Finance

Hire One, Fire 350

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Investment Banks, Layoffs, Merrill Lynch, Financial Sector, Job Cuts, Finance, Bank of America, Banks, Bofa, Business News

Amid the banking world’s Great Contraction, Bank of America is adding jobs -- but only a few targeted positions, and it's laying off many more worke...

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Olympic Lessons for an Imperial America

David Coates | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Hubris, London, Imperial State, Finance, United Kingdom, Imperial Decline, Manufacturing, Industrial Policy, Empire, Military-Industrial Complex, Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, Culture News
David Coates

As American eyes turn to London, it will be worth remembering that this will be London's second post-World War II Olympic Games, not the first, and that there are also medals to be won by comparing the condition of the UK during the last time the Games were held in London with its condition now.

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How Financial Criminalization Crashed Economy, Goes Unpunished

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Corruption, Financial Fraud, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, White Collar Crime, Wall Street, Finance, Wall Street Crimes, Financial Crisis, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities Fraud, Wall Street Corruption, Business News
Charles Ferguson

It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the financial sector has become criminalized, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud.

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Can $250,000 buy a senator?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Don Stenberg, Sarah Palin, Major, Senate Primary, United States Presidential Election, The New York Times, Governor, Business and Finance, Republican Party, Treasurer, Center for Competitive Politics, Republican National Committee, Campaign Finance Regulations, Barack Obama, TD Ameritrade, Federal Election Commission, Attorney General, Major League Baseball, Ending Spending Action Fund, Adam Smith, Libertarian Party, Finance, Attorney, Jim Demint, Arizona, Deb Fischer, Stephen Hoersting, Brian Baker, Senator, J. Joseph Ricketts, Long-Time Chairman and CEO, Investment, Jon Bruning, Kim Hillyer, Meredith McGehee, United States, Jeremiah Wright, Thomas Ricketts, U.S. Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reformers, Thomas S. Ricketts, Joe Ricketts, Bob Kerrey, Campaign Legal Center, Club for Growth, Candidate, Tim Pawlenty, United States Senate, Gary Johnson, Campaign Finance Watchdogs, Ameritrade, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsIn the aftermath of Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary in Nebraska, campaign finance watchdogs are concerned about...

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Geithner to Dimon: Resign From the Board of the New York Fed

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Fiscal Affairs, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Timothy Geithner, JP Morgan, Finance, Business News
Simon Johnson

In the diplomatic language of Treasury communications, Mr. Geithner has just told Jamie Dimon to resign from the New York Fed board. It looks bad -- and it is bad -- to have him on the board of this key part of the Federal Reserve System at a time when his bank is under investigation with regard to its large trading losses and the apparent failure of its risk management system. If Mr. Dimon resigns, that is a major humiliation and recognition -- at the highest levels of government -- that even the country's best connected banker has overstepped his limits. If, as seems more likely, Mr. Dimon stays in place, that would be a great victory for the big banks -- and a reminder of who is really in charge of the country.

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Marlo's Videos

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Relationships, Money, Finance, Sex, Mondays With Marlo, Your Turn, Careers, Love, I Have to Ask, Women News

When I first started my website, MarloThomas.com, I wanted to create a space where women could come together to inspire, to learn and to dream. Over t...

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Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Relationships, Finance, Money, Sex, Mondays With Marlo, Your Turn, Careers, I Have to Ask, Love, Women News

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The Rise of Social Trading

Michael Giles | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Uber, Investing, Trading, Finance, Startup, Social Trading, Small Business News
Michael Giles

The nature of our platform cuts out the noise and provides only the most important signals -- when a trader buys or sells through their real online trading account.

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D.M. Levine

Have They Learned Anything?

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Goldman-Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Vampire Squid, Wall Street, Finance, Wells Fargo, Occupy Wall Street, Public Relations, Bankers, Business News

NEW YORK -- As May Day protests hit major cities across the United States this week, breathing new life into an Occupy Wall Street movement still in i...

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Banks Risk Public Health, Mountains, and Climate by Financing Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Finance, Environment, Banks, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

Although the clean energy economy is gaining steam and our use of coal is declining, Appalachia is still threatened by mountaintop removal coal mining. These attacks on Appalachia's mountains and communities also from the banks that finance these operations.

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Influencing the Networked Global Energy Future

Peter Gardett | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Energy, Energy Industry, Corporations, Finance, Oil, Natural Gas, Business, Global Energy Future, Energy Future, Green House Gas Emissions, Clean Energy, Natural Gas Vehicles, Green News
Peter Gardett

Disputes are inevitable in the new global energy economy, but the resolution of those disputes does not have to repeat the history of oil-influenced wars, embargoes and economic crises.

