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Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation

Posted by ultrageek 1312 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy free market
So "economic sage" Alan Greenspan, who stepped down as chairman of the Federal Reserve nearly three years ago, has admitted putting too much faith [...] read more »
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Freddie (Mac) Gets Fingered: To blame for Wall Street's collapse?

Posted by ultrageek 1313 days ago (http://www.msnbc.msn.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout freddie mac wall street
According to this Associated Press story, the mortgage giant Freddie Mac paid a Republican consulting firm $2M to kill legislation against it (regula[...] read more »
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Crrrunch! Is Your Favorite Company About to Go Bust?

Posted by ultrageek 1313 days ago (http://www.time.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: business consumer retail
It's not just the startup tech companies making job cuts. Apparently hundreds of well-known brand retailers are hurting due to the credit crunch. Th[...] read more »
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Green Policies in California Generated Jobs

Posted by ultrageek 1314 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy jobs
"Green" naysayers, eat your heart out. California's green policies apparently created about 1.5M jobs in the twenty years spanning 1977-2007. Okay[...] read more »
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How To Survive Great Depression 2.0 Without Firing Everyone

Posted by ultrageek 1315 days ago (http://www.alleyinsider.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: careers depression economy recession
In the midst of layoffs in the sector (just starting, at that), there might be a way to get through this "recession" without firings. It might be a[...] read more »
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Why This Recession Will Be A Doozy

Posted by ultrageek 1315 days ago (http://www.clusterstock.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy recession
Everyone has their own opinion on whether there'll be a bad recession or something we'll get through. Henry Blodget of Clusterstock thinks it'll b[...] read more »
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Peter Schiff On The Economy, Gold, and the Coming Collapse of the Dollar

Posted by ultrageek 1319 days ago (http://csinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy
So is Peter Schiff a man to be feared or a man to listen to. Apparently he's been predicting a lot of the market turns, since the late 90s. But then[...] read more »
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How Much Emergency Cash Should I Have Available?

Posted by ultrageek 1321 days ago (http://www.thegearedinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: finances
No idea how many of you are in a position to build/ supplement your emergency cash fund, but if you are, here's some advice. Anyone else out looking[...] read more »
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The Beginning of the End

Posted by ultrageek 1321 days ago (http://www.newmogul.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy
Please, don't hold anything back. Civil unrest, energy shortages and martial law, you say? Now what was I saying back 2 years ago myself? read more »
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Why You Shouldn't Pay off Student Loans Early

Posted by ultrageek 1321 days ago (http://www.thegearedinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: finances
When was the last time you heard someone tell you not to pay off your student loans early? That's what this article at Geared Investor says, because[...] read more »
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