Shareholders’ Quest for More Transparency

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 13, 2014 A proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule would force publicly traded companies to disclose their political spending to their shareholders. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Researchers Suggest Banks Might Be Rigging Gold Prices

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2014 Gold has drawn glowing praise in the last six years or so, since the onset of the recent recession -- and now, according to a duo of researchers, it ought to be the subject of a different kind of attention that calls into question the way its price is set. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Congress for Sale

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 2, 2014 Dig deeper

Why the Lousy Jobs Report Boosted Wall Street

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 How can bad news on Main Street (only 113,000 jobs were created in January, on top of a meager 74,000 in December) cause good news on Wall Street? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Let’s Face It, Believing Rich People Create Sustainable Jobs Is Delusional

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2013 Henry Blodget, CEO of news website Business Insider, clears up the widespread myth that entrepreneurs such as himself are responsible for creating jobs for the rest of America. The often-told lie is simply a way to justify the immense inequality symptomatic of our dire economic climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poor Losing Homes Over Small Tax Liens to Private ‘Investors’

BLANK Sep 8, 2013 Low-income D.C. residents -- many of them retirees -- have been losing their homes under a program in which tax rights are sold to private investors who add mind-boggling fees and then foreclose when they aren't paid. And it's all legal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Krugman on Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Comment and the GOP’s ‘Disdain for Workers’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 22, 2012 Mitt Romney's remark reveals a truth about himself but also about the entire Republican Party: The GOP is just not worker friendly. Instead, the party lauds "job creators," whom New York Times columnist Paul Krugman describes as the "employers" and "investors." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Shares Slip Below $30 Amid Probe of IPO

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 Days after a law firm launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of investors against Facebook and its bankers, alleging that certain investors were given preferential treatment, Facebook’s shares dipped during Tuesday's trading to near $29, more than 20% under its IPO price. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Goes Up

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico May 27, 2012 Dig deeper

Surging Foreclosures Benefit Home Investors

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2012 A sunken housing market has turned foreclosure auctions into feeding grounds for the vultures of American capitalism. Low prices mean plenty of available buildings to be bought, fixed up and sold at a profit. Meanwhile, suffering evictees are nowhere to be seen, except for the rare occasions when they show up to protest or bid on the homes themselves. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Betting Big Against the Government

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 On Wall Street, a small number of investors are betting $4.8 billion that the U.S. government will fail to raise the debt ceiling in the next week and, subsequently, will default on its $14 trillion debt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Year-End Bonuses for Goldman Sachs Execs

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2009 Goldman Sachs has had a record year in terms of employee earnings -- The Wall Street Journal says Goldman's 31,000 worker bees brought in an average of more than $700,000 each in 2009 -- and that would be better news for the firm if it hadn't been on the receiving end of major federal funding from last year's bailout. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )