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Investors Cut Back On US Stocks, Seek Growth Abroad

CNBC   |  Jeff Cox   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Asia, BofA-Merrill Lynch, Foreign Stocks, Global Market, Investors, Investors Hedge Funds, Standard, U.s. Equity Funds, U.S. Market, U.S. Stock Market, Vanguard Emerging Markets Fund
Even as the US market continues to rally, many institutional investors are trimming their US holdings and putting more money in foreign stocks--especially those in...

Gretchen Morgenson: Lobbyists Win Again In Securing Tax Break For Home Builders

Huffington Post   |  Nicholas Graham   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Benefits, Foreclosure, Home Loans, Homebuilders, Homebuyers, Housing, Housing Crisis, Hovnanian Enterprises, Lobbyblog, Losses, Mortgage Crisis, Obama, Plute Holmes, Small Businesses, Tax Break, Wall Street
The New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson points out that lobbyists have won another victory that will lead to billions in taxpayer dollars being handed over...

Stock Market Rebound Raises Red Flags For Economists, Investors

The Washington Post   |  Martha C. White   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Charles E. Schumer, Dow Jones, Federal Reserve, Mary Schapiro, Russell 2000, Securities And Exchange Commission, Stock Market, Stock Market Rise, The Center For Economic And Policy Research
With a close over 10,270 on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average had its best showing of 2009. Like the day a few weeks earlier...

Fareed Zakaria: Is American Innovation A Thing Of The Past?

Newsweek   |  Fareed Zakaria   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: 2009 Nobel Prizes, America, American Innovation, Boston Consulting Group, Information Technology, World Economic Forum
Americans like to think there is something about their culture that's especially conducive to innovation--the open geography and frontier spirit; a flexible economy with limited...

Survey Shows Rise In First-Time Homebuyers

AP   |  ALEX VEIGA   |   November 14, 2009

Read More: Class, Home Prices, Homebuyers, Housing, Housing Crisis, Mortgage, Mortgage Rates, Race, Real Estate, Realtors, Socioeconomics
SAN DIEGO — The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorted...

Eliot Spitzer Talks Financial And Personal Crisis In BBC Interview (AUDIO)

  |   November 14, 2009

Read More: BBC Interview, Carrie Gracie, Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Financial Crisis, Financial Reform, Sex Scandal
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Carrie Gracie, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer discusses crashes -- both personal and financial. During his tenure...

Rich Buying Again, But Middle Class Still Hurting

AP   |  EMILY FREDRIX   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Business, Economy, Money, Shopping, US Economy
American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower...

Cannabis Cafe: First U.S. Marijuana Cafe Opens In Portland

Reuters   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Cannabis Cafe, Cannabis Cafe Portland, Marijuana, Marijuana Cafe
The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use...

Deja Vu Showgirls' Strippers-On-A-Truck Promotion Halted In Las Vegas (VIDEO)

  |   November 14, 2009

Read More: Deja Vu Showgirls, Deja Vu Showgirls Truck, Deja Vu Strippers, Strippers, Strippers-On-a-Truck, Video
(AP) LAS VEGAS — Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much – even for Sin City. A Las Vegas strip club...

Health Industry Winning Round On Privacy Of Digital Health Records

Huffington Post Investigative Fund   |  Emma Schwartz   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Digital Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Hippa
Lobbyists for the health industry are close to a victory over consumer groups in a dispute about when patients should be told their digital medical...

Rich Buying Again, But Middle Class Still Hurting

AP   |  EMILY FREDRIX   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Consumer Spending, Luxury Brands, Luxury Shopping, Middle Class, Middle Class Economy, Recession, Transparency, Walmart, Wealthy, Wealthy Americans
American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower...
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'Spokesjerk' Revolution Fails To Materialize: FreeCreditReport.com Front Man Sticks To His Guns

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Arthur Delaney   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Credit Crisis, Credit Report, FreeCreditReport.Com, Lobbyblog
Andy Cobb starred in TV commercials pitching health insurance for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida -- until he had a crisis of conscience....

Dodd's Finacial Reform Bill Strips The Federal Reserve Of Too Much Power, Say Critics

McClatchy   |  Kevin G. Hall   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Banking Crisis, Chris Dodd, Economy, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Transparency
WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's sweeping new financial overhaul legislation, which proposes to strip the Federal Reserve of its authority to regulate...

What Is Mortgage Insurance -- And Is It Worth Buying?

  |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Mortgage Insurance
What is Mortgage Insurance and Do I Need it? (Associated Content) -- Mortgage insurance is a special insurance policy that pays your lender in the...

Dollar Falls On News Of Widening Trade Deficit

AP   |  TALI ARBEL   |   November 13, 2009

Read More: Dollar Value, Economy, Falling Dollar, Trade Deficit, U.S. Dollar, U.S. Trade Deficit, Weak Dollar
NEW YORK — The dollar dropped Friday after the government said the trade deficit widened in September, while the 16-nation eurozone officially emerged from recession,...
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