Economy

Jim Boswell | Where is Howard Beale when we need him? Two years into the Greatest Recession Since the Great Depression (GRSGD)...
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Gregory White The Q2 GDP report is out with growth coming in at 2.4%. Follow the release at Money Game > Asian markets were mostly down in overnight trading, with the Nikkei down 1.64%. European markets are all down in early trading, and U.S. futures suggest a lower open. China is expanding credit for the country’s...
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Vincent Fernando, CFA and Gus Lubin Yes, U.S. GDP is growing and corporate profits are beating expectations across the board. Companies are flush with cash, and banks are confident again. It’s surely a recovery… for them. Yet many Americans are experiencing more hardship than they’ve ever known. In...
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Gregory White Asian indices were mostly up in overnight trading with the Nikkei a notable exception, down 0.59%. European markets are up in early trading and U.S. futures suggest a higher open. Toyota looks set for another massive recall in the U.S. that will effect 412,000 cars in the country. The recalls effect Avalon and LX470...
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6 Secrets to Achieving Entrepreneurial Success
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By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN A little-noticed section of the Wall Street reform law grants the federal government broad new powers to compel financial firms to hire more women and minorities — an effort at promoting diversity that’s drawing fire from Republicans who say it could lead to de facto hiring quotas. Deep inside the...
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By Madhuri Dey July 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) While common people own houses and property that spread over acres, there are some who own lands of millions of acres. Forbes magazine is out with the names of top five land owners in America who own land not in the ratio of thousands but in that of...
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It could cost a family making $100,000.00 a year, getting taxed $12,000.00 a year, an extra $3,600.00 to $4,000.00 a year-crushing! Millions of families will be faced with thousands of dollars in tax increases if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of the year, according to estimates from the nonpartisan...
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By Dunstan Prial Published July 28, 2010 | FOXBusiness So much for transparency. Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial -reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act. The law, signed last week by...
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Joe Weisenthal This is always how it goes with big bills. Politicians and the media focus on a few big issues (prop trading, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, etc.) while small, but controversial measures, get slipped in the back door, and then become the subject of fascination several days after the bill has passed. It happened...
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