Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing
Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Residents worry about affects of sludge fertilizer
People in a Northampton County community are telling farmers to keep sludge out of their township. Farmers in Lower Mount Bethel Township say the fertilizer is safe and will cut costs. But critics are asking: is saving money worth contaminating the water supply? "As other townships throughout the state have found out, this is a state approved and a state regulated procedure," said Susan Disidore ...
Global stocks, euro stall on Greece worry
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Concern that Greece might not accept the terms of a proposed new bailout deal brought a rally in global shares to a halt on Monday, while the euro reversed losses as some shorts covered their bets. U.S. stocks edged lower, tracking European equities, while a gauge of global shares dipped for the first session in five. Still, the declines were not enough to derail an uptrend ...
Investors worry where to put cash as banks wobble
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are holding more cash than at any time since the Lehman Brothers collapse to protect themselves against volatile financial markets, presenting them with a dilemma - where to hold that money when banks are looking shaky. When the European Central Bank stepped up efforts to provide liquidity to banks in late 2011, financial markets settled down and the chances of a ...
