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Credit Cards or Credit Crash? The Assault on Consumers Continues

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Bank of America, Citibank, Obama Administration, Credit Limits, Comptroller of the Currency, Economic Recovery, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Business News
Georges Ugeux

Banks' behavior demonstrates that their refusal to act responsibly is endless and that they certainly have not learned their lesson. We need a consumer finance agency to protect credit card holders.

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Don't Get Too Excited by Green Shoots, They Might Turn Brown

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Neiman Marcus, Marketing Strategy, Employment, Consumer Spending, Economic Growth, Safeway, Recession, Google, Dow Jones, Business News
Jenny Darroch

As we frantically look for evidence of economic recovery, we need to take care not to mistake all measures as signs that everything is back to normal.

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The Best Risk Reward Proposition

Alan Schram | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Dow Jones, Inflation, Dollar, Business News, Warren Buffett, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, Saving Money, Wal-Mart, S&P 500, Business News
Alan Schram

This will be a different kind of inflationary cycle. The dollar will decline, but Real estate prices will not be going up because few property owners can raise rents right now.

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"Move On Up": An Uplifting Playlist for Dow 10000

David Wild | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Dow Jones, T-Pain, Dow-10000, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Pink Floyd, Lil Wayne, Barbra Streisand, AC/DC, Topol, Entertainment News
David Wild

Prosperity is not simply just around the corner; it's all over this playlist. Here's to sticking around for the rising.

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The Dow and the Down and Out

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Brave New Films, Bernie Sanders, Dow Jones, Economy, Senator Sanders Unfiltered, Unemployment, Stock Market, Business News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

The top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

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Why the Dow is Hitting 10,000 While Everyone Else is Cutting Back

Robert Reich | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Robert Reich, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stock Market, Economy, Cash for Clunkers, Economic Recovery, Health Care, Business News
Robert Reich

Regardless of what you call it -- Keynesianism, socialism, or just pragmatism -- government's expansion is doing wonders for business, especially big business and Wall Street.

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Far Eastern Economic Review To Fold In December

AP | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Dow Jones, Far Eastern Economic Review, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — Dow Jones & Co. will stop publishing the Far Eastern Economic Review in December. The company, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch...

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Wall Street: The President Is Playing the Market

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Michael Wolff, Dow Jones, Lehman Brothers, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Michael Wolff

The president needs the Dow to get to 11,000 over the next year to keep from being routed in the mid-term election.

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News Corp. Looking To Unload Dow Jones Industrial Average

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones for Sale, Stock Market, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones, Business News

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average could get a new name. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that its publisher, Dow Jones & Co., ...

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Market Rally: The Only Question That Matters

Dan Solin | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Stock Market Rally, Job Market, Video, Markets, Housing Market, Dow Jones, Stock Market, Economy, Nasdaq, Market Rally, Business News
Dan Solin

There is only one question that intelligent investors should be asking. You won't find it discussed in the financial media. Your "market beating" broker or advisor is unlikely to focus on it.

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Occam's Razor Can Cut Down the Health Care Lobbyists

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Health Insurance, Electronic Medical Records, Sweden, Jack Abramoff, Cigna, President Obama, OpenSecrets.Org, Catastrophic Health Insurance, Canada, The Health-Care Industry, Aig, General Motors, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, Pharmaceutical Industry, Aetna, Federal Deficit, Occam's Razor, Lobbyists, United Health Group, The National Debt, Cyberounds.com, Peter Orszag, Single Payer, Cookbook Medicine, Single Payer Health Care, Japan, Blue Cross Blue Shield, France, Chrysler, Dow Jones, Great Britain, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Cuba, Holland, Scandanavia, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Private health-insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists are threatening the health and stability of America. Some argue that this is equivalent to crimes against humanity.

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Great Recession: All's Well That Ends Well?

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Michael Wolff, Dow Jones, Obama Socialist, Bank Bonuses, Barack Obama, Recession, Home Sales, Business News
Michael Wolff

So it's almost official. The recession is almost over.

