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	<title>Treasury secretary challenges Goldman aid claims</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;By Tom Braithwaite in Washington and Justin Baer in New York Published: December 5 2009 00:49 | Last updated: December 5 2009 00:49 Tim Geithner on Friday rejected Goldman Sachs ’ claim that it could have withstood the financial crisis without government intervention, adding that all banks were&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 13 hours ago on ft.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/us_treasury/"&gt;US Treasury&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/treasury_bills/"&gt;Treasury Bills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;  This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations , IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C.  I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;jamesykwak posted 6 hours ago from baselinescenario.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/the_financial_modelers_manifesto/"&gt;The Financial Modelers&#39; Manifesto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-12-05</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/securities-docket-a-m-news-wire-for-2009-12-05/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/05/securities_docket_a_m_news_wire_for_2009_12_05.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-12-05" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
 Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending Dec. 4, 2009 (SD) http://bit.ly/80d93r  # 
 FINRA Execs Rake It In While Organization Loses Money  http://bit.ly/4OQ0iV  # 
 Galleon Figure Kumar No Longer With McKinsey  http://bit.ly/5SE1Ci  # 
 House Passes Enhanced SEC Enforcement&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bcarton posted 9 hours ago from securitiesdocket.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/sec/"&gt;SEC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Europe&#39;s SWIFT Bow</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Remember when US President Obama bowed to the emperor of Japan? And when he was...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Review found this 33 hours ago on eurotrib.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Posen calls for &#39;bubble tax&#39; on homes</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/posen-calls-for-bubble-tax-on-homes/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/05/posen_calls_for_bubble_tax_on_homes.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Posen calls for &#39;bubble tax&#39; on homes" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Homeowners must be charged penalty taxes on their properties if the UK is to 
 avoid a future housing crash, say one of the Bank of England&#39;s policymakers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 3 days ago on telegraph.co.uk &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/bank_of_england/"&gt;Bank of England&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>What Brown can do to you</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/what-brown-can-do-to-you/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/what_brown_can_do_to_you.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="What Brown can do to you" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Originally posted 2008-03-27 17:30:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGo figure:
United Parcel Service Inc., the world&amp;#8217;s largest package-delivery company, sued a lawyer in Lakewood, N.J., for trademark infringement.
Samuel Z. Brown, of The Law Offices of Samuel Z. Brown, infringed the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ron Coleman posted 3 days ago from likelihoodofconfusion.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/gordon_brown/"&gt;Gordon Brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Don&#39;t expand the Fed&#39;s roles and responsibilities</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain &quot;signatures&quot; by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty found this 2 days ago on washingtonpost.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Press Releases - PR-220-2009 12/4/2009</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, Assumes All of the Deposits of First Security National Bank, Norcross, Georgia First Security National Bank, Norcross, Georgia, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 22 hours ago on fdic.gov &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/fdic/"&gt;FDIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Press Releases - PR-219-2009 12/4/2009</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, Assumes All of the Deposits of the Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia The Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 22 hours ago on fdic.gov &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/fdic/"&gt;FDIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Sen. Gregg&#39;s GOP Tactics For Political Obstruction Of Healthcare Reform Laid Bare </title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Instead of developing substantive proposals to reform the U.S. healthcare system, Senate Republicans have assembled a point-by-point plan designed to do nothing but stall and obstruct the Democrats&#39; reform legislation, the Senate majority leader charges.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MediaMan posted 20 hours ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/republican/"&gt;Republican&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title> New York Community Bank, Westbury, New York, Assumes All of the Deposits of AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;New York Community Bank, Westbury, New York, Assumes All of the Deposits of AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, was closed today by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors,&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 21 hours ago on fdic.gov &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/fdic/"&gt;FDIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Unemployment’s Surprising Drop</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/unemployment-s-surprising-drop/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/04/unemployment_s_surprising_drop.