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Occupy Wall St. protest attracts celebs

The Occupy Wall Street movement may get an infusion of more star power as actor Alec Baldwin said he is headed to join the growing, leaderless protest.

Senh: This is looking more and more like the Democrats equivalent of the Republican's Tea Party. This just need to keep this going for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election. It appears that most celebrities are Democrats. They support Obama, and now they're supporting Occupy Wall Street. Just to make it sound like real political party, they should rename it "Occupy Wall Street Block Party."

 

Apple blames iPhone rumors for disappointing results

Apple Inc stunned Wall Street by reporting results that missed expectations for the first time in years, blaming rumors of the new iPhone for hurting demand in the September quarter.

 

How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started

How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started

Months before the first occupiers descended on Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, before the news trucks arrived and the unions endorsed, before Michael Bloomberg and Michael Moore and Kanye West made appearances, a group of artists, activists, writers, students, and organizers gathered on the fourth floor of 16 Beaver Street, an artists' space near Wall Street, to talk about changing the world. There were New Yorkers in the room, but also Egyptians, Spaniards, Japanese, Greeks. Some had played a part in the Arab Spring uprising; others had been involved in the protests catching fire across Europe. But no one at 16 Beaver knew they were about light the fuse on a protest movement that would sweep the United States and fuel similar uprisings around the world.

 

The Contrasting Psychologies of 'Occupy Wall Street' and the 'Tea Party'

The Contrasting Psychologies of 'Occupy Wall Street' and the 'Tea Party'

What to make of Occupy Wall Street: ignore it as silly excess or embrace the movement? celebrate the energy or ridicule the process? fear the consequences or welcome the possibilities? No easy answers, except for the wrong ones. What can be said is that how you respond at this still early stage depends on how ...

Senh: I wonder how "Occupy Wall Street" got started. Was the seed planted by a Democrat? It seems like it. They all for taxing the rich or taxing them more fairly - just in time for Barack Obama's American Jobs Bill. I kinda hope this movement is here to stay, just as an equalizer to the Republican's Tea Party.

 

Obama to use Wall Street against GOP

Obama to use Wall Street against GOP

While there are reports that President Obama's re-election plan will try to tap the energy of the anti-Wall Street protests, one top aide said this morning that the political impact of the demonstrations remains to be seen.

 

Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread To Europe, Asia

Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread To Europe, Asia

Protesters in Rome smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests that began in Canada and spread to cities across the U.S. moved Saturday to Asia and Europe, linking up with anti-austerity demonstrations that have raged across the debt-ridden continent for months.

 

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Remain in Zuccotti Park as Cleanup Is Canceled

The Occupy Wall Street protesters, who viewed the cleanup plans as a pretext to evict them from Zuccotti Park, viewed the decision as a victory.

 

'Occupy' protesters suspicious of cleanup plan

Protesters expressed fears Thursday that a scheduled cleanup of the private park where they've been camped out near Wall Street is merely a ploy to unravel the demonstration.

 

Dow Closes Up 330 Points

Wall Street celebrated Columbus Day with a 330-point buying binge on the Dow as traders around the world breathed a sigh of relief that European leaders pledged to bolster their banks and the markets look ahead to the start of earnings season.

 

Geraldo flees ‘Occupy Wall St.’ as protesters chant, ‘Fox News lies!’

Unless it’s a tea party rally, Fox News and American protests don’t seem to mix well. Host Geraldo Rivera decided to go down to the Occupy Wall Street protests Sunday afternoon and ended up having an unpleasant experience. Protesters immediately surrounded Rivera and his network’s cameras and began shouting “Fox News Lies!” After a few minutes, Rivera decided to leave. His departure was cheered by protesters, who sang “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!”

Senh: Democrats now has their very own sub-party to counter Republicans' Tea Party.

 

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