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Are Credit Markets Back to Normal?

Alan Schram | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Money Market Funds, Wall Street, TED Spread, Bonds, Business News, Credit Crunch, Libor, Saving Money, Credit Markets, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Credit markets may not be completely healed, but they are in much better shape than they were three months ago.

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CNBC Has Become The Gong Show

Don McNay | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Crisis, Cnbc, Bailouts, Don McNay, Media, The Daily Show, Fox Business Network, Business Journalism, Power Lunch, Jim Cramer, Structured Settlements, Television, Jon Stewart, Business News, Larry Kudlow, Fox News, Kentucky, Gong Show, Peter Frampton, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Jim Rogers, Business News
Don McNay

As a (former) daily viewer, I understood the network's biases but never cared as it usually gave me good information. Now, all they do is yell at me.

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Government vs. Investors, Round One

Alan Schram | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Chrysler, Obama, Uaw, Financial Crisis, Obama Auto Industry, Business News
Alan Schram

A world where the president bristles at contract rights to marshal the huge resources of government in a war against investors is a world where companies will find it very hard to borrow.

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Jason Linkins

"Planet Money" Reporter Paints Elizabeth Warren As Agenda-Driven

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Business Reporting, Media Criticism, Financial Crisis, Planet Money, Business News, Media News

Yesterday, CJR's Ryan Chittum posted a blistering critique of NPR's Adam Davidson's attempt at an interview with TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren on "Pl...

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Jason Linkins

Credit Derivatives Explained: A HuffPost Guide To The Economic Meltdown (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, Economy Explanations, Media Criticism, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Business News, Media News, Business News

On Monday, our own Sam Stein offered readers a glimpse into the past, examining the lawmakers and economists who saw, in the repeal of the Glass-Steag...

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Country and Company: Part II - Aligning Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Adam Smith, Markets, Unemployment, Wall Street, Profit, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Business News, Us Financial Crisis, Shareholder Value, Business, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Without balanced trade productive companies operating in the United States are open to continuing assault from foreign entities advantaged by their governments.

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Stressless Tests: Our Treadmill Of Delusion

Anthony Citrano | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Stress Tests, Banking Bailout, Economy, Stress Test Results, Economic Crisis, Bank Stress Tests, Federal Reserve, US Economy, Breaking Business News, Wall Street, Business News, Banking Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Toxic Assets, Ben Bernanke, Banks Bailout, Business News
Anthony Citrano

The stress tests mostly overlook derivatives -- the $50 trillion elephant in the room -- by effectively letting banks apply their prior calculus in valuing them.

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Four Course Insanity

Anthony Citrano | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Business News, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Breaking Politics News, Michael Milken, Rush Limbaugh, Milken Global Conference, Breaking Political News, Frank Luntz, First 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Obama's First 100 Days, Politics News
Anthony Citrano

At the Milken Institute Global Conference mayor Willie Brown, Congressman Harold Ford, entertainer Rush Limbaugh, and former RNC chair Ed Gillespie all graded Obama's first 100 days.

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Amazon Failure, the Future of the Corporation and "Crisis Communications 101"

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Captive Consumerism, Laermer.com, Business News, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Future of the Company, American Dream, #Amazonfail, Business News
Richard Laermer

Amazon moved gay, lesbian, and transgendered books to their Adult section. They say it was a re-categorization error which would have been a plausible excuse if they corrected it immediately.

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The Folly of Credit Card Regulation

Alan Schram | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Regulation, Free Trade, Elizabeth Warren, Credit Cards, Business News
Alan Schram

Elizabeth Warren, along with other proponents of government restrictions, should put their money where their mouths are, quit their jobs and start a credit card company.

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How We're Wired for Gut Reactions

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 05.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Business News, Living, Green Living, Resilience Psychology, Gut Reaction, Instincts, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Gut reactions, seen in this evolutionary light, are neurologically based behaviors that evolved to ensure that we humans are able to respond in a split second when our survival is at stake.

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Kellermann Autopsy Incomplete

AP | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business

Read More: David Kellermann Freddie Mac, Suicide Freddie Mac, Timothy Geithner David Kellerman, David Kellermann Autopsy, Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac David Kellerman, SEC David Kellermann, Geithner Kellerman Statement, Reston-Virginia, Suicide, Business News, David Kellermann, David Kellermann Suicide, David Kellerman Business News, Suicide David Kellermann, Freddie Mac Suicide, Business News

McLEAN, Va. — Medical examiners have completed an autopsy on a Freddie Mac executive found dead in an apparent suicide, but say a final determin...

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Is Hyper Inflation Coming?

