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Search results for "recession" ...
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What Went Wrong
The series investigates the impact of 40 years of public decisions and corporate actions that have led us to this precarious economic moment. Following up on their landmark 1991 series, America: What Went Wrong, launched an in-depth exploration of the causes and consequences of the Great Recession and its aftermath.
Tags: recession; jobs; job market; corporate America
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60 Minutes: Hard Times Generation I
A report on how hunger and homelessness affect children and their families.
Tags: recession; poverty; unemployment; child poverty; homeless; shelter;
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60 Minutes: Hard Times Generation II
A story on the Metzger family, one of many homeless families in Florida that have been forced out of their homes to live in cars or on the street, and how they maintain a normal life despite this unconventional living situation.
Tags: recession; poverty; unemployment; child poverty; homeless; shelter;
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Fast and Loose
Stories told how millionaire real estate developer Rusty Hyneman and partner Michael Bourne benefited from sweetheart bank loans. The stories illustrated wide-open bank practices that helped trigger the housing crisis and the Great Repression.
Tags: Recession; housing crisis; banks; loans; developer
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Consumer Medical Investigations
CBS explored bogus health plans, one of the biggest consumer fraud issues to emerge from the economic recession.
Tags: medical care; haggling; consumer fraud; health care
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Europe's Hidden Billions
An investigation of spending by the European Unions questions whether there is proper oversight of taxpayer money. Although nearly impossible to track where EU money is spent, the Financial Times found that millions of euros are being siphoned off by organized crime syndicates. Additionally, many of the EU's programs meant to support under-developed countries no longer are serving that mission.
Tags: European Union; UNESCO; recession; spending; oversight
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"The California Water Enforcers"
In this month-long, five-part series, Jim Holt investigated a water tax imposed on "tiny recession-battered towns" in California. After finding a "controversial" Memorandum of Understanding, Holt found that state legislators imposed million-dollar water fines that essentially taxed "the water we drink."
Tags: taxes; League of California Cities; Santa Clarita Valley; Office of Enforcement; State Water Resources Control Board; chloride; fines; water
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Florida's Taj Mahal
Despite a recession heavily impacting Florida's budget, some judges managed to slip $33.5 million into an unrelated bill to build an extravagant new courthouse known to many as Florida's "Taj Mahal."
Tags: judges; recession; courthouse; Taj Mahal; Marco Rubio
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"Shut Down & Shipped Out"
This three-day series examines the "trend of factory closings" through Ohio and Michigan starting as far back as 2000. Reporter Joe Vardon found factory closings accounted for more than 20,000 jobs lost throughout Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Much of the work has been shipped to other states or overseas. Vardon finds these closings to be as much "a cause as they are an effect" in the recession that has ravaged the U.S.
Tags: recession; factories; job loss; unemployment
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Amazing Profits?
Many Americans are struggling to find and keep jobs in this economic recession, so when they have a chance to earn money; it is something they will jump on. An infomercial, which claims it is possible for ordinary people to make huge profits from buying tax foreclosed homes, has caught the attention of many desperate people. These people do not need real estate experience or a large amount of capital to beginning this program. But it is discovered this program is deceptive and has sold “15 thousand” DVDs and brochures a week, which explains the program.
Tags: scams; FOIA; John Beck; Free and Clear Real Estate System; customers; Family Products; telemarketer; television; taxes