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What Forrest Gump Taught Me About Finances

A great piece of content highlighting one of the greatest movies of all time, and weaving in financial concepts we all can relate to. read more »
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Illinois to deposit $1 billion in state's banks

Who needs a $700B federal bailout? Not Illinois... They're bailing out their own banks with infusions of as much as $25M apiece. read more »
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Peter Schiff: Don't Blame Capitalism

Just as prices in a free market are set by supply and demand, financial and real estate markets are governed by the opposing tension between greed...[...] read more »
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Be Better Than Buffett

Warren Buffett is a living legend -- a self-made billionaire who has used common sense and a disciplined approach to valuation to trounce the market.[...] read more »
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'Trader Prank' At Chicago Board Of Trade [video]

While Scott Cohn from CNBC is reporting, a trader unwittingly seeks revenge live on the air after he is the victim of an immature prank. read more »
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Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge

the average deal size for web 2.0 tools including blogs, wikis, social networking and enterprise RSS is set to fall over the coming five years, despi[...] read more »
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This Time, Stocks Surge in Last Hour

Stocks, which had swung throughout the day, jumped in late day trading. Just before the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was trading more than [...] read more »
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JPMorgan: The Last Great Megabank

After what was probably the worst quarter the financial sector will ever see, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) has reason to smile. read more »
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IMF steps in to help stabilise Ukraine

The global credit crisis deepened on Thursday as Hungary and Ukraine turned to international institutions for support in an effort to avoid following[...] read more »
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Moscow supermarket shelves increasingly empty in Soviet era reminder

Russian shoppers have been served an uncomfortable reminder of the Soviet era after finding shelves in some Moscow supermarkets empty, a further sign[...] read more »
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Microsoft says Yahoo! takeover would make sense

The long-running on-off romance between Microsoft and Yahoo! moved a step closer to being rekindled on Thursday after the head of the software giant [...] read more »
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Oil Prices Down 50% Since Summer

Prices drop to levels not seen in more than a year, after government report shows larger-than-expected growth in the nation's supplies of crude oil [...] read more »
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Credit Card Debt at the Tipping Point?

"A long build-up in consumer indebtedness, deteriorating economic conditions and a potential 'sudden stop' in credit availability could cause...[...] read more »
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9 Sites That Help With Everyday Budgeting

One silver lining to these tough economic times: a slew of new free online tools and services that help consumers save money and manage it wisely. Wh[...] read more »
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Adbrite Lays Off 40% Of Staff, Including Two Execs

It's not a happy day at San Francisco-based Adbrite this morning. The company is laying off 40 employees, which is 40% of total staff. Among those t[...] read more »
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