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Hispanics Must Make Banking & Financial Planning Part of Their American Dream

Glenn Llopis | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Hispanic Heritage, Banking, Cultura, Business, Latino Prosperity, Finance, Center for Hispanic Leadership, Latino Voices News
Glenn Llopis

In their pursuit of the American Dream, Hispanics are failing to protect it. Yes, we may feel confident that we will improve our financial situation over the next year. But what about the following year? And the year after that?

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INET Video Series: Re-Examining Research on Financial Economics

Rob Johnson | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Finance, Economy, Financial Reform, Economic Crisis, Video, Business News
Rob Johnson

2012-04-21-Screenshot20120421at11.47.26AM.jpgIt's clear that financial crises and the volatility created by the instabilities of finance in recent years are an organic and harmful element of our social system.

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Women Make Groups Smarter, But the Gender Disparity Remains

Grace Nasri | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Finance, Findthebest, Female Investors, Business, Workplace Equality, Gender Equality, Gender Equality Workplace, Business News
Grace Nasri

Why do women continue to be under represented in the growing tech industry -- a space that continues to be both founded and funded overwhelmingly by men?

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For He's a Jolly Good Scoundrel

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: American Academy of Arts and Science, Sanford Weill, Wall Street, Finance, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Sandy Weill, Citigroup, Business News
Robert Scheer

George Washington, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Albert Einstein must be rolling in their graves at the news that Sandy Weill, "philanthropist and retired Citigroup Chairman," has joined their ranks at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Hedge Fund Legend's Latest Bet

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, European Debt, John Paulson, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Finance, Short Selling, Video, Business News

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. mortgage market in 2007, has found something new to bet against. P...

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Missing the Greater Good

Ellen Schloemer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Foreclosure, Finance, Consumer Spending, Economy, Center for Responsible Lending, Money News
Ellen Schloemer

Even the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now says mortgage write-downs may make economic sense for the two housing finance giants. All of which begs the question: What if the industry had made these moves sooner?

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Banks Were Too Big To Fail 200 Years Ago, Too

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Wall Street, Financial Sector, Finance, Too Big to Fail, Bank of America, Banks, Banking Crisis, Banking Sector, Citigroup, Business News

If you think American banks are too big to fail now, you should have seen them 200 years ago. Banks dominated the American corporate landscape in 1...

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Tax Tips From Finance Expert Suze Orman

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Taxes, Suze Orman, Filing Your Own Taxes, Tax Season, Finance, Slidepollajax, Women News

Taxes aren’t due this year until Tuesday, April 17. That’s two extra days to get your business in order, but for those of you who are still trying...

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Teaching Entrepreneurship in Inner-City Schools

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Inner City, Education, Business, Finance, Accounting, Education News
Rahilla Zafar

Professor Weigelt of Wharton Business School speaks of the moral obligation elite universities have in helping provide opportunities, role models and improving education in inner-city communities.

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The Presidency of The World Bank and the Third World

José Fernando López | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Finance, International Development, World Bank, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News
José Fernando López

It is difficult to imagine, given the current circumstances, a post where it is more important that the election of the candidate be based on merit. Nevertheless, it probably won't be.

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You Can Learn From a Quiet Trading Floor

Dan Solin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Investing, Stock Market, Commodities Trading, Finance, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Financial Advisors, Video, Business News
Dan Solin

If your image of a trading floor was formed by watching commodities traders huddled together and screaming prices, you would be disappointed by this experience.

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Breaking the Consumer Addiction

Jamie Anne Richardson | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Consumerism, Parenting, Finance, Spending Habits, Paypal, Online Advertising, American Consumerism, Overspending, Facebook, Online Shopping Consumerism, Parents News
Jamie Anne Richardson

The problem is that the ease with which we buy online is now rubbing off on our kids. The era of instant gratification blurs the line between wants and needs.

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Will Obama's Candidate Reinvent the World Bank?

Peter Bosshard | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Green News, International Development, Finance, Health, World Bank, Public Health, International Rivers, World Bank President, World News
Peter Bosshard

Could Jim Yong Kim's presidency offer a chance to reinvent the World Bank? Redirecting the supertanker of multilateral development finance will take more than a change of presidents. The entrenched interests in the Bank's management and board will try to prevent a change of course.

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On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and a Perp Walk Down Memory Lane

Omer Rosen | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs, Finance, Financial Reform, Banking, Greg Smith, Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Business News
Omer Rosen

A year ago I wrote about my shady derivatives dealings during my time at Citigroup. I spent some time in a counterpart of sorts to the Goldman Sachs group Greg Smith recently resigned from, equity derivatives.

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