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Discover Faces Investigation Into Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Amid Rising Delinquencies
The bank’s student loan business has almost doubled in two years and is facing heat from regulators.
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Feds Launch Criminal Probe of N.C. Agency After Coal Ash Spill
Gov. Pat McCrory, a former head of Duke Energy, has thus far blocked a probe into the spill.
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E-Flex Lobby Coalition Uses Industry Muscle to Fight Health Reform Law
Groups with friendly-sounding names represent corporate interests.
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The Google Dog Bus and the Costs on San Francisco
There is a new wrinkle in the saga of Bay Area tech privilege and it concerns the transport of employee pets – on the Google Dog Bus.
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Do American Auto Workers Have An Inferiority Complex?
Volkswagen workers get paid $67 an hour in Germany. After rejecting calls to unionize, the willingness of American workers to act against their own interests must be called into question.
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Victory in Nebraska As Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline Route
A Nebraska judge struck down a state law that allowed Gov. Dave Heineman to approve the route of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a decision that could significantly delay the $5.3 billion project.
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Unequal States of America: New Report Shows the Geography of U.S. Income Inequality
The top 1% captured all of the income growth between 2009 and 2011 in 26 out of the 50 states.
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After Fracking Blast in Pennsylvania, Chevron Offers Pizza
A Chevron well in the preparation stages for fracking exploded last week in Pennsylvania, causing a fire that lasted for four days.
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British Law Is Failing As Student Protesters Demand End to Austerity
Incorporated with the coalition government’s pro-business austerity agenda, the right to protest has faced severe cuts in Britain.
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After $93 Billion in Profits, Big Five Oil Corps Still Battling to Keep Tax Breaks
Despite their outsized earnings, the oil companies are not only fighting to keep their tax breaks but also lobbying to lift the crude oil export ban.
