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Financial Collapse Inspired Halloween Costumes

Posted by ultrageek 1308 days ago, popular 1307 days ago (http://www.wallstreetfighter.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy entertainment finance
Sure the market goings on are scary. And what better time than October, the month of Hallowe'en? Wall Street Fighter suggests a few financially-them[...] read more »
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Financial Crisis vs. Economic Crisis

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy investing
Discussion of the difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis. Explains why a financial crisis is no reason to sell your investments[...] read more »
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Have We Learned Enough?

Posted by jaybol 1309 days ago, popular 1308 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: depression economy
Have we learned what caused the Depression of the 1930s? Most important, have we learned enough to avoid doing the same thing again? read more »
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Investing jitters? Curb them with government bonds

Posted by donnyg16 1310 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://www.invesmint.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: bonds
A review of bonds. Basically a bond is a loan that you give to a company or in this case, the government to fund an expansion project. read more »
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BART Could Owe AIG Investors $40 Billion

Posted by ttlFantastic 1311 days ago, popular 1311 days ago (http://www.nbcbayarea.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: aig bart economic collapse us economy
Transit agencies around the country, including BART, may have to come up with billions of dollars to repay AIG investors.[...] read more »
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Will the Kindle Get an Oprah Bump? [AMZN]

Posted by Cheapsuits 1311 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: amzn kindle oprah
the Financial Times reporting that the cultural icon looked ready to endorse the Amazon Kindle read more »
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`Out of Control' Wall Street Chiefs Spurned Warnings at Davos

Posted by Cheapsuits 1312 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis davos economy
Once upon a time, the World Economic Forum was the ultimate Wall Street jamboree. read more »
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AIG Has Used Much of Its $123 Billion Bailout Loan

Posted by thekritz 1312 days ago, popular 1311 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: aig bailout
The troubled insurance giant American International Group already has consumed three-quarters of a federal $123 billion rescue loan, a little more th[...] read more »
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Taiwan Dumps Fannie, Freddie

Posted by thekritz 1312 days ago, popular 1311 days ago (http://online.barrons.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: fannie mae housing crisis
Despite the recent government bailout of US mortgage giants, investors remain wary. Taiwan's financial regulators reportedly have ordered that natio[...] read more »
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40 simple ways the web can save you big money

Posted by ultrageek 1312 days ago, popular 1311 days ago (http://www.techradar.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money savings web
The Web really is a great leveller in many ways. Here are 40 ways to use it to save time and money. read more »
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Economic Weather Map of Europe

Posted by Cheapsuits 1312 days ago (http://bigpicture.typepad.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic map economy europe
Forecast: Scattered recession, with defaults gusting up to 40% ! read more »
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Edmunds.com Forecasts October Auto Sales; Predicts Lowest Sales Volume Since January 1992

Posted by Cheapsuits 1312 days ago (http://www.businesswire.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: car sales economy
This month's new vehicle sales (including fleet sales) are expected to be 872,000 units, a 28.9 percent decrease from October 2007 and a 9.4 percent[...] read more »
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Would You Vote for a Presidential Candidate Based on Their Credit Card Debt?

Posted by skinner 1312 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://www.comparecards.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: elections john mccain politics
Would this amount of credit card debt mean that McCain might run the country into further debt? read more »
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Global recession: A soft landing for low-carbon industry?

Posted by paulronan 1313 days ago (http://www.climatechangecorp.com)
Category: Green | Tags: green tech
The fledgling climate-change sector faces its first economic recession. David Metcalfe from research firm Verdantix predicts that some firms will hit[...] read more »
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Tip’d: A Social Media Site on the Rise

Posted by oboy 1314 days ago, popular 1313 days ago (http://socialnewswatch.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: msaleem tip'd tipd
With so many open source variations of social media sites, there are new ones launched every day. Most cater to a very small niche and rarely make i[...] read more »
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