Occupy Wall Street Protesters Don’t Quit Their Day Jobs
They have the noble goal of making a better world, and they’re still paying the bills in the interim. When the Canadian anti-consumerist group Adbusters put out a call for the Occupy Wall Street resistance movement to commence in New York on Sept. 17, it seemed to be the launch of yet another anti-establishment movement destined to remain on the fringe. Rallies across the country on May 12 aligned...
October 9th, 2011
Wall Street Prepares For Over 100,000 Layoffs
Wall Street Prepares For Over 100,000 Layoffs Six digits on Wall Street usually has a very different meaning. This fall, the country’s financial firms could lay off more than 100,000 workers in a wave of belt-tightening, reports say. Leading the charge have been the widely noted cuts to be put in place at Bank of America. The bank is set to implement the largest single job reduction...
September 16th, 2011
