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Cupcake Shop Fad Appeals To Many Entrepreneurs Across The Country

nytimes.com   |  ELIZABETH OLSON   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Cupcakes, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Online Shopping, Small Business, Venture Capital
There is no Cupcake Manufacturers Association keeping count, but anecdotal evidence indicates that stand-alone cupcake shops have been spreading not just in the acknowledged cupcake...

Media Downplays News About 'Troubled' Banks, According To Columbia Journalism Review

Columbia Journalism Review   |  Ryan Chittum   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Banks, Fdic, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Financial Crisis, Financial TImes, Lenders, Medium Size Banks, Small Banks, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Troubled Banks
The major business press underplays news from the FDIC that its troubled-banks list soared to more than 550 in the third quarter. The FDIC now...

Schumer Calls On Adidas To Keep Making NBA Jerseys In US, Save American Jobs (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Adidas, Adidas Jerseys, American Classic Outfitters, Basketball Jerseys, Chuck Schumer, NBA Jerseys, Perry New York
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - The official uniforms for NBA players could soon be made in Asia, a move drawing sharp criticism from a New York...
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White House Visitor Logs Show Obama Turned To Business Leaders

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Business Financial Community, Business Records, Records Meetings, White House Business, White House Record, White House Visitor Records, White House Visitors
Through its first nine months in office, the Obama administration frequently consulted with leaders of the business and financial communities they were saving from the...

Eric Cantor Hosts Job Fair Fueled By The Stimulus He Opposed

ThinkProgress   |  Lee Fang   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Eric Cantor Economy, Eric Cantor Hypocrisy, Eric Cantor Job Event, Eric Cantor Job Fair, Eric Cantor Jobs, Eric Cantor Recovery Act, Eric Cantor Stimulus, Eric Cantor Unemployment
On Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) hosted a job fair in his district at Germanna Community College. Like his last job fair in August, Cantor...
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Frank Vows To Close Big-Bank Loophole

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Bank Loophole, Bank Regulation, Barney Frank, Barney Frank Loophole, Financial Regulatory Reform, Regulatory Reform Loophole
The financial regulatory reform bill working its way through the House would give Bank of America a legislative gift that it pushed for in early...

Home Prices "Not Even Close" To Bottom: Barry Ritholtz (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   |  Grace Kiser and Ryan McCarthy   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Housing Data, Housing Market, National Association Of Realtors, S
In case you missed it -- or were just plain confused -- this week saw the release of a bewildering number of housing indicators. The...

Spending Up, Jobless Claims Down, But Still No Economic Recovery Yet

  |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Consumer Spending, Economic Recovery, Economy, Fed, Federal Reserve, Jobless Claims, Krugman, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Paul Krugman New York Times, Paul Krugman Nyt, Spending, Unemployment, Unemployment Claims
There's good news and bad news today for the US economy. The good news is that consumer spending rose 0.7% last month, according to the...

Credit Suisse Agrees To $79M Colorado Settlement

AP   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Colorado, Colorado Regulators, Credit Suisse, FInancial Markets
DENVER — Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC has agreed to buy back $79 million of auction rate securities from Colorado investors who struggled to sell...

Goldman Sachs Small Business Program Details: Interview With Dina Powell

  |  Mike Hofman   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: 000 Women, 10, Dina Powell, Goldman Sachs, Small Business, Warren Buffett
The person who will be responsible for running the [Goldman Sachs] initiative day-to-day is Dina Powell, a former State Department official in the Bush administration...

Spitzer Tells Howard Dean: Time To Call Wall St.'s Bluff On Executive Compensation (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   |  Nicholas Graham   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Aig, Bailout Bandits, Bank Bonuses, Eliot Spitzer, Financial Crisis, Howard Dean, Howard Dean And Eliot Spitzer, Rachel Maddow Show, Video, Wall Street
With public outrage over extravagant Wall Street pay packages still simmering, Eliot Spitzer, who pursued overpaid financiers as a prosecutor, went on "The Rachel Maddow...

AIG CEO Benmosche's $7 Million Pay Package Approved, Signs Noncompete Agreement

  |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Aig, Edward Liddy, Kenneth Feinberg, Robert Benmosche
NEW YORK (AP) -- American International Group Inc. on Tuesday said it will go ahead with a previously announced pay package for its new CEO...

Best Buy Ad's Mention Of Muslim Holiday Irks Some Customers

crunchgear.com   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Best Buy, Best Buy Black Friday, Black Friday, Christian Right, Christianity, Muslim, Muslim-Holiday
A recent Best Buy ad (hat tip to CrunchGear) promoting the store's Black Friday sales includes a nod to the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Adha, which...

Stock Market "Melt Up": Why The Stock Rally Doesn't Necessarily Mean A Recovery

  |  Roben Farzad and Tara Kalwarski   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Economy, Financial Crisis, Recession, Stock Market, Unemployment
The U.S. economy is coping with alarmingly high double-digit unemployment, a widening commercial real estate bust, and over-indebted consumers. Few think the economic recovery now...

Steven Pearlstein: Is Obama's On Wall Street's Side -- Or Main Street's?

  |  Steven Pearlstein   |   November 25, 2009

Read More: Bailout, Bank Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Jobs Creation, Obama Administration, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Department, Unemployment
Fairly or unfairly, the official who has come to personify this let-them-eat-stuffing attitude is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who can't seem to decide whose side...
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