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nytimes.com - 42 hours ago
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“What a good country or a good squirrel
should be doing is stashing away nuts for the
winter. The United States is not only not saving nuts, it’s eating the ones left over from the last winter.” WILLIAM H. GROSS
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Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government
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Across the Curve
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pimco.com - 5 days ago
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I'm not so much concerned about the return
on my money as the return of my money.
- Will Rogers, 1933 Toothpicked, straw-hatted Will Rogers was a journalists’ dream, combining common sense with a sense of humor that could trump any ...
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Dec Gross Anything but 01
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 4 days ago
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What I think lies behind the surprising deficit
squeamishness of the Obama administration, and why it's wrong-headed.
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Interest rates: the phantom menace
ft.com - 43 hours ago
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By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, Richard Waters
in San Francisco and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York
Published: November 22 2009 23:01 | Last updated: November 22 2009 23:01 Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would ...
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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact
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Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and observations at ...
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telegraph.co.uk - 5 days ago
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French bank advises clients to be ready for
a possible "global economic collapse" in the next two
years.
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Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for ...
nytimes.com - 6 days ago
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How much good will can an apology
and half a billion dollars buy? A lot,
Goldman Sachs is hoping. After first staunchly defending its outsize profits and pay, and then bristling at calls for restraint in these tough economic times, Goldman is ...
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Goldman Commits $500 Million to Help 10,000 Small Businesses
blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 4 days ago
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If you own any shares in alternative energy
companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy
behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke ...
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Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ...
ft.com - 4 days ago
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Published: November 20 2009 01:40 | Last updated:
November 20 2009 01:40 Short-term US interest rates turned
negative on Thursday as banks frantically stockpiled government securities in order to polish their balance sheets for the end of the year. ...
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Short-term US interest rates turn negative
online.wsj.com - 4 days ago
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Some of the largest shareholders in Goldman Sachs
Group Inc. have urged the Wall Street firm to
reduce the size of its bonus pool, arguing that it should pass along more of its blockbuster earnings to investors, according to people familiar with the ...
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Some Shareholders Want Goldman to Cut Back on 2009 Bonuses
online.wsj.com - 5 days ago
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One of the biggest investors is placing a
big new bet on gold. John Paulson, who scored
about $20 billion of profits for his hedge fund between 2007 and early 2009 wagering against the housing market and financial companies, is launching a fund ...
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John Paulson Making Big New Bet on Gold
nypost.com - 34 hours ago
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Last Updated: 3:37 AM, November 23, 2009 Posted:
12:51 AM, November 23, 2009
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Jamie Dimon seen as good fit for Treasury
detnews.com - 7 days ago
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Pontiac officials wanted more than $583K for stadium
Mike Martindale / The Detroit News Pontiac -- Nearly
35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials ...
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Silverdome sale price disappoints | Pontiac officials ...
delong.typepad.com - 6 days ago
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For 2 1/4 years now I have been
saying that there is no chance of a repeat
of the Great Depression or anything like it--that we know what to do and how to do it and will do it if things turn south. I don't think I can say that anymore. In my ...
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Chance of Great Depression Now 5%...
latimes.com - 6 days ago
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California faces deficit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will present
his next proposed budget in January. Republicans vow to
block new taxes; Democrats say they are through with cuts. ( Eric Paul Zamora / Associated Press )
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California faces a projected deficit of $21 billion -
calculatedriskblog.com - 6 days ago
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Click on graph for larger image in new
window. Total housing starts were at 529 thousand (SAAR)
in October, down 10.6% from the revised September rate, and up from the all time record low in April of 479 thousand (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in ...
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Housing Starts Decline Sharply in October
blogs.reuters.com - 5 days ago
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Is gold going to $6,300? Dylan Grice, an
analyst with Societe Generale, says it’s possible, given the
decline in central bank credibility. But investors need to keep one thing in mind: Gold is merely a vehicle to protect the purchasing power of ...
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The Fed is sending gold higher
nytimes.com - 5 days ago
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A couple waits to speak to a financial
counselor at an event last month in Daly City,
California, aimed at helping people get their mortgages restructured to avoid foreclosure.
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U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High
baselinescenario.com - 7 days ago
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“ Banking on the State ” by Andrew
Haldane and Piergiorgio Alessandri is making waves in official
circles. Haldane , Executive Director for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, is widely regarded as both a technical expert and as someone who can communicate his points ...
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Banking In A State
gladwell.typepad.com - 7 days ago
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Steven Pinker reviewed my new book "What the
Dog Saw," in the New York Times Book Review
this past Sunday. I sent the following letter to the editor in response: It is always a pleasure to be reviewed by someone...
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Pinker on "What the Dog Saw."
blogs.reuters.com - 5 days ago
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Up until yesterday, Michael Whitney was a presenter
on Bloomberg TV; he would occasionally get his byline
on Bloomberg News stories. Whitney was fined $55,000 last year by the CFTC and is subject to a permanent injunction, after being charged with ...
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Kicked out of finance, and into journalism
