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Geithner Calls for Tougher Standards on Risk

Posted by Bizstudent 1159 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: federal reserve tim geithner treasury
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is calling for changes in how the government oversees risk-taking in financial markets, pushing for tougher rules[...] read more »
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Breaking: House approves bill to tax AIG bonuses at 90%

Posted by Bizstudent 1165 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: aig democrats taxes
Responding to the anger about bonuses paid to AIG traders, the House approved a bill Thursday that would impose a punitive 90% tax on bonuses paid by[...] read more »
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American Express May Be Downgraded by S&P on Defaults

Posted by Bizstudent 1165 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: american express defaults s&p
Standard and Poor are considering downgrading American Express, one of the largest credit-card company by purchases on the basis of escalating credit[...] read more »
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Taxing Foreign Companies for CO2 Emissions: American Protectionism?

Posted by Bizstudent 1165 days ago (http://www.treehugger.com)
Category: Green | Tags: green protectionism tariffs
Yesterday, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu told a congressional panel that they should consider taxing imported goods from foreign companies that don't[...] read more »
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The Physics of Wall Street

Posted by Bizstudent 1175 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: bonds physics stocks wall street
An extremely fascinating article which looks at the development of the role of the physicist on Wall Street, who's magical isoquants and computer al[...] read more »
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Tax Tips for Canadian Students

Posted by Bizstudent 1307 days ago (http://www.bizstudent.net)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: finance saving taxes university
Very helpful and very specific tax tips pertaining to Canadian university students and parents that will help you when save money when it comes to ta[...] read more »
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Why invest in the stock market?

Posted by Bizstudent 1309 days ago (http://www.wisebread.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: investing market money
The conventional reason for investing in the stock market--perhaps offered with a bit less confidence now that we're in the midst of a stock market [...] read more »
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10 Unconventional Money-Saving Tips

Posted by Bizstudent 1320 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirement saving spending
For me, the hardest part about learning to save was changing my relationship with money. I understood intellectually that I needed to spend less than[...] read more »
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Five signs you may be on the layoff list

Posted by Bizstudent 1320 days ago, popular 1320 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economic job security
More than 750,000 jobs have disappeared from the U.S. economy this year and workers face the prospect of plenty more layoffs to come as a continuing [...] read more »
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Recession Anxiety Hits Stocks: Oil drops to $75 and the Dow dives 500 pts

Posted by Bizstudent 1321 days ago, popular 1320 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: crisis market recession wall street
After somewhat optimistic gains yesterday, the markets again slid into turmoil after economic analysis further confirmed the fears of investors that [...] read more »
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