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: It Was the Worst of Times, Leadership, Blue Dog, A Tale of Two Cities, Reform, Dickens, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Rescission, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Press Conference, Pre-Existing Condition, It Was the Best of Times, Health Care, Reid, Dow, August, Bankruptcy, Democrat, Speaker of the House, Nbc, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Mddotw, Speaker Pelosi, Health, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Harry Reid, Vacation, Republicans, Senate, Healthcare, Leader, Most Respected, President Obama, Obama, Democratic, Media, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Insurance, Baucus, Recess, 9000, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, Speaker, Medical Bankruptcy, Chuck Todd, House, Msm, Charles Dickens, Milquetoast, Tale of Two Cities, Sob Story, Mainstream Media, Dow Jones, Chris Weigant, Jon Stewart, Walter Cronkite, Max Baucus, Djia, Dog Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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The 'Idiot' Who Turned Out to Be an Einstein

Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Dow Jones, Recession, Economy, Gary Wollin, Business News
Dan Dorfman

A rebounding economy, veteran money manager Gary Wollin says, is only a matter of time.

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Television News Gleefully Trades Integrity for Access

Josh Nelson | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Mark Sanford, Abc, Politics, Media, David Gregory, David Schuster, Nbc, Griff Jenkins, Wall Street Journal, Political News, Msnbc, Cnn, Dow Jones, George Stephanopoulos, John King, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Media News
Josh Nelson

We have known about the access of evil phenomenon for some time now, but I think this document is the best hard proof of it we've seen yet.

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Summer of '09: 'Grim' and Bear It

Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Finance, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, S&P, Banks, Financial Crisis, Business News
Dan Dorfman

In recent weeks, as the market stalled, investors have gone back on a starvation diet. So what's next? If this past week is any indication, look for a resumption of financial heartburn.

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How Now Schizophrenic Dow?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobless Rate, May, Dow Jones, Retail Sales, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Jobless Claims, Business, New York Stock Exchange, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Oil is going up, interest rates are going up and unemployment will go --- all bad things --- and yet they're not killing the market. One money manager says that means the upward trend remains intact.

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Bad Vibes from the Stars

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Merrill Lynch, Dow Jones, Global Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Astrology and Politics, Planetary-Alignment, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, David Walker, China Economy, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The L-shaped economy that we're in is one which won't get much better and will require an adjustment to lower economic growth and a lower standard of living.

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Common Is Dow Jones (VIDEO)

Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Common Down Jones, Video, Funny or Die, Common, Common Funny or Die, Dow Jones, Comedy News

In this "Dow Jones" parody, the rapper Common plays the eponymous stock market index as a Shaft-like character who will "put you in debt." Props for t...

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Can 'Chewing Gum Rally' Stick?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Dow Jones, Chrysler, Wall Street, Finance, Stock Market, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Hey, maybe I need a new pair of eyeglasses. The last time I looked, the financial scene appeared unmistakably cloudy and ominous. Not so to Wall Street's bulls.

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Bad Time to Search for Paradise

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Rhodes, Economic Downturn, George Soros, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Inflation, Optimism, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Many on Wall Street have basically been pitching happy economic talk since early last year. Well, we're in early 2009 and now the bullish brigade is signaling yet another extension.

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Digging Out

Alan Schram | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Dow Jones, Bailout, Stock Market, Business News
Alan Schram

For the market to go up from here, the news doesn't have to be good. It just has to be not quite as bad as what has already been discounted.

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The Illusion of Value

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Apple, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Toxic Assets, Federal Reserve, Ponzi Scheme, New York Times, Credit Default Swaps, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Journal, Business News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

There is no intrinsic value in words, it's how they are put together and how they are interpreted and whether they are believed. It's the same with the numbers that tell the story of the economy.

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Dow Jones Hanky

buzzfeed.com | Andy Yaco-Mink | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Kerchief, Dow Jones Hanky, Dow Jones Kerchief, Dow Jones, Hanky, Business News

I hear when the gentlemen at AIG laugh so hard that they cry, they use these handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears. Conveniently, they cost less than 1...

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Swimming with the Sharks

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Trim Tabs Investment, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stock Market, Gary Wollin, Jaws, Business News
Dan Dorfman

You've got to be bonkers to swim in shark-infested waters, but it's widely happening -- no, not in the movies, but in real life -- on the financial front.

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