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Showing posts with label wealth. Show all posts

Showing posts with label wealth. Show all posts

May 31, 2010

The New Poor - Blacks in Memphis Lose Decades of Gains

Josh Anderson for The New York Times Tyrone Banks in his home in Memphis. He is in danger of losing it after the payments on his mortgage...

Nov 9, 2009

Report: 237 millionaires in Congress - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com

Image via Wikipedia Talk about bad timing. As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politic...

Aug 10, 2009

Indonesia's Texas? Rural Java Braces for Oil Boom

By Ed Davies BOJONEGORO, Indonesia (Reuters) - Few things seem to happen at speed in this sleepy Java town where rickshaws ply the streets...

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