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Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up!
Dan Solin | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business
Do I have a deal for you! You are going to party with the big boys: Pension plans. Normally, this investment is only available to them, but we are going to make an exception for you.
One Dozen Governments Will Fall
Anya Kamenetz | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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Global Warming,
Environmentalism,
Sierra Club,
Finance,
Investment Banks,
Presidential Politics,
Climate Change,
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There's such a frustrating gap with global warming between what's available and possible and what we are actually acting on. And the cost of acting is far less than the cost of inaction, even in strict money terms.
Easiest Job on Planet: Bank CEO
Henry Blodget | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
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Bank CEOs,
CEO Pay,
Finance,
Market Crisis,
CEO Bonuses,
Banking,
Financial Crisis,
CEO Compensation,
Fortune Magazine,
Business News
Take the job after an economic downturn, announce "new era" for Your Bank, have PR people place a Fortune cover story about you, and sit in your chair for three years and collect at least $50 million.
See America's Fastest Dying Industries
Forbes | JOSHUA ZUMBRUN and BRIAN WINGFIELD | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
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Dying Industries,
Finance,
Labor Department,
Finanacial Sector,
Bowling,
Housing Downturn,
Apparel Manufacturers,
Housing Crisis,
Newspaper Industry,
Newspapers,
Business News
If you're being affected by the downturn in housing or financial services, hang in there. At some point, those industries will rebound. Others should ...
Tax Time Deliberation: Married or Not?
Sara Whitman | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living
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Taxes,
LGBT Finance,
LGBT Issues,
Irs,
Finance,
Same-Sex Marriage Rights,
Parenting,
HRC,
Financial Planning,
Death,
1040e,
Same-Sex,
Same-Sex Marriage,
Lgbt,
LGBT Rights,
LGBT Couples Taxes,
Living News
As married, heterosexual couples across America pull out their tax forms, same-sex couples are slapped in the face one more time with their second-class citizenship.
Support the Economy, Push the Banks
Neil Grossman | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business
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Finance,
Economics,
Business,
Markets,
U.S. Economy,
Bear Stearns Bailout,
Economy,
Federal Reserve,
Bear Stearns Collapse,
Bear Stearns,
Business News
If I were in the Fed's shoes, I would try to persuade financial institutions to retain employees (actually insist), even at the expense of reducing earnings.
My Conversation with John Snow
Charlie Rose | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business
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Market,
Video,
Subprime Mortgages,
Mortgage,
Credit,
Money,
Finance,
Stock,
Economy,
John Snow,
Charlie Rose,
Business News
John Snow speaks to me about the extent and the causes of the recent market turmoil.
The Destructive Rise of Big Finance
Kevin Phillips | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business
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Manufacturing,
U.S. Economy,
Alan Greenspan,
Finance,
Enron,
Federal Reserve Board,
Recession,
Business News
FDR had Big Business, Reagan had Big Labor, and my guess is that the new president inaugurated next January will have Big Finance.
Why Commodities Will Struggle in 2008
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business
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Speculators,
Commodities,
Finance,
Commodities Market,
Commodity Prices,
Dollar Weakness,
Business News
It seems fair to say that most experts expect elevated volatility to continue in 2008, arising from three factors: monetary policy, fiscal policy and continued weakness in the financials sector.
What's A Millennial To Do?
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business
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Finance,
Journalism,
Business School,
Millenials,
Automotive,
Career Advice,
Media,
Public Relations,
Advertising,
Business News
God created youth for people to do what they wanted to do. When you get a little bit older, life closes in on you and, caught in a variety of strictures produced by our ambitions, desires and needs, we each take on responsibilities that require us to do a bunch of stuff we donÂ’'t wanna.
Terrorists On Wall Street
Harry Fuller | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
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George Bush,
Financial Gurus,
U.S. Economy,
Sec,
Finance,
Fraud,
Bonuses,
Society Security,
401ks,
S&L,
Federal Reserve,
Hedge Funds,
Bailout,
Regulation,
401(K),
Harvard Business School,
MBAs,
Financial Corporations,
Financial Bonuses,
Federal Money Brokers,
Bear Stearns,
Bankruptcy,
Brokerages,
Business News
This is the latest in terror tactics: give me money or I blow my corporation up. The U.S. hasn't been this pathetic since Katrina.
Ask The Ben Bernanke 8-Ball!
