- In Pictures: May Day action marks Labour Day
- El Paso Becomes Second City to Indict Employer for Wage Theft
- CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio Ballooned 1,000 Percent Since 1950: Report
- Millions will answer call for general strike, says union sboss—"Millions of workers would join the first general strike since 1926 in a fightback against the Coalition's spending cuts, a union leader has said."
- RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers—"Axed employee blows whistle; federal government investigating." Making using temporary workers permanent.
- Fast-Food, Retail Workers Walk Out in Chicago - Workers call for higher wages, saying $8.25 isn't enough to live on
- New Mexico GOP officials attack 19-Year-Old who spoke on the minimum wage, calling her 'A Radical B*tch,' & describing her as a street hooker
- Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 352—It's now over 400, and the owner of the building has been caught.
- The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever—"The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks can't fix."
- Banks Have Become "Too Big To Fail" Again. Uh-Oh.—"And there's only so much governments are willing to do about it."
- Professor Jeffrey Sachs: "No one is interested in regulating or punishing Wall St's crooks."
- How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank—"Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform."
- House Finance chair hits slopes with Wall Street lobbyists—"Rep. Jeb Hensarling is in trouble for rubbing elbows with banking industry reps on a lavish ski getaway." Salon
- PBS: The Retirement Gamble—"Will your 401(k) accounts ensure a safe retirement?"
- AP's fake tweet erased $136 billion in equity market value in 3 minutes.
- While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion
- Mortgage Relief Checks Go Out, Only to Bounce—"Some checks to troubled homeowners bounced after they were issued by the consulting company hired to distribute settlement payments." NYT
- Can Dodd-Frank fix mortgage servicing if we don’t know what went wrong?
- Fed Argues that Mortgage Abuses are Trade Secrets, Meaning Institutionalized Fraud
- For his birthday, kid pays off mom's mortgage (video)
- Billionaires Flee Havens as Trillions Pursued Offshore
- If Abenomics works, Britain's leaders will look like monkeys—"George Osborne should abandon the tribal morality of austerity and, like Japan, print money not for banks but for people."
- Grim Economics Shape France's Military Spending—"The government froze the defense budget but will reallocate resources, devoting more to high-tech equipment and cutting 10 percent of military jobs." NYT
- Chinese Politicians Are Ridiculously Wealthy
- Eight people arrested for demanding party officials reveal their wealth
- Are anti-corruption campaigns causing China's economy to slow?
- Chinese Rich Kids Post Photos Of Their Bank Accounts Online After 'Sex Party' Feud
- In a Changing China, New Matchmaking Markets—"China's economic rise has bred a new type of matchmaker — the love hunter — for those wishing to outsource their romantic search." NYT
- In France, an embarrassment of riches as ministers reveal wealth
- India's elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement—"A revealing set of US studies has got Urvashi Butalia thinking about how the rich behave in Dehli."
- Ferrari Pee Prank Goes Wrong
- Sherlyn Popelka – Fugitive Golfer—She allegedly hit a motorcyclist and "fled the country before she could be prosecuted for the crimes she was charged with, namely aggravated assault and felony criminal damage, along with DUI."
- Blast from the Past: MEMO TO BRUCE McMAHAN, DAUGHTER-SEDUCER
