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FHA-Backed Loans: The New Subprime - OR - More Crap to Come

Posted by ultrageek 1284 days ago, popular 1284 days ago (http://www.businessweek.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: economy housing mortgages subprime
Think we've seen the worst of the subprime mortgages mess? Apparently not, and it's an encore performance by the same lovely people who put us in t[...] read more »
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Let Detroit Go Bankrupt

Posted by ultrageek 1285 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: automotive bailout economy
Mitt Romney, born in Detroit, a 2008 Republican Presidential candidate, 70th Governor of Mass., and son of George Romney - who ran American Motors in[...] read more »
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Starting Salaries and Inflation Over The Last Decade

Posted by ultrageek 1285 days ago, popular 1285 days ago (http://www.collegecrunch.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: economy inflation salaries wages
Nearly everything has increased in price at a rate between two and three percent per year. Have salaries kept up with inflation? read more »
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Goldman Chiefs Give Up Bonuses

Posted by ultrageek 1286 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: banking salaries wall street
What? 7 Goldman Sachs execs gave up million dollar bonuses?! Could one of them puh-lease talk to the AIG crew about their continued executive retreat[...] read more »
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What did Paulson and Bernanke do with $2 Trillion?

Posted by ultrageek 1286 days ago, popular 1286 days ago (http://www.alternet.org)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout banking economy
Your tax dollars are hard at work. But no one seems to know exactly where $2Tr that Bernanke + Paulson handed out went to. Can you say "let's rape [...] read more »
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30 reasons for Great Depression 2 by 2011

Posted by ultrageek 1287 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy recession
Ugh. You think things are bad in the economy now? Here's MarketWatch's 30 reasons the next real Great Depression will be in 2011. Is anyone else sc[...] read more »
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25 Things President Obama Should Try to Change

Posted by ultrageek 1287 days ago, popular 1287 days ago (http://www.businesspundit.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: capital gains economy recession
A suggested action plan for the new president, mostly focusing on the economic situation and how to help the small business owners and the average ci[...] read more »
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150 Ways to Save Money in the Xmas Season

Posted by ultrageek 1290 days ago (http://www.promotionalcodes.org.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumer economy holidays
With money tight right now everywhere, the Christmas season might be stirring up a bit of dread in some people, but here are some ways that you can c[...] read more »
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Spam Email Goes Down; Will Worker Productivity Increase?

Posted by ultrageek 1290 days ago (http://www.money.co.uk)
Category: Tech | Tags: business productivity
The shutdown of one single hosting company has caused the level of worldwide spam email to drop by over 70%. Let's see if worker productivity goes u[...] read more »
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Businesses Need to Embrace Their Inner Pirate

Posted by ultrageek 1290 days ago (http://www.businesspundit.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: business economy
Tough times call for tougher businesses. Will companies need to turn to piracy to make a profit? read more »
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Gun sales surge after Obama's election

Posted by ultrageek 1291 days ago (http://www.cnn.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy
Shudder to think. Here's an industry that probably won't need a bailout, thanks to the surge in gun sales since Senator Obama became U.S. President[...] read more »
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Reasons to have alternative streams of income

Posted by ultrageek 1291 days ago (http://cashmoneylife.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: personal finance
Want more net income? You can spend less or earn more. If you're limited in how much you can earn right now, look into alternative streams of income[...] read more »
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Can Detroit's Big Three Be Salvaged?

Posted by ultrageek 1292 days ago, popular 1292 days ago (http://money.aol.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: automotive economy
Remember what happened during the 70s and 80s in the automotive sector? Can Washington, D.C., even save Detroit's big three carmakers? read more »
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Going to College During a Bad Economy

Posted by ultrageek 1292 days ago, popular 1291 days ago (http://www.collegecrunch.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: economy education
Even with the current economic mess, there's one thing that hasn't changed: people having to go to college. Here are a few tips for keeping college[...] read more »
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Backs Bailout for Automakers

Posted by ultrageek 1293 days ago (http://money.aol.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: automotive bailout economy
First the banks, now homeowners and the auto industry. All three of the large American automakers are hurting. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is backing [...] read more »
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