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Unemployment’s Surprising Drop" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Labor Department is out with its November unemployment rate and the change in non-Farm payrolls.  The official unemployment rate in November went down to 10.0% from 10.2% in October.  That is of course the official rate, as the unofficial rate is tallied much higher and most agree on&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24/7 Wall St. found this 31 hours ago on 247wallst.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/unemployment/"&gt;Unemployment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/michael_bloomberg/"&gt;Michael Bloomberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>&quot;The Case for $6 Trillion More Monetary Stimulus&quot;</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; Tim Duy passes this along: 
 No Exit: The Case for $6 Trillion More Monetary Stimulus, by Joseph Gagnon, 
Peterson Institute for International Economics : A lively debate is under way 
between those who want more fiscal stimulus to create jobs and those who worry 
that our national debt is&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;J. Bradford DeLong&#39;s Grasping Reality with All Eight ... found this 29 hours ago on economistsview.typepad.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/stimulus_plan/"&gt;Stimulus Plan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bernanke: &#39;Little bit early&#39; to make case for second stimulus</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday threw cold water on efforts to push a major new fiscal stimulus package. At his confirmation hearing for a second term as chairman, Bernanke emphasized that the government has spent less than half of the money in the $787-billion package passed&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 47 hours ago on thehill.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/stimulus_plan/"&gt;Stimulus Plan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/barack_obama/"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/steve_jobs/"&gt;Steve Jobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bunning Calls Bernanke&#39;s Performance &quot;Worse Than (Fired) Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis&quot;</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bunning-calls-bernanke-s-performance-worse-than-fired/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/bunning_calls_bernanke_s_performance_worse_than_fi.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Bunning Calls Bernanke&#39;s Performance &quot;Worse Than (Fired) Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis&quot;" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;     
 Video: Mike Stark gets confirmation from  Sen. Bunning  that he will place a legislative hold on the Senate vote to confirm Bernanke -- December 3, 2009 
 From  The Hill  
 Sen. Jim Bunning has placed an additional hold on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&#39;s nomination to a second&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Daily Bail posted 26 hours ago from dailybail.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/jim_cramer/"&gt;Jim Cramer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/republican/"&gt;Republican&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Senators Demint &amp; Vitter Announce Block On Bernanke&#39;s Nomination &quot;Until We Get A Vote To Audit The Fed&quot;</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/senators-demint-vitter-announce-block-on-bernanke-s/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/senators_demint_vitter_announce_block_on_bernanke_.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Senators Demint &amp; Vitter Announce Block On Bernanke&#39;s Nomination &quot;Until We Get A Vote To Audit The Fed&quot;" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;     
 Senator Jim Demint (R-SC)  announced on Twitter  last night that he would make block B-52&#39;s nomination &quot;until we get a vote to audit the Fed.&quot;&amp;nbsp; Demint joins fellow Senators Bernie Sanders, Jim Bunning and Daivd Vitter in announcing plans to place a procedural &#39;hold&#39; or block on the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Daily Bail posted 25 hours ago from dailybail.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bunning Joins Sanders In Move To Block Vote On Bernanke (Calls His Performance &#39;Worse Than Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis&#39;)</title>
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 Video: Mike Stark gets confirmation from  Sen. Bunning  that he will place a legislative hold on the Senate vote to confirm Bernanke -- December 3, 2009 
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 Sen. Jim Bunning has placed an additional hold on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&#39;s nomination to a second&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Daily Bail posted 26 hours ago from dailybail.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/jim_cramer/"&gt;Jim Cramer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/republican/"&gt;Republican&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/social_democrats/"&gt;Social Democrats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>David Malpass: Near-Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/david-malpass-near-zero-rates-are-hurting-the-economy/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/david_malpass_near_zero_rates_are_hurting_the_econ.