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Banks' 2008 Stock Options Turning Out To Be Most Lucrative Payouts Ever

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business


Banks cut bonuses last year and shifted more pay into stock and options from cash, a tactic that lawmakers supported for its emphasis on long-term per...

Is Credit Evil?

Don McNay | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business


Don McNay

I've watched many people get in trouble with upside down car loans, second mortgages or high interest rate financing. Credit keeps many people from living within their means. Then a friend told me he was buying a large house.

Corporate Sponsors Won't Stand for Bill O'Reilly's Ambush Journalism

ZP Heller | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media


ZP Heller

Last night, O'Reilly called Think Progress "insects," said Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta was "driving the hate industry," and that blogger Amanda Terkel was "harming a rape victim and her family."

Arthur Delaney

HuffPost Readers Share Credit Card Laments; Banks Blame Economy For Rate Hikes

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Since our call for readers to send their unhappy credit-card stories, woeful tales of hiked rates and reduced limits have struck our inbox like The Bl...

Short-Selling Ban List Expands To Include GM, GE, Others

MarketWatch, Detroit News | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business


The SEC has added more companies to the list of 799 companies that cannot be short-sold temporarily. Included are the following firms, according to Ma...

Profit Falls 42% At Capital One

Bloomberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Capital One Financial Corporation, the credit card issuer, said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 42 percent as more borrowers failed to r...