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ritholtz.com - 2/13/2009
Stimulus Package Explained (Q&A)
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Sometime this year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers. Q. Where will the ...
csmonitor.com - 2/9/2009
Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously
— csmonitor.com — Stimulus is unconstitutional. And history shows that the economy can recover strongly on its own, if politicians... stay out of the way. (more) Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously

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businesspundit.com - 2/12/2009
Stimulus Watch: Web Watchdog for the Stimulus Package
— businesspundit.com — StimulusWatch is a new wiki that uses online feedback to hold the government accountable for its elephantine... stimulus package. From the website : StimulusWatch.org was built to help the new administration keep its pledge to invest stimulus money smartly, and to hold public officials to ... (more) Stimulus Watch: Web Watchdog for the Stimulus Package

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greenstockscentral.com - 2/15/2009
Green Energy Details of Economic Stimulus Package
— greenstockscentral.com — Now that Congress has approved the economic stimulus package (aka the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) with... Obama expected to sign it into law on Tuesday I thought I’d give a run down of what’s in this bill related to green energy initiatives.  Overall, nearly 10% ... (more) Green Energy Details of Economic Stimulus Package

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True Stimulus
Bear Mountain Bull — Barry breaks it down into simple terms: Sometime this year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers. Q. Where will the government get this money? A. From taxpayers. Q. So the government is giving me back my own money? A. No, they are borrowing it from China. Your children are expected to repay the Chinese. Q. What is the purpose of this payment? A. The plan is that you will ...

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THE SHARK REPORT — ... In addition I bet some similar lists were printed elsewhere with names like GE JPM C BAC GM et al also looking like safe smart dividend plays. Barry with the stimulus package explained; ...

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Closing Bell: Stocks level despite stimulus package passing; MCD, GM, JNJ, GE — BloggingStocks
Despite the stimulus package, despite $75 billion mortgage relief, and despite the markets holding in around the old key support levels from November, today was one of those days where you could have flipped a coin to give a verdict on how the day felt. The FOMC minutes were effectively a ...
American Express Drops, Stimulus Signed, Stocks Sink — TradingMarkets
Stocks rebelled against the signing of the stimulus package sinking to near the November lows. The DJIA sunk 297.81 points. Oil dropped steeply below $40 a barrel.
Stocks in the news: GM, WMT, TRMP, VZ, SIRI, MSFT, TEVA, AMZN — BloggingStocks
U.S. stock markets were set to plunge at the open Tuesday morning as three issues weighed on investors' minds: The economic stimulus plan, the auto industry as well as hard-hit Eastern Europe: Before the bell: Stocks set to plunge on stimulus package, auto sector worries General Motors Corp. ...
Stocks in the news: GM, WMT, TRMP, VZ, SIRI, MSFT, TEVA, AMZN — BloggingStocks
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Monday’s Market Moving News — Daily Markets
Stocks ended on a sour note Friday and down 5% for last week. One wonders where they might have ended if not for the giant stimulus package and the son of TARP? Markets had been fantasising that the Obama administration’s big bang would at last put equities on the road to redemption but ...
The Great $790 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan On Its Way — Rant About It...
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Stocks Steep Sell, Grumpy Geithner, Senate Approves — TradingMarkets
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Monday’s Market Recap: Stocks Indifferent As They Await Unveiling Of New Rescue Program — Daily Markets
The market was indifferent today as President Obama stressed the importance of the economic stimulus package and the timeliness that it is passed, citing that the nation may be in danger of slipping into a deep irreversible crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) slipped -0.12% to a ...
Overnight markets: Stimulus hopes — FT Alphaville
Asian stocks were mixed on Monday as concern about deteriorating company earnings offset optimism that government policy measures will ease the financial crisis. But hopes for a speedy passage of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package - to be announced Tuesday - helped global equity ...