http://www.apesphere.com Primates for progress Wed, 26 May 2010 06:44:11 GMT en /images/apesphere_logo_rss.gif http://www.apesphere.com Wed, 26 May 2010 06:44:11 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2215/2010/05/26/How_the_US_Finance_Bill_affects_consumers Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/2215/2010/05/26/How_the_US_Finance_Bill_affects_consumers Fri, 14 May 2010 00:59:24 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2206/2010/05/13/US_repossessions_at_all_time_high Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/2206/2010/05/13/US_repossessions_at_all_time_high Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:27:57 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2189/2010/01/20/A_simple_protest_against_bonuses_switch_banks Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/2189/2010/01/20/A_simple_protest_against_bonuses_switch_banks Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:22:50 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2151/2010/01/11/The_Other_Plot_to_Wreck_America Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/2151/2010/01/11/The_Other_Plot_to_Wreck_America Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:37:05 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2128/2010/01/06/Banks_take_revenge_for_new_consumer_rules Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/2128/2010/01/06/Banks_take_revenge_for_new_consumer_rules Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:15:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1864/2009/09/23/Banks_accused_of_letting_consumers_down Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1864/2009/09/23/Banks_accused_of_letting_consumers_down Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:17 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1837/2009/09/21/In_a_Tight_Market_Borrowers_Turn_to_Peers Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1837/2009/09/21/In_a_Tight_Market_Borrowers_Turn_to_Peers Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:55:52 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1618/2009/09/07/Book_review_A_Manifesto_On_Success_And_Excess Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1618/2009/09/07/Book_review_A_Manifesto_On_Success_And_Excess Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1559/2009/09/03/Whos_to_blame_for_the_mortgage_crisis Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1559/2009/09/03/Whos_to_blame_for_the_mortgage_crisis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:52:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1332/2009/06/23/Climate_change_legislation_would_cost_average_175_p-a- Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1332/2009/06/23/Climate_change_legislation_would_cost_average_175_p-a- The Congressional Budget Office review of the cost to consumers of proposed climate change legislation shows a cost much lower than GOP talking points ]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:09:38 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1303/2009/06/15/Must-read_Ehrenreich_on_the_already-poor Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1303/2009/06/15/Must-read_Ehrenreich_on_the_already-poor Read Barbara Ehrenreich's excellent essay in the Times on the "already poor," for whom the recession means giving up not vacations, but a home. ]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:08 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1281/2009/06/09/Pay_cuts_replace_layoffs_in_corporate_cost_cutting Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1281/2009/06/09/Pay_cuts_replace_layoffs_in_corporate_cost_cutting Fri, 22 May 2009 12:22:50 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1180/2009/05/22/College_fund_Luxury-__Mobile_phone_Necessity- Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1180/2009/05/22/College_fund_Luxury-__Mobile_phone_Necessity- A recent Pew survey found that half of all Americans still consider a mobile phone a "necessity," even in a recession. ]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 06:13:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1165/2009/05/19/The_credit-rating_system_is_in_crisis_too Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/1165/2009/05/19/The_credit-rating_system_is_in_crisis_too A good piece in Newsweek about the reforms desperately needed in the credit-rating system if we're to avoid a second verse, same-as-the-first meltdo ]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:45:12 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/965/2009/04/09/Up_in_smoke_the_carbon_in_your_investment_funds Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/965/2009/04/09/Up_in_smoke_the_carbon_in_your_investment_funds Working from the premise that carbon is going to cost companies in future, Trucost plc has compared US equity funds based on their carbon impacts. ]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:34:09 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/900/2009/03/31/LTEC_and_you_thought_AIG_bonuses_were_bad----1 Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/900/2009/03/31/LTEC_and_you_thought_AIG_bonuses_were_bad----1 Oh, my. Apparently AIG's bonuses were a mere speck in the corporate eye compared with the two-by-four that was the Merrill Lynch bonus extravaganza ]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:03:03 