by Laura Conaway

Good morning, and welcome to another day of the Great Recession.

In California, professors and students are hopping mad over budget cuts, tuition hikes and teacher furloughs.

In Massachusetts, the governor is talking about a boycott of the Hyatt hotel chain after it laid off 98 housekeepers and replaced them workers making half as much.

Orders for durable goods fell 2.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department reports.

The G20 reports progress on IMF reform in Pittsburgh, while Simon Johnson proposes an overhaul for resolving the tension between emerging markets and rich nations.

Twitter appears to be about to raise $100 million, despite having what the New York Times describes as "no discernible revenue." When you're the future, apparently you can get the Benjamins later on.