inflation

Members of UI's graduate student worker union COGS gather Wednesday outside the Pentacrest. Wages are not keeping step with inflation and are not sustainable, they say.

UI graduate workers stage protest on campus, demand higher wages

Graduate student employees at the University of Iowa are demanding a raise, citing unlivable wages that do not keep up with inflation. Their union, Campaign to Organize Student Workers, or COGS, gathered on an unusually warm afternoon Jan. 29 at…

Urban Pie, Scoopski’s Uptown Creamery close amid Marion construction woes

It has already been a tough 19 months for small businesses in Uptown Marion needing…

Financial system under stress

The financial system is changing so quickly that making sense of it is treacherous. Within…

Chicago’s Federal Reserve chief responds to economic crisis in Mid-Year Economic keynote

Chicago Fed President and CEO Charles Evans offers his thoughts on the current economic situation…

Northwestern Mutual’s Schutte sees bulls running longer

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Although a growing number of voices say the long economic expansion…