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A Better Plan for the Banking System

Alan Schram | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Banks, Business News, Credit Crunch, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Tarp, Japan, Dow, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Take the money earmarked to large, corrupt and failing banks that wretchedly brought us to the precipice, and have the FDIC offer matching capital to anyone setting up a new community bank.

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The Real Problem with CNBC

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Access, Jon Stewart, Cnbc, Jim Cramer, Business News, Wall Street, Pr, Journalism, Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer Video, Media News
Cenk Uygur

CNBC never did any exposés about the enormous risks our financial companies took because they didn't see that as their job. Jim Cramer is the least of the network's problems.

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What the Market is Telling Us Now

Alan Schram | Posted 04.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Stock Market, Business News, Credit Crunch, Dow, Obama, S&P, Bailout, Stimulus, Bush, Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

There is plenty of uncertainty now, but much less risk, because high quality stocks are available at much lower prices, and logically an investment is more attractive and less risky if made at a lower price.

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How Is Green Business Doing Today?

Richard Seireeni | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Economic Recession, Sustainable Business, Economy, Green, Business News, Sustainability, Green Business, Green Products, Business, Recession, Business News
Richard Seireeni

Out with the old. In with the new and the green. Damn the torpedoes. Full green ahead.

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Is the Media Our Best Frenemy Forever?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Business News, Financial Crisis, Cable News, Media News, Time Magazine, Business, Housing Bubble, Media News
Jonathan A. Schein

Only now that the members of the media have seen their own 401ks and home values decline like those of the rest of the citizens in the country, they are broadcasting loud outrage.

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The Obama Revolution

Alan Schram | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Wall Street, Banks, Inflation, Taxes, Business News, Credit Crunch, Debt, Obama, Bank Deposits, Stimulus, Deficit, Tarp, Dow, Financial Crisis, Nationalization, Business News
Alan Schram

The new budget President Obama proposed last week is no less than another American revolution, an economic revolution that changes the very fundamenta...

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More Nightmares Lurk on Street of Dreams

Dan Dorfman | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Mark Leibovit, VRTrader.Com, Stocks, Money, Investment Banks, Bonds, Gold, S&P 500, Arnold Silver, Investing, Housing Slump, Dow Jones, Banking, Financial Crisis, Business News, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Wall Street, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Taking a longer term outlook, Leibovit thinks "we're in for five or six years of hell," with the Dow tumbling to about 2,000. So where should investors put their money? Consider cash and gold.

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"Macromyopia" Part II: Practical Opportunities to Seize in the Downturn

Anthony Tjan | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Macromyopia, Business News
Anthony Tjan

In this downturn, cash may have been promoted from king to God. If you have it, now is a time of opportunity.

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Saving the Banks

Alan Schram | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Jeffrey Sachs, Wall Street, Banks, Business News, Credit Crunch, Bank Deposits, Libor, Saving Money, Geithner, Tarp, S&P 500, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Housing prices have to fall because they have been inflated for years, but they will ultimately reach an economic equilibrium. When that is accomplished, the financial system will recover.

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Guest Post by Jacob Harold -- The Nonprofit Marketplace: Getting Social Impact Bang For Our Philanthropic Bucks

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business Plan, Investment Funds, Overhead, Goals, Open Information, Foundations, Nonprofit Effectiveness, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Nonprofit Information Marketplace, Fundraising, Giving, Impact, The Nature Conservancy, Philanthropic Goals, Intermediary Organizations, Social Impact, Strategy, Rating Nonprofits, Economic Crisis, Philanthropy, Contributions, Jacob Harold, Markets, Donations, Rainforest Action Network, Charity, Nonprofit Marketplace, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Financial Advisors, Economy, Guidestar, Business News
Paul Brest

The nonprofit marketplace doesn't exhibit the single most essential characteristic of a well-functioning market: open exchange of high-quality information that helps people make good decisions.

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Inflation: Why Investing in Yellow Could Save Your Portfolio

Jill Keto | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Grocery Prices, Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Commodities, Family, Economics, Corn, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Groceries, Investing, Video, Wheat, Investing in Yellow, Bailout, Inflation, Finance, Business News, Women in Business, Silver, Personal Finance, Financial Stimulus, Internet Business, Hyperinflation, Tarp, Gold Bullion, Business News
Jill Keto

On TV, you have to boil down answers into the shortest, most concise sound bites. Right now, my favorite sound bite is "Invest in Yellow: Corn, Wheat and Gold."

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Bankers on the Hill

James Warren | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout Testimony, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Bailout Bandits, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Bailout Banker Testimony, Business News, Banking Crisis, Banks, Congressional Hearings, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Politics News
James Warren

Rarely in the rich history of congressional stonings have the victims been so crisply-attired, so contrite, so deferential, and so tolerant of their grandstanding captors.