Alan Schram | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Dollar, Deficit, Inflation, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Debasing the currency is the best way to destroy a capitalist system. Unfortunately, the US has plenty of incentive to debase its currency and pay off the debts in cheaper dollars.

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"Punk Marketing" In a Recession

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Creativity, Pop Culture, Business News, Laermer.com, Branding, Recession, Trendiness, Old Advertising, Punk Marketing, Advertising, Business News
Richard Laermer

Chances are things are going to get bad before they get better. This is where you earn your stripes as a marketing pro.

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Isaac Mizrahi on the ROI of 'Real Women'

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Fashion, 33 Million People, Isaac Mizrahi, Juliette Powell, Fashion Trends, Social Media in Business, Social Media, Social Networking, Business Strategies, Business News, Business Social Media, Branding, Style News
Juliette Powell

The man behind the brand, Isaac Mizrahi, actually walks the walk and talks the talk of an effective social media strategy and, more importantly, he seems to be having fun while doing it.

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Jason Linkins

CNN Says 84-Year-Old Woman Fortunate To Be Waiting Tables

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Cnn, Economic Crisis, Business News, Media Criticism, Financial Crisis, Media News

One thing I've tried to make abundantly clear is that this time of great economic storm and stress is exposing just how structurally insufficient the ...

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Don't Turn the Recession into a Depression

Alan Schram | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Interest Rates, Taxes, Housing Bubble, Business News, Federal Reserve, Obama, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Alan Schram

Many compare the current economic crisis to the Great Depression of the 1930's. While their origins were similar, the denouement should not be.

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My Money or Acrimoney

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Private Wealth Management, Business News, Aig, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Clawbacks, Financial Planning, Acrimoney, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Incremental solutions, the nuts and bolts of everyday financial planning, help. Diversify your investments. Tweak your estate plans by funding trusts or opening accounts for your kids.

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Philanthropy by the Numbers

Paul Brest | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Home News, Philanthropy, Ncrp, Foundations, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Nonprofit Sector, Grantmaking, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best, Business News, Non-Profit Foundations, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaking Impact, Living News
Paul Brest

NCRP makes a compelling case for philanthropy's role in addressing poverty and racism as deep systemic and structural problems

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Be Deaf When Someone Says You Can't

Grant Cardone | Posted 04.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sales Training, Motivation Quotes, Positive Thinking, Positive News, Attitude, Sales Books, Positive Attitude, Selling Solutions, Selling, Business News, Grant Cardone, Living News
Grant Cardone

The next time someone starts passing on bad news or freely giving you advice consider this: Be deaf when someone says you cannot do it!

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Economic News: Desperately Seeking Succor

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Durable Goods Sales, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, New-Home Sales, Financial News Coverage, Business News, Existing-Home Sales, Home Sales, Business News
Rick Horowitz

So I say it's time to invest in straws. Let's corner the straw market, and ride the tide of exploding straw demand to riches we've only dreamed about!

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Philanthropy on Another Planet

Paul Brest | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Home News, Non-Profit Foundations, Grantmaking, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaking Impact, Program Related Investments, Philanthropy, Foundations, Nonprofit Sector, Business News, Administrative Costs, Mission Investing, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Ncrp, Payout, Business News
Paul Brest

Although there are good reasons for a foundation to spend down its assets today, there are also legitimate reasons for it to continue its work in perpetuity.

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Bloomberg for Treasury Secretary

Alan Schram | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Buffett, Wall Street, Business News, Bloomberg, Bonuses, Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Financial Crisis, Milken, Greenhill, Business News
Alan Schram

We simply cannot afford to have a distracted, hobbled Treasury Secretary who does not have the trust of markets or members of Congress. Mr. President, call Gracie Mansion.

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Philanthropy at its Somewhat Myopic: Mistaking Means and Ends

Paul Brest | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Home News, General Operating Support, Ncrp, Foundations, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Nonprofit Sector, Grantmaking, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best, Philanthropy, Business News, Project Support, Non-Profit Foundations, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaking Impact, Social Venture Partners, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Independent Sector, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, The Giving Life, Business News
Paul Brest

The most significant of NCRP's grantmaking requirements is that 50 percent of a foundation's grants be for general operating support (GOS) -- unrestricted support for an organization.

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Country and Company: Part I - Divergent Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Citigroup, Markets, Unemployment, Profit, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Economy, Us Financial Crisis, Business News, Shareholder Value, Business, Global Economic Crisis, Adam Smith, Business News
Ralph Gomory

While it is tempting to blame the succession of economic crises on greedy executives, sub-prime mortgage pushers and others of that ilk, it is in fact much more a system problem than a sudden widespread collapse of human nature.

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