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NEW YORK — Investors sought safety Friday by selling stocks for a third straight day in favor of the dollar and Treasurys, including some short-term debt that offered almost no return. The technology sector also was weak, hurt...
SPARKLY MOONWALK GLOVE IS UP FOR SALE A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the rhinestone-studded glove he wore when he unveiled the moonwalk in 1983, were up for auction Saturday. The glove and other Jackson...
The Nation : Who drafted this dubious piece of legislation? Bankers (or their lawyers) did. The leading sellers of derivatives are an exclusive club of five very large financial institutions--Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of...
The economic data to be released in the holiday-shortened week ahead could provide a few more "what-were-we-thinking?" moments. All in all, though, the data shouldn't kill hopes for modest growth while we wait for the...
You get it right away, right? Just because it's so obvious doesn't mean it's not a good idea. People love dogs. Dogs love ice cream. But people don't like what ice cream does to their dogs, specifically, their dogs' stomachs....
The biggest issue facing the recovery of our economy is the lack of credit for small business owners. Forget about all the stimulus money that President Obama and the SBA push at banks, they still arent lending. Their balance...
Visitors to America might have noticed the television ads urging us to buy gold. All of this means that investors do not believe that President Barack Obama will respond to the enormous pressure put on him during his visit to...
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist George Soros is the latest public figure to criticize banks for paying big bonuses while taxpayers prop them up British banks have just five working days to show they have "got it". He...
In many and varied ways, Americans are tapping out the international distress signal to each other since Washington, D.C. isn't listening. To all except the most zealous supporters of the Democratic Party, the intentions of the...
Now I think about it there's a lot of outstanding posts percolating in my head and which I've made rushed notes to in various places, though this is one post I feel like writing and which was originally sparked by some of the...
