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Bernanke Approved For 2nd Term As Fed Chairman By Senate Banking Panel

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the nation's central bank for an...

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Bernie Sanders Moves To Block Ben Bernanke's Confirmation

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Irked by the Federal Reserve's bailout of Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Wednesday that he will seek to block the...

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Bernanke Gets Reappointed; Is Kinda Bummed

Duncan Quirk | Posted 09.24.2009 | Comedy

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Bernanke's Net Worth Takes Big Hit

AP | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- If your investments didn't do so well last year, don't feel so bad: neither did Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's. The top U.S. financ...

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Everything Is Not Coming Up Roses

Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

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Plenty of Wall Streeters buy a rosy view, theorizing that this fall will mark the end of the nasty recession and produce a conspicuous economic upswing that will subsequently drive stock prices higher. But skeptics abound.

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Economy Shrank By 5.7 Percent In Q1

Yahoo! Finance | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy sank at a 5.7 percent pace in the first quarter as the brute force of the recession carried over into this year. ...

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Bernanke: Fallout From Credit Collapse Likely To Be `Long-Lasting'

Bloomberg | Craig Torres | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the collapse of U.S. lending will probably cause "long-lasting" damage to home prices, household wealth ...

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Not Another Stimulus Package!

Michael Pento | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business

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Michael Pento

In a very sad sense, there appears to be no true ceiling to the debt ceiling. Congress raised the debt ceiling to $10.6 trillion in July 2008 and is currently proposing an additional $700 billion.

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"Banksters" On Parade

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.09.2009 | Business

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There once were usury laws in this country to limit such shamelessness. I wonder where they went?

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Bernanke Talks Of "Decisive" Action For Economy

Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious eco...

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Bernanke: U.S. Economy Likely To Slow

AP | Martin Crutsinger | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that a host of economic problems, including the severe housing slump, will cause business growth t...

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