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="David Malpass: Near-Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;DAVID MALPASS The Federal Reserve implemented an emergency monetary policy after the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy to salvage the world financial system. In his testimony yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said, &quot;We must be prepared to withdraw the extraordinary&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 31 hours ago on online.wsj.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, and Related Economic Damages</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/december-8-webcast-investigations-accounting-fraud-and-2/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/december-8-webcast-investigations-accounting-fraud-and-2/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/04/december_8_webcast_investigations_accounting_fraud.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, and Related Economic Damages" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  A panel of legal and financial experts will discuss emerging trends in investigations, accounting fraud, and related damage considerations. The discussion will cover topics such as: legal definitions of fraud, types of damages associated with fraud claims, detection of accounting fraud, and&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;bcarton posted 27 hours ago from securitiesdocket.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/sec/"&gt;SEC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Chris Dodd&#39;s Opening Remarks Praise Bernanke: &quot;I Believe You Are The Right Leader And You Deserve Another Term&quot;</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/chris-dodd-s-opening-remarks-praise-bernanke-i-believe/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/chris-dodd-s-opening-remarks-praise-bernanke-i-believe/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/chris_dodd_s_opening_remarks_praise_bernanke_i_bel.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Chris Dodd&#39;s Opening Remarks Praise Bernanke: &quot;I Believe You Are The Right Leader And You Deserve Another Term&quot;" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  
 Video: Excellent recap of yesterday&#39;s confirmation hearings with quotes from Bernanke, Senators  Bunning , Shelby, &amp;amp; Dodd&#39;s opening statement -- December 3, 2009 -- Runs 3 minutes 
 
 &quot;I believe you are the right leader for this moment in the nation&#39;s economic history and I believe your&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Daily Bail posted 27 hours ago from dailybail.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/chris_dodd/"&gt;Chris Dodd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Darling Said to Cut Bank Bailout Cost Estimate by 80%</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will scale back his estimate for the cost of bailing out Britain’s banks to no more than 10 billion pounds ($16.6 billion) from 50 billion pounds, Treasury officials said.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;iehi posted 28 hours ago from hf-implode.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/anglo_irish_bank/"&gt;Anglo Irish Bank&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/treasury_bills/"&gt;Treasury Bills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Buffett and Geithner</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/buffett-and-geithner/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/buffett-and-geithner/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/buffett_and_geithner.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Buffett and Geithner" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Andrew Ross Sorkin&amp;#8217;s Too Big to Fail sure is a page-turner; even for events that I already knew about in general, it&amp;#8217;s full of new details and juicy quotations. 
 For example, on page 508 it lays out the details of Warren Buffett&amp;#8217;s October 2008 proposal for a&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;jamesykwak posted 30 hours ago from baselinescenario.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/timothy_geithner/"&gt;Timothy Geithner&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/warren_buffet/"&gt;Warren Buffet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bernanke, Pro and Con</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-pro-and-con/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-pro-and-con/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/bernanke_pro_and_con.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Bernanke, Pro and Con" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Should Ben Bernanke be reappointed to lead the Fed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Economist&#39;s View found this 38 hours ago on economix.blogs.nytimes.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Write-Offs: 12.03.09</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; $$$ Sandy Weill thinks Tim Geithner needs a massage [NYM] 

 $$$  How To Catch High-Flyers [FT] 

 $$$  Tiger&#39;s New Sponsors [CNBC] 

 $$$  Bernie Sanders is not threatening the Federal Reserve&#39;s &#39;independence&#39; [WaPo] 
 
   
   
   
 
  
 
 
 Bernie Sanders - Federal Reserve - Timothy Geithner&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24/7 Wall St. found this 31 hours ago on pheedcontent.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bernanke May Get Second Term at Fed Shorn of Bank Supervision</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-may-get-second-term-at-fed-shorn-of-bank/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-may-get-second-term-at-fed-shorn-of-bank/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/bernanke_may_get_second_term_at_fed_shorn_of_bank.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Bernanke May Get Second Term at Fed Shorn of Bank Supervision" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke left a Senate confirmation hearing with support for a second term heading a central bank that may be shorn of its powers to supervise financial firms. Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd of Connecticut backed Bernanke&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory found this 33 hours ago on bloomberg.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/anglo_irish_bank/"&gt;Anglo Irish Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Bernanke Channels Willie Sutton In Assault On Social Security: &#39;That&#39;s Where The Money Is&#39;</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-channels-willie-sutton-in-assault-on-social/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/bernanke-channels-willie-sutton-in-assault-on-social/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/bernanke_channels_willie_sutton_in_assault_on_soci.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Bernanke Channels Willie Sutton In Assault On Social Security: &#39;That&#39;s Where The Money Is&#39;" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ben Bernanke has overseen the greatest expansion of the Federal Reserve&#39;s balance sheet in its history, pouring trillions of dollars into Wall Street firms at roughly zero interest rates. His generosity, however, has a limit. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee today, where he&#39;s&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 47 hours ago on huffingtonpost.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/social_security/"&gt;Social Security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Exclusive: Republican To Place Additional Hold On Bernanke In Senate Banking Committee</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/exclusive-republican-to-place-additional-hold-on/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;As Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing begins in the Senate Banking Committee, a source tells FDL News that one Senate staffer and an outside source confirmed to him that at least one Republican on the committee will also place a hold on the Federal Reserve chairman, throwing the process into&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 2 days ago on news.firedoglake.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/republican/"&gt;Republican&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/universal_banking/"&gt;Universal Banking&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/chris_dodd/"&gt;Chris Dodd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Maintaining financial stability across the United Kingdom&#39;s banking system</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;The public support provided to United Kingdom banks by the Treasury was justified, given the scale of the economic and social costs if one or more major banks had collapsed.  The final cost to the taxpayer won’t be known for a number of years, however.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FT Alphaville found this 37 hours ago on nao.org.uk &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/financial_crisis/"&gt;Financial Crisis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/universal_banking/"&gt;Universal Banking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Things to come</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;What I see is years of terrible job markets, combined with political paralysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Angry Bear found this 2 days ago on krugman.blogs.nytimes.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/barack_obama/"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Economists: Wrong Again</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;This site is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is published with the understanding that the author is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 13 days ago on financialarmageddon.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>The Bad Ben Bernanke Bet</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/the-bad-ben-bernanke-bet/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/the-bad-ben-bernanke-bet/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/04/the_bad_ben_bernanke_bet.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The Bad Ben Bernanke Bet" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As expected, Fed head Ben Bernanke got a rough ride today at his pre-confirmation confirmation hearing. While he wasn&#39;t accused of having had anything to do with the Lindbergh kidnapping, the poor box office of The Land Before Time, recent snow in Houston, or decrepit state of the Delta terminal&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 36 hours ago on paul.kedrosky.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Fed Chairman Never Learn</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/fed-chairman-never-learn/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;In his 2001 testimony , Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the House Committee on the Budget, and while offering his usual cautions and caveats, Greenspan talked of surpluses for the foreseeable future.  Greenspan spoke of &quot;an on-budget surplus of almost $500 billion ... in fiscal year&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 36 hours ago on calculatedriskblog.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/alan_greenspan/"&gt;Alan Greenspan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jim Bunning does not heart Ben Bernanke</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/jim-bunning-does-not-heart-ben-bernanke/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/jim-bunning-does-not-heart-ben-bernanke/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/04/jim_bunning_does_not_heart_ben_bernanke.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jim Bunning does not heart Ben Bernanke" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; With a groundswell of public opinion against the Federal Reserve in general and Ben Bernanke in particular, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) takes something of a victory lap for having been the only committee member to oppose Bernanke&amp;#8217;s nomination four years ago. 
