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Bernie Madoff Was Beaten in Prison

Posted by mrbabyman 802 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: fraud investments madoff ponzi priso
Bernard Madoff, who is serving a 150-year sentence in North Carolina for running a fraud scheme that cost investors billions of dollars, was physical[...] read more »
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The Woman Who Foresaw the Credit Crisis 10 Years Ago

Posted by mrbabyman 1098 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: credit crisis derivatives
A little more than a decade ago, Born foresaw a financial cataclysm, accurately predicting that exotic investments known as over-the-counter derivati[...] read more »
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How ideas trump economic crises -- a surprising lesson from 1929

Posted by mrbabyman 1127 days ago (http://www.ted.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic crisis economy innovation
The "dismal science" truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divi[...] read more »
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The 20 Best American CEOs of All Time

Posted by clubbin714 1127 days ago (http://www.cnbc.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business management
Who are the best CEOs of all time? Portfolio.com set out to answer the question. Assembling a panel of professors from the top business schools arou[...] read more »
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The Ultimate Guide to Leveraged ETFs: Their Uses, Their Risks, and More

Posted by longdongsilver 1127 days ago, popular 1127 days ago (http://etfdb.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: etf etfs leveraged etf ddm
In the past few years the interest in leveraged ETFs has skyrocketed. With this new level of interest, so too has criticism of these funds increased.[...] read more »
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Mr. Taxpayer = Mr. Stockholder

Posted by tradeking 1127 days ago (http://community.tradeking.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: aig bailout tradeking
TradeKing CEO Don Montanaro explores a timely question that may dominate the markets for years: How should we analyze and appropriately play our new,[...] read more »
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Why money messes with your mind

Posted by mrbabyman 1167 days ago (http://www.newscientist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: money psychology science
Money stirs up more passion, stress and envy than any axe or hammer ever could. We just can't seem to deal with it rationally... but why? read more »
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Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: The Extended Daily Show Interview

Posted by mrbabyman 1172 days ago, popular 1172 days ago (http://blog.indecisionforever.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: jim cramer john stewart the daily show
Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe last night. It was just like Ali-Foreman, only with more head trauma. But you didn't see everything. But [...] read more »
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TIME Magazine's 25 Best Financial Blogs

Posted by mrbabyman 1222 days ago (http://www.time.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: blogs finance time magazine
It has been over a year since we published our feature "The 25 Best Financial Blogs." A great deal has changed. Some of the blogs on the list are g[...] read more »
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Study says most corporations pay no U.S. income taxes

Posted by mrbabyman 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: business corporations income tax
Most U.S. and foreign corporations doing business in the US avoid paying any federal income taxes, despite trillions of dollars worth of sales.[...] read more »
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Bill Gates predicts 9% unemployment

Posted by mrbabyman 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bill gates economy unemployment
Microsoft's Bill Gates predicted the unemployment crisis could push the jobless rate above 9% for the first time in a quarter century.[...] read more »
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Slavery=Freedom: Bush:"Bank Buyout Needed to Preserve Free Markets"

Posted by mrbabyman 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://www.timesonline.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: bank bush buyout credit crunch
In what may be the most Orwellian comment in history, President Bush just stated the "Bank Buyout Needed to Preserve Free Markets"[...] read more »
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Financial Crisis: What should I do with my money now inflation is so high?

Posted by adrian67 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis inflation money
Savers are suffering from negative real interest rates: the first time base rates have been below the rate of inflation since 1981 – the depths of th[...] read more »
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Buckle Up -- We Haven't Reached Bottom Yet

Posted by FtblGuy 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: hedge funds stock market
The next shoe to drop will be the hedge funds, which are posting worst-ever losses from investments that have led to record withdrawals. By one estim[...] read more »
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Comparing Panics and Bubbles

Posted by FtblGuy 1321 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: bubble panic stock market
What's the inverse of a bubble? A panic. That realization dawned on me last week as I watched otherwise rational people frantically selling stocks a[...] read more »
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