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The Occupy Wall Street movement which was initially launched by Canadian anti-consumerism magazine Ad Busters has now entered its second month. The protests, which have spread across America and around the globe, show no sign of slowing as activists of all ages, races and creeds call for an end to corporate greed, among other grievances.Zuccotti [...]
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Protesters in New York's Zuccotti Park were gearing up for a confrontation with police Friday morning that eventually never came. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had ordered the demonstrators to move so that the park could be cleaned but officials postponed it until further notice, Reuters reports.The cleaning may have proven to be a de [...]
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Warren Buffett, the world's third-richest person who has been a vocal proponent of increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans, has taken his struggle to Congress' deficit-reduction super committee. He sent the group a series of letters between himself and Republican Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas which indicated that he would be willing to release his [...]
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The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread across the nation, with protests popping up outside of some of the most important financial institutions in the U.S. Along with the protests have come arrests, and last night around 100 people camped out in Boston's financial district were handcuffed by police and detained, according to The Boston [...]
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The Occupy Wall Street protests have spread across the country, and now the movement has also got the backing of unions and college students. Thousands of people from both groups flooded Foley Square in Manhattan on Wednesday before adding to the already-growing group of protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park, The Associated Press reports.While union [...]
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