business & economy
Tea Party activists meet Occupy Memphis protesters for civil discussion
In Memphis, an online discussion between the two largest protest movements going right now, the Tea Party activists and the Occupy Wall Street protesters, led to an in-person discussion where the two sides tried to better understand each other and find common ground.
Target employee creates petition to protest store's midnight opening on Black Friday
Target stores across the country will be opening early this year: at midnight. They're joining a trend of stores opening earlier and earlier, but one employee wants you to help him say no.
Congressmen seek changes to environmental protection law
In the wake of an investigation into a well-known Tennessee guitar manufacturer, Gibson Guitar, two Tennessee lawmakers are seeking to loosen the environmental regulations that enabled the federal government to raid the company.
Concern over European debts shifts to Spain
With debt and government crisises in Italy and Greece making international news, people in Spain, as well as lenders, are worried that country will be the next to become financially instable.
One of first Tea Party organizers bullish about organization's future
Keli Carender in Seattle held one of the first protests to be considered part of the Tea Party Movement. Today, she remains committed to the group and is optimistic about its future.
Online, considerable anger over Stop Online Piracy Act
A growing chorus of tech companies and online engineers are criticizing two laws winding through Congress, SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act ,and the PROTECT IP Act, which they say will stifle free speech and undermine the Internet in general.
VIDEO: More Americans traveling for Thanksgiving; most are hitting the road
A new study from triple AAA found that 4 percent more Americans will be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, and the vast majority will be driving.
Thanksgiving dinner will cost you considerably more this year
If you're planning to eat a traditional Thanksgiving meal next week, it'll cost you a little more this year. Prices are about 13 percent — the biggest jump since 1990.
America's middle class: New study suggests it's shrinking
The middle class in the United States is shrinking. Fewer jobs pay enough to provide the sort of disposable income that was the hallmark of the middle class. Is there anything we can do about it?
NBA players reject owners' offer, season in doubt
The NBA players, already locked out and with hundreds of games canceled, rejected what NBA owners said was their final, best offer. Commissioner David Stern said that puts the entire season in jeopardy and now players are disbanding the union and preparing to do battle in the courts.
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