 Bunning&amp;#8217;s prepared&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;naked capitalism found this 36 hours ago on ritholtz.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/jim_cramer/"&gt;Jim Cramer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<title>Sen. Bunning Tells Bernanke: &quot;You Are The Definition Of A Moral Hazard; The AIG Bailout Alone Is Reason Enough To Send You Back To Princeton&quot;</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/sen-bunning-tells-bernanke-you-are-the-definition-of-a/</link>
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 Video:  Senator Jim Bunning  Opening Remarks And Response From Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke --&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Daily Bail posted 36 hours ago from dailybail.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/jim_cramer/"&gt;Jim Cramer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Ron Paul: Obama Is Preparing for Perpetual War</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/ron-paul-obama-is-preparing-for-perpetual-war/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;“Congressman addresses warmongers, directly asks Gates, Clinton if they support Bush doctrine of “preventive war”&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;iehi posted 37 hours ago from hf-implode.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/ron_paul/"&gt;Ron Paul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/barack_obama/"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/george_bush/"&gt;George Bush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Health Industry Hopes Influence Investment &#39;Pays Off&#39; To Hang Onto Antitrust Exemption </title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/health-industry-hopes-influence-investment-pays-off-to/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The health insurance industry is banking on its massive campaign contributions to lawmakers to prevent Sen. Patrick Leahy from passing his measure to strip the industry of its antitrust protection, according to open government watchdog groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MediaMan posted 45 hours ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/barack_obama/"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/u_s_house_of_representatives/"&gt;U. S. House of Representatives&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/u_s_house/"&gt;U.S House&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/democrat/"&gt;Democrat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Did Obama Warn on Friday’s Unemployment Data?</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/did-obama-warn-on-friday-s-unemployment-data/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/did-obama-warn-on-friday-s-unemployment-data/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/03/did_obama_warn_on_friday_s_unemployment_data.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Did Obama Warn on Friday’s Unemployment Data?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There have been at least two occasions where President Obama has effectively made reference to the direction of the unemployment and non-farm payrolls data within the few days before the key report due Friday.  One was just a month ago, but it seems that the third telegraph we would count was&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BloggingStocks found this 47 hours ago on 247wallst.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/barack_obama/"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/unemployment/"&gt;Unemployment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>ISM Data: Service Sector Back in Hell</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/ism-data-service-sector-back-in-hell/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/03/ism_data_service_sector_back_in_hell.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="ISM Data: Service Sector Back in Hell" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Institute of Supply Management has released its November data for the services sector this morning.  The ISM non-Manufacturing data had gotten back to growth briefly in October and September.  The November figure came in at 48.7% in versus 50.6% in October.  This is back in the red zone as&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BloggingStocks found this 47 hours ago on 247wallst.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jobless Data Staying in Right Direction</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/jobless-data-staying-in-right-direction/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/03/jobless_data_staying_in_right_direction.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Jobless Data Staying in Right Direction" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Labor Department is out with the newest weekly jobless claims data.  The figure came in at 457,000 versus the estimates from Bloomberg of 485,000.  The preliminary unrevised figure a week ago was 466,000, and that was revised to 462,000 for the final figure.  The army of unemployed measured&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BloggingStocks found this 47 hours ago on 247wallst.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/michael_bloomberg/"&gt;Michael Bloomberg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/jon_corzine/"&gt;Jon Corzine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>AmTrust&#39;s bankruptcy filing may be a lesson learned from WaMu</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/amtrust-s-bankruptcy-filing-may-be-a-lesson-learned/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt; By Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer December 02, 2009, 9:10PM amtrust-bank-mentor.jpg Plain Dealer file The Amtrust branch on Mentor Ave. in Mentor. When AmTrust Financial Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection this week, it may have been trying to avoid what happened to Washington Mutual&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Market Ticker found this 2 days ago on cleveland.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/fdic/"&gt;FDIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Historical Spreads</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/historical-spreads/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/historical-spreads/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/03/historical_spreads.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Historical Spreads" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With Agency MBS trading at Treasury levels and Investment Grade Credit spread at narrower levels than in June &#39;08 (i.e. pre &quot;system might crash&quot;), I think the statement &quot;we&#39;ve come a long way in 12 months&quot; is probably too much of an understatement.    Source: Barclay  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Abnormal Returns found this 2 days ago on econompicdata.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/treasury_bills/"&gt;Treasury Bills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Simple Indicator YTD Review: Falling 10-year Yields Strategy</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/simple-indicator-ytd-review-falling-10-year-yields/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/simple-indicator-ytd-review-falling-10-year-yields/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/03/simple_indicator_ytd_review_falling_10_year_yields.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Simple Indicator YTD Review: Falling 10-year Yields Strategy" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  This is the LAST POST in a series looking at how some of the simple indicators we’ve talked about in the past fared through this very interesting trading year. 
