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George Soros: Why We Need Another Bretton Woods To Reinvent The Global Financial System

Project Syndicate | George Soros | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Bush Administration, Economy, International Monetary Fund, Bretton Woods, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Obama Administration, China, Business News

NEW YORK -- Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundame...

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Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Uk, India, Bulgaria, France, Middle East, Obama, Spain, Diplomacy, Dc, Merkel, Nato, White House, Poland, Germany, European Council on Foreign Relations, Czech Republic, Cold War, Think Tank, Us, Israel, Fetishization, Afghanistan, Post American, European Union, Eu, Warburg Prize, Foreign Policy, Trans-Atlantic Economic Council, Wwii, State Department, Eu Usa Summit, Special Relationship, Angela Merkel, Europe, China, Soros, George Soros, World News

The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

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George Soros Battles Free Market Zealots With New Fund, Economic Journal: Newsweek

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sir James Mirrlees, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Hyman Minsky, George Akerlof, Robert Johnson, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Michael Spence, Fiscal Policy, Business News

Large swaths of economics are going to have to be rethought on the basis of what's happened." So said Larry Summers, President Obama's chief economic ...

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Soros: Wall Street's Profits Are "Gifts" From The Government

Reuters | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

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Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailout...

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Soros: U.S. Economy Will Be A Drag On World Growth

Reuters | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, George Soros, Economy, World Economy, Business News

Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros said on Thursday that the world's current "currency arrangements" are fraught with danger and tha...

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George Soros To Invest $1 Billion In Clean Energy

Bloomberg | Katherine Burton | Posted 10.11.2009 | Green

Read More: George Soros Bullion Dollars Clean Energy, George Soros, Clean Energy, Green Energy, George Soros Clean Energy, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

Billionaire George Soros, looking to address the "political problem" of climate change, said he will invest $1 billion in clean-energy technology and ...

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Barkin' Barney Frank: Where's the Bite?

Les Leopold | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout, George Soros, Derivatives, Economic Crisis, Barney Frank, Warren Buffett, Financial Crisis, Congress, Financial Regulation, Business News
Les Leopold

It appears that Barney Frank has been lobbied so hard that he is willing to exempt nearly all derivatives from regulation if they are "used for risk management purposes." Come on, Barney!

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Joseph Stiglitz: Investors Are "Irrationally Exuberant" About Recovery

bloomberg.com | Francine Lacqua and Jeremy Torobin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Unemployment, Nouriel Roubini, Joseph Stiglitz, International Monetary Fund, Business News

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said U.S. unemployment will keep rising and should be the focus for policy makers, and gains in the stoc...

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George Soros: Country's Banking System "Basically Bankrupt"

bloomberg.com | Shamim Adam and Francine Lacqua | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Nouriel Roubini, International Monetary Fund, Standard-and-Poors-Ratings, Recession, Michael Geoghegan, Business News

New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini said stock markets may drop and billionaire George Soros warned the "bankrupt" U.S. banking system will ...

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Michael Bennet's Wall Street Ties Bring Him Money, Criticism

The Denver Post | Mike Riley | Posted 10.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Philip Anschutz, U.S. Senate, Andrew Romanoff, Wall Street, George Soros, Senate Banking Committee, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Michael Bennet, Center for Responsive Politics, Senate, Denver News

WASHINGTON -- With a push in Congress to reform regulation over Wall Street, financial firms have been spending big, and among the major beneficiaries...

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Back-to-School Gift Controversy

Aryeh Neier | Posted 09.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Health Care Reform, The Open Society Institute, George Soros, Obama Administration, New York News
Aryeh Neier

It now seems that whatever we do, no matter how benign our intentions, it will make some people very angry.

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Obama White House Doesn't Understand American Interest vs. Corporate Interest

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Corporate Real Estate, Small Business Administration, Bank Recapitalization, George Soros, Citibank, Timothy Geithner, US Economy, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The Obama administration's approach to trying to move the economy forward demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about how corporate behavior works.

