tables 6.2D, 6.3D, and 6.6D here ). The data show that the pay advantage enjoyed by federal civilian workers over private-sector workers continues to expand. The George W. Bush years were very...

  • Opinion:Public "Servants" Paid Well, Thank You Very Much

    By The Cato Institute July 01, 2009

    By Neal McCluskey Those who think that the college -educated, or soon to be so, should have more and more of their education funded by taxpayers – whether those taxpayers themselves attended college or not – are shooting off the fireworks a bit early this year, celebrating increasingly...

  • Opinion:California's "Pay-As-You-Drive" Insurance Misses Mark

    By Natural Resources Defense Council September 29, 2009

    by Justin Horner This week, regulations proposed earlier this month by California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner that purport to incentivize Pay As You Drive insurance will likely be adopted as law . As readers of this blog may remember, Pay As You Drive insurance directly ties the...

  • Article:Pay Off Credit Card Debt - Can You Calculate the Cost?

    By James Montgomery 6 Days Ago

      You got sick. You lost your job. A business deal failed. You did not realize how much you were charging. For whatever reason, the number $10,000 is the figure on the total balance due on your credit card bill. But you have been able to manage to pay that minimum payment of about...

  • Video:Obama Supports Lower Pay for Execs of Bailed-Out Companies

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff October 22, 2009

    President Obama says excessive executive pay "does offend our values," especially when they work for firms that U.S. taxpayers bailed out of trouble. Obama spoke as Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury Department's special master for compensation, moved to cut top executive salaries and bonuses as much...

  • News:Google Offers Online News Compromise, Limits Free Access

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff December 02, 2009

    Google is now offering publishers a way to attract paying subscribers without having to remove their content from Google News search results, Reuters reports. Google hopes this will quell a controversy that began after Rupert Murdoch and others accused the online behemoth of profiting from...

  • News:Associated Press Names 10 Highest Paid CEOs of 2008

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff May 04, 2009

    Not everybody has been hurting during the recession , The Associated Press released a list that outlines the 10 highest-paid CEOs at Standard & Poor's 500 companies. According to the AP, "the total pay figures are rounded and are based on the AP's compensation formula, which adds up salary...