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Digital Music and the Free Market

Max Keiser | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Adam Smith, Cartel, Mpaa, Copyright, Riaa, Swedish PIrate Party, Bernanke, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Amiestreet.com, Digital Music, Record Companies, George Soros, Eliot Spitzer, Marketing, Business News

For years, Madonna pretended to be a vamp to make it big. Dupre is an actual hooker scoring big using the indie music site, aimestreet.com, which charges based on user demand.

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The Soros Solution

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Bernanke, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide, George Soros, Business News

I'm a big fan of bailouts. Some believe that the markets should go through the pain of what they have wrought on themselves in order to come out the other side cleaner, stronger, faster. Not me.

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Hedge-Fund Managers Score Biggest Ever Payday

Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: John Griffin, Stephen Mandel Jr, Steven Cohen, Kenneth Griffin, Hedge Fund Salaries, Hedge Funds, Timothy Barakett, Hedge Fund Managