Paulson To Urge Fed To Police Wall Street
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. plans to call today for the Federal Reserve to be given new, explicit powers to intervene in the workings of W...
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An Overview Of the Current US Economy
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
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Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the Beige Book which provides an excellent overview of current economic conditions. So, let's dig in.
My Conversation with George Soros
Charlie Rose | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
Soros recently spoke with me about the credit crisis and the global fallout from the weakening dollar.
A Small Window
James Berman | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business
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There are only a few moments in an investment lifetime where there is fear so thick and the pricing so low that great riches await those willing to bear the risk of buying. This is one of those times.
Bear-JP Morgan: Do You Really Want Government Dictating Takeout Prices?
Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business
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Read between the lines of the Bear Stearns-JP Morgan story and it seems clear that the parties who insisted on the original $2 deal price were not JP ...
Is The Fed Giving Wall Street A Free Ride?
BusinessWeek | Chris Farrell | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
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Booms and busts are inevitable in a capitalist system. Right now, the Federal Reserve and, belatedly, the U.S. Treasury, are out to avoid facing the t...
A Big Bronx Cheer For Pathetic Bear Stearns
Henry Blodget | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business
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Get ready. Now that Bear Stearns has been forced to run hat in hand to the Fed and whimper that it's "too big to fail," the mewling is about to begin.
Stocks Boom on Fed's Bank Booster
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO and MADLEN READ | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — The Fed promised a $200 billion booster shot for ailing markets _ and Wall Street answered with its biggest bounce in more than five ...
Is The Fed Move Enough To Ease The Credit Crunch?
Reuters | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business
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The U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks teamed up to get hundreds of billions in fresh funds to cash-starved credit markets, allowing financi...
How The Fed Influences Your Life
The Week | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business
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With the economy teetering on recession, the nation's central bank recently took the unprecedented step of lowering interest rates twice in three week...
Banks Change Their Tune
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business
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Banks have moved from a hands-off attitude toward regulation to a plea for Congress to lend a hand.
Stocks End Lower Amid Weak Economic Data
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business
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NEW YORK — The stock market finished with a sharp loss Thursday after bleak readings on the economy heightened investors' fears of recession. Th...
How Low Can We Go?
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 02.06.2008 | Business
It's ironic that while the nation is engaged in the most hopeful, positive political campaign in decades, the financial markets are hawking up phlegm and getting ready for the Big One.
The Fed Finally Got It Right
Ron Insana | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business
The Fed will continue to cut interest rates until the markets are calm, financial institutions can lend again and the economy shows signs of life.
Pressure Mounts For Fed To Make Big Rate Cut
CNN/Money | Paul R. La Monica | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business
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With unemployment rising to 5 percent in December and jobs growth coming in well below forecasts, economists said the Federal Reserve may be forced to...
Fed Increases Lending To Banks
Reuters | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business
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United States banks on average borrowed $4.83 billion a day directly from the Federal Reserve in the week ended Dec. 26, up from $4.62 billion a day t...
FEC To Shut Down Just As Primaries Begin
Washington Post | Matthew Mosk | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics
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The federal agency in charge of policing the torrent of political spending during the upcoming presidential primaries will, for all practical purposes...
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