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U.S. Economy Has Hit Bottom: George Soros

Yahoo! News | Edward Krudy | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Soros Fund Management, Economy, Recession, Business News

conomy has hit bottom and the current quarter will see positive growth due to the government's stimulus spending, billionaire financier George Soros s...

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George Soros Pledges $5 Million To Bankroll Health Care Push

The Plumline | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard Kirsch, Health Care for America Now, George Soros, Rahm Emanuel, Soros Health Care, Hcan, Health Care Reform, Obama, Obama Health Care, Democrats, Health Care, Jane Hamsher, Health Action, Politics News

In another sign of the urgency gripping the pro-health care reform camp, billionaire George Soros has pledged to sink $5 million into the fight, the g...

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Soros: Obama's Economic Policy Too Much Like Bush

ABC News | ALICE GOMSTYN | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: George Bush, US Economy, Economy, Barack Obama, George Soros, Business News

One of President Barack Obama's most prominent Wall Street backers gives him high marks on just about everything except his approach to Wall Street. ...

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Everything Is Not Coming Up Roses

Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, George Soros, Fdic, Unemployment, Wall Street, Tiger Woods, National Association of Business Economists, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, California-Foreclosures, Great Depression, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Plenty of Wall Streeters buy a rosy view, theorizing that this fall will mark the end of the nasty recession and produce a conspicuous economic upswing that will subsequently drive stock prices higher. But skeptics abound.

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The Wall Street Journal Glosses Over the Pitfalls of Credit Default Swaps

David Fiderer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, George Soros, Financial TImes, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street Journal, Business News
David Fiderer

Credit default swaps are insurance without the normal restraints imposed traditional insurance. Normally, you are not supposed to insure an asset that you do not own.

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Twittering Through American History

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Soros, The Alamo, Titanic, George W. Bush, Twitter, Facebook, OJ Simpson, Cold War, Lsd, Tweet, Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Disco, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, American History, General Custer, Abraham Lincoln, Truman Capote, Neil Simon, Jfk, Fatty Arbuckle, Prohabition, Comedy News
Ben Fractenberg

"The British are coming! OMG! Wake up the militia! Sound the church bells! Update your Facebook status!"

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Soros: China's Influence Will Grow Faster Than Most Expect

Reuters | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Financier George Soros said on Sunday that China's global influence is set to grow faster than most people expect, with its isola...

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Krugman, Roubini, Soros: How To Solve The Financial Crisis

The New York Review of Books | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini, Economic Crisis, Jeff Madrick, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books, Robin Wells, PEN World Voices, Bill Bradley, Business News

Following are excerpts from a symposium on the economic crisis presented by The New York Review of Books and PEN World Voices at the Metropolitan Muse...

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Billionaires Hold Secret Meeting

ABC News | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Philanthropists, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Billionaire Secret Meeting, Ted Turner, David Rockefeller, Business News

Under a cloak of secrecy, some of the world's wealthiest people gathered in an unprecedented meeting early this month in New York City possibly to coo...

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Group Of World's Richest People Hold Secret Meeting In New York

ABC News | RUSSELL GOLDMAN and EILEEN MURPHY | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, America's Richest Secret Meeting, Warren Buffett, Oprah, World's Richest Secret Meeting, Michael Bloomberg, Ted Turner, Business News

Under a cloak of secrecy, some of the world's wealthiest people gathered in an unprecedented meeting early this month in New York City possibly to coo...

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Who Knew? World's Wealthiest Men And Women Hold Private Gathering In New York

New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | Local

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, George Soros, New York, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rockefeller University, New York City, New York New York, New York Billionaires Meet, Local News

There are many fewer American billionaires these days, so one might think those who are left would attract more attention when they moved en masse. Ye...

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Fear and Looting in America: Innovation or Casino Capitalism?

Les Leopold | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, George Soros, National Public Radio, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Regulation, Financial Innovation, Business News
Les Leopold

Banning any derivative product that the average public official can't understand represents a financial innovation with promise.

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Soros: Economic Downslide Easing

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

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BERLIN (Reuters) -- The downward trend in the financial crisis is easing and national economic stimulus packages are starting to work, billionaire inv...

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