 In this post we look at using the Falling 10-year Yields strategy to trade the S&amp;amp;P 500. The rules tested are: go long the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Abnormal Returns found this 2 days ago on marketsci.wordpress.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/interest_rate/"&gt;Interest Rate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<title>The wrong jobs summit</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/the-wrong-jobs-summit/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/03/the_wrong_jobs_summit.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="The wrong jobs summit" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The White House&#39;s economic policies, which were calibrated to address a less severe crisis than the one we&#39;ve endured, need a tuneup. But until the key mechanics can agree on the nature of the problem, there&#39;s little to be gained from a &#39;jobs summit.&#39; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Economist&#39;s View found this 2 days ago on theweek.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/steve_jobs/"&gt;Steve Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/white_house/"&gt;White House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>United States Senator Jim Bunning, Kentucky</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Bunning Statement On The Re-Nomination Of Ben Bernanke To Be Chairman Of The Federal Reserve Senate Banking Committee  Thursday, December 3, 2009 As Prepared For Delivery: Four years ago when you came before the Senate for confirmation to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve, I was the only&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 2 days ago on bunning.senate.gov &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/jim_cramer/"&gt;Jim Cramer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Left-Right Coalition Calls For Federal Reserve Audit Before Bernanke Is Reappointed </title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Leaders on opposite sides of the political spectrum joined forces today on a letter to the Senate seeking that Congress mandate an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank before voting to reappoint Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MediaMan posted 2 days ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/financial_crisis/"&gt;Financial Crisis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/credit_crisis/"&gt;Credit Crisis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/bailout_plan/"&gt;Bailout Plan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>SEC Hedge Funds Probes</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/sec-hedge-funds-probes/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_story/2009/12/03/sec_hedge_funds_probes.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="SEC Hedge Funds Probes" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; SEC Hedge Funds Probes   SEC Increases Probes into Hedge Funds    
 The Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up probes into the hedge fund industry.&amp;nbsp; Hedge funds are also being asked to surrender performance and trading data to the regulator.&amp;nbsp; According to ABC News, The SEC&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;rich4495 posted 2 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/sec/"&gt;SEC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/stocks/exchange_traded_funds/"&gt;Exchange-Traded Funds&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/securities_and_exchange_commission/"&gt;Securities and Exchange Commission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Analysis Of The Key Economic Reports (Grade: C-): Data Remains Scary But Dollar Rules The Roost... </title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/analysis-of-the-key-economic-reports-grade-c-data/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/analysis-of-the-key-economic-reports-grade-c-data/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/stock/story_preview/2009/12/03/analysis_of_the_key_economic_reports_grade_c_data.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Analysis Of The Key Economic Reports (Grade: C-): Data Remains Scary But Dollar Rules The Roost... " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The economic news flooded the market this morning as Jobless Claims came in better than expected while Retail Sales and ISM Services came in far worse than expected. Let&#39;s analyze. Jobless Claims came in far better than expected. What does it mean? Well I would personally put an asterisk next to &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;inthemoneystocks posted 2 days ago from inthemoneystocks.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/david_dollar/"&gt;David Dollar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Deregulation? Bad News for Investors</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot; Beginning in the 1990’s, various administrations have taken steps to diminish the rules and regulations that protected investors. These initiatives ranged from dismembering the Glass Steagall Act, to changing the law to protect corporations from legal action by shareholders, to declawing the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;iehi posted 2 days ago from hf-implode.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/sec/"&gt;SEC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>FRB: Testimony--Bernanke, Confirmation hearing--December 3, 2009</title>
	<link>http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/story/frb-testimony-bernanke-confirmation-hearing-december-3/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt; Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Confirmation hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. December 3, 2009 Chairman Dodd, Senator Shelby, and members of the Committee, I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would also like to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Calculated Risk found this 2 days ago on federalreserve.gov &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/general/ben_bernanke/"&gt;Ben Bernanke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Remarks by Brian P. Sack: The Fed&#39;s Expanded Balance Sheet</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Remarks by Brian P. Sack at the Money Marketeers of New York University, New York City&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alea found this 2 days ago on newyorkfed.org &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://wallstreetblips.dailyradar.com/government/federal_reserve/"&gt;Federal Reserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
	
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