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Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

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Credit Card Companies Gouge HuffPosters

Gabriel Beltrone & Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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Banks capitalizing on taxpayer bailout money from TARP have alarmed their customers by hiking - often doubling, and in some cases even tripling or qua...

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We Need a Rehab Program for Spenders

Don McNay | Posted 02.24.2009 | Business

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The nation's economic system has also gotten addicted to shopping.To turn the economy around, Americans need to find a spender's version of rehab.

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Stocks end lower amid mixed earnings reports

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Wall Street retreated Tuesday after forecasts from DuPont, Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments raised fears that companies' outloo...

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Friday Talking Points [49] -- Before And After The First Debate

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

[UPDATED -- See part 2 in the Talking Points section.] This week's column will be presented in a sort of semi-liveblogging fashion. What you're getti...

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Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

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How The Press Failed Readers On The Changing Credit Card Industry

Columbia Journalism Review | Dean Starkman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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One of the paradoxes of the business press is that while everyone should read it, since we all live in the economy, not everyone does. In fact, most p...

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