S&P Hits Post-Recession High, Subway 'Footlong' Vow, Goldman Dodge And More

January 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward S&P Hits 1,500 For First Time Since Recession NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong earnings from Procter & Gamble and Starbucks.  Continue reading... SUBWAY: SIZE MATTERS Goldman Devises New Volcker Workaround AMERICA FACES TOMATO CRISIS 12 Iconic American Products That Are No Longer Made In The U.S. Apple Stock Suffers Worst Day In More Than Four Years Lego Accused Of Racism Over Star Wars Jabba's Palace Set Recent Foreclosure Settlement Was A Win For Big Banks Lego Accused Of Racism Over Star Wars Jabba's Palace Set Diana Photo Marked 'Not To Be Published' Sells For $18,000 (PHOTO) Timothy Geithner Told Advisers 'Fuck The Banks': Report Lego Accused Of Racism Over Star Wars Jabba's Palace Set ROBERT REICH The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means The richest 400 Americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million of us put together. The six Walmart heirs have more wealth than bottom 33 million American families combined. So why are we even contemplating cutting programs the middle class and poor depend on, and raising their taxes? Continue reading... PAUL N. VAN DE WATER 'Boehner Rule' Down But Not Out Followed to its logical conclusion, the Boehner rule would radically transform government, dismantling many of the social advances of the past half century or more and paving the way for large increases in poverty and inequality. Continue reading... PAUL ZWILLENBERG Digital Game Changers Hail the Web's Transformative Potential Technology has the potential to generate growth and reshape the nature of work, collaboration, and economic activity. But it takes people with the vision to challenge the status quo, envision the future, and go for it. Continue reading... RALPH NADER The Power of Government Purchasing In America, the term "innovation" is often exclusively attributed to the profitable successes of private businesses -- specifically big corporations like Apple, Google and Microsoft. But history has shown quite the opposite to be true. Continue reading... BILL MOYERS Foul Play in the Senate The actions of Amgen and its cronies on Capitol Hill show who the real takers are -- not those who look to government for support in old age and hard times but the ones at the top whose avarice and lust for profit compel them to take as much as they can at the expense of everyone else. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.