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Bailed Out Bankers Testify: Live Video, Quotes

Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., Bailout Testimony, Banking Bailout Video, Banking Video, Wall Street Executives Testifying, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Bailout Banker Testimony, Bailout Bandits, CEOs of Bank of America Corp., Business News, Wall Street Banker Testimony, Politics News

The eight chief executives from bailed out Wall Street banks are testifying today before Congress. The CEOS will be quizzed aggressively on how they ...

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We Must Face the Music with Banks

Alan Schram | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Fdic, Wall Street, Banks, Business News, Recession, Money Supply, Obama, Stimulus, Bad Bank, Saving Money, Credit Crunch, Deficit, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Housing Market, Stimulus Package, Housing Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Instead of recapitalizing and subsidizing the foolish and irresponsible banks that got us into this mess, we should let home prices fall to their economic equilibrium.

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Administrative Costs and Overhead

Paul Brest | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Business Plan, Overhead, Goals, Donations, For-Profit Firms, Charity, Foundations, Rating Nonprofits, Nonprofits, General Operating Support, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Administrative Costs, Execute Plan, Public Benefit, Progress, Dan Pallotta, Donors, Giving, Economy, Uncharitable, Business News
Paul Brest

Don't yawn and click on another link -- administrative costs and overhead sound really boring, but they're critically important for nonprofit organizations and also for donors.

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Is Corporate Philanthropy to Philanthropy What Military Music is to Music?

Paul Brest | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Business Plan, Goals, Donations, For-Profit Firms, Charity, Foundations, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Corporate Philanthropy, Execute Plan, Philanthrocapitalism, Giving, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

Most real-world decisions involve tradeoffs, and much corporate philanthropy lies somewhere between pure philanthropy and marketing.

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U.S. Taxpayers and The I.R.S. Qualified Intermediary Program

Gary S. Wolfe | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Taxes, Banks, Irs, Offshore Accounts, Taxpayers, Qualified Intermediary Program, Business News
Gary S. Wolfe

U.S. Prosecutors allege UBS deliberately abused the Qualified Intermediary Program ("QI Program"), selling offshore banking services to U.S. Taxpayers to evade taxes.

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The Implications of Falling Oil Prices

Alan Schram | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Iran, Venezuela, Gold, Business News, Russia, Credit Crunch, Chavez, Oil, Putin, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

While lower oil prices are welcome news for the US consumer and for consumers in other economies that rely on importing oil, the situation is very different around the world.

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Working and Families, Geithner, Mompreneurs, John Thain, Family, Economics, Davos, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Investing, Luxury, Inflation, Finance, Women in Business, Business News, Silver, Personal Finance, Business News
Jill Keto

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Stimulus Plans Don't Work

Alan Schram | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Keynes, Obama, Libor, Stimulus, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Wall Street, Business News, Tax Cuts, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Dow, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Economy, Business News
Alan Schram

Spending is the problem that caused this crisis in the first place. We cannot fix the problem using more of its root cause.

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Family, Economics, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Investing, Inflation, Finance, Business News, Women in Business, Silver, Personal Finance, Internet Business, Business News
Jill Keto

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Family, Economics, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Investing, Inflation, Finance, Business News, Women in Business, Silver, Personal Finance, Internet Business, Business News
Jill Keto

"Charticle" featuring highlights from this week in the Economy. . . hoarding gold, hot recession jobs, and the U.S. Treasuries bubble. ...

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Profit Isn't Everything: Memoirs of a Fictitious Auto Czar

Ralph Gomory | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Wall Street, General Motors, Bailout, Economy, Business News, Financial Crisis, Recession, Labor Unions, Satire, Business News
Ralph Gomory

How well was I qualified to become Auto Czar? Well, that depends on how you look at it. Sometimes ignorance itself can be a qualification.

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The Story of 2008: What Went Wrong?

Alan Schram | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Volatility, Credit Crunch, Libor, Leverage, Recession, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Wall Street, Bear Market, Business News, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Dow, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Bear markets are difficult experiences, but they provide unique prospects. I believe we will look at the present U.S. stock market valuations as perhaps the best investment opportunity of a generation.

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A Wall Street Kind of Scandal on Lexington Ky's Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Waste in Government, Hank Paulson, Cnbc, Bluegrass Airport, Economic Crisis, AIG Bailout, Aig, Main Street, Don McNay, Government Ethics, Sam Cooke, Fox Business Network, Business Ethics, Ethics in Journalism, Wall Street, Airport, Ethics, Bluegrass, Business News, Kentucky, Ben Bernanke, Lexington KY, Citigroup, Fox News, Business News
Don McNay

The Lexington scandal helped me understand why some in the big city media were going easy on the Wall Street mess, while people like me, living in the heartland, are going crazy about their excesses.

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