by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Eyes On Germany After Greek Vote Greece delivers resounding "No" vote, rejecting European bailout terms. NYT: "The no votes carried virtually every district in the country, handing a sweeping victory to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a leftist who came to power in...
by Bill Scher | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bernie Rocks Wisconsin Bernie Sanders holds biggest rally of the campaign to date. AP: "Sanders packed the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, filling its 10,000 seats to show his bid to snatch the Democratic nomination from front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton...
by Bill Scher | Jul 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Greece Goes Over The Edge Greece misses IMF payment. W. Post: "The $1.67 billion missed payment to the IMF was unlikely by itself to spur immediate problems for the global economy, since it affected only a government-backed institution, not private investors. But if...
by Bill Scher | Jun 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Obama To Give Workers A Raise President Obama announces expanded overtime pay on HuffPost: "... we've failed to update overtime regulations for years -- and an exemption meant for highly paid, white collar employees now leaves out workers making as little as $23,660 a...
by Bill Scher | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Greece Braces For Bailout's End Greece shuts its banks until after July 5 referendum. Bloomberg: "The bank controls followed a weekend of turmoil that started with Tsipras’s shock announcement late Friday of a July 5 referendum on austerity ... While Tsipras and his...