236.com | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
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Jpmorgan,
Investment Banks,
Interest Rate,
Finance,
Interest Rate Cut,
Wall Street,
Nasdaq,
Stock Market,
Dow Jones Industrial Average,
Federal Reserve,
U.S. Interest Rate,
Ben Bernanke,
Fed Rate Cut,
Stocks,
236.Com,
Business News
Economic meltdown looms, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is doing what he does best: lowering interest rates. At least, that's what financia...
Fed Cuts Interest Rate By 3/4 Point
Reuters | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
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Investment Banks,
Federal Reserve,
Finance,
Wall Street,
Nasdaq,
Dow Jones Industrial Average,
Stock Market,
Stocks,
Interest Rate,
Interest Rate Cut,
U.S. Interest Rate,
Ben Bernanke,
Fed Rate Cut,
Jpmorgan,
Business News
The Federal Reserve slashed a key U.S. interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point Tuesday, a substantial cut but smaller than many in finan...
From Take Back America - Monday
Dave Johnson | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
I am at the Take Back America conference in Washington DC. One common discussion here at Take Back America is that conservative economic policy chick...
Rogue Finance
Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business
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Subprime Mortgages,
Jerome Kerviel,
Finance,
Subprime Mortgage Crisis,
Socgen,
Societe Generale,
Business News
In finance, appearances count more than facts and SocGen knew that its bad management of the trading floor was a better crisis to publicize than taking a huge hit from the subprime global meltdown.
Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: Bad Advice From HuffPost Investors
Dan Solin | Posted 02.06.2008 | Business
If there was a steady drumbeat advising investors to buy and hold a globally diversified portfolio of index funds, not only would ratings go down, but fees would fall as well.
Deregulation and the Financial Crisis
Robert Weissman | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
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Mortgage Crisis,
Deregulation,
Housing Market,
Subprime Mortgages,
Finance,
Stocks,
Stock Market,
Housing Bubble,
Crisis,
Business News
The current crisis is the predictable (and predicted) result of a massive U.S. housing bubble, which itself can be traced in part to global economic imbalances that could have been prevented.
Bernanke's Message to Americans: Run, Run for Your Lives!
Linda Keenan | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business
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Federal Reserve,
Ben Bernanke,
Subprime Mortgages,
Wall Street,
Finance,
Inflation,
Recession,
Subprime Mortgage Crisis,
Business News
What Bernanke Said: "The virtual shutdown of the subprime mortgage market has reduced the demand for housing." What I Heard: "I'm crapping my pants, you should be, too."
Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman and the Failed CEO Campaign
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
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Mormons,
Shareholders,
George Romney,
Ron Paul,
George W. Bush,
Boston,
Democratic,
Business,
Republican,
Same-Sex Marriage,
Spencer Zwick,
Gay Rights,
Ceos,
Finance,
New Hampshire,
Ebay,
Fernando Ferrer,
Bill Clinton,
Fortune 500,
Michigan,
Michael Bloomberg,
Mitt Romney,
Independent,
Harvard Business School,
Barack Obama,
New York,
Meg Whitman,
Oprah Winfrey,
Ross Perot,
Rudy Giuliani,
Presidential Campaign,
Iowa,
Hillary Clinton,
Mba,
Fundraising,
Bain,
Gay Marriage,
Politics News
Meg Whitman, Romney and their Fortune 500 crowd implied that their success at Bain, eBay, et al, would translate into a winning campaign. This has not happened. At all.
How Will the Recession Impact the Race?
Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
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Hillary Clinton Economy,
John McCain,
Economic Recession,
Finance,
Economy,
Middle Class,
Recession Fears,
2008 Recession,
Obama Economy,
Barack Obama,
Recession,
Politics News
While everyone is talking about "change" and connecting with voters on a personal, emotional level, the tune might turn more practical as the middle class' standard of living continues to decline rapidly.
For Richer, Not for Poorer
Tina Dupuy | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics
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Wedding Industrial Complex,
Marriage,
Ban on Gay Marriages,
Finance,
Dennis Kucinich,
Gay Marriage,
Weddings,
Mike Gravel,
Politics News
It's pretty safe to say that gay marriage is getting more presidential candidate support now than in any other time in our nation's history. There's...
The Fed, The Bored and the The Ugly
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.13.2007 | Business
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Bernanke,
Federal Reserve,
Money,
Credit Crunch,
Innovation,
De-Regulation,
Finance,
Business News
The bored condemn or look to the Fed as their situation gets ugly. What changed and what do you need to know to begin to make sense of all this?
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