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/802/2009/03/19/Turns_out_the_rich_dont_move_when_you_tax_them Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/802/2009/03/19/Turns_out_the_rich_dont_move_when_you_tax_them There's a longstanding political idea that if a city or state taxes the wealthy at progressive rates, the wealthy will just up and move somewhere el ]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:41:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/747/2009/03/18/Credit_cards_predatory_lending_for_everyone-1 Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/747/2009/03/18/Credit_cards_predatory_lending_for_everyone-1 Now even those with "stellar" credit ratings can enjoy the same predatory practices that those with poor credit ratings have experienced for years ]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:46:14 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/525/2009/02/26/Valuing_corporate_social_responsibility Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/525/2009/02/26/Valuing_corporate_social_responsibility Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:05:06 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/518/2009/02/26/Co-op_Financial_Services_to_fund_oil_sands_legal_fight Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/518/2009/02/26/Co-op_Financial_Services_to_fund_oil_sands_legal_fight The UK-based banking group is paying £50,000 ($71,000) towards evidence gathering for a case being brought by the Beaver Lake Cree nation. ]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:56:12 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/477/2009/02/19/At_last_Obama_talks_about_fighting_foreclosures Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/477/2009/02/19/At_last_Obama_talks_about_fighting_foreclosures The idea has been around since the crisis began... ]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:22:48 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/456/2009/02/18/Build_your_own_bailout Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/456/2009/02/18/Build_your_own_bailout Personal finance experts say now is the time to restructure household debt. ]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:01:06 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/398/2009/02/12/Old_habits_Citibank_to_cap_credit_card_interest_at_45-1 Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/398/2009/02/12/Old_habits_Citibank_to_cap_credit_card_interest_at_45-1 Citibank has been accused by Hong Kong legislators of charging an interest rate of 50% where credit card clients miss a cash advance payment. ]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:41:37 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/362/2009/02/10/Blog_Almost_Frugal_talks_avoiding_disaster Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/362/2009/02/10/Blog_Almost_Frugal_talks_avoiding_disaster I highly recommend the blog Almost Frugal for all things, well, frugal. ]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:44:29 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/343/2009/02/09/Blog_massive_inequality_not_just_in_our_heads Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/343/2009/02/09/Blog_massive_inequality_not_just_in_our_heads Today's income inequality is greater than in pre-revolutionary France. Naked Capitalism discusses: ]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:13:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/339/2009/02/09/Even_if_you_dont_lose_your_job_you_may_lose_benefits Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/339/2009/02/09/Even_if_you_dont_lose_your_job_you_may_lose_benefits American support for public health insurance is on the rise, as small businesses are forced to reduce--or drop altogether--employees' health insuran ]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:17:16 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/332/2009/02/08/The_Nanny_Tax_Nightmare Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/332/2009/02/08/The_Nanny_Tax_Nightmare Parents who try to do the right thing often experience major headaches when doing the right thing means paying their nanny's payroll taxes. Maj ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:57:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/264/2009/02/02/Bernie_Madoff_in_limerick Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/264/2009/02/02/Bernie_Madoff_in_limerick The Freakonomics blog shares with readers the outcome of its Bernie Madoff limerick contest. ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:53:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/253/2009/02/02/Senator_McCaskill_saving_the_heads_of_CEOs-1 Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/253/2009/02/02/Senator_McCaskill_saving_the_heads_of_CEOs-1 it may seem tongue-in-cheek to suggest that the next revolution may more closely resemble the French than the original American variety... ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:41:49 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/247/2009/02/02/The_rich_really_HAVE_gotten_richer Money http://www.apesphere.com/story/247/2009/02/02/The_rich_really_HAVE_gotten_richer Income for the wealthiest 400 Americans doubled in the decade from 1996-2006, with a 23% jump from 2005 to 2006. The main factor in the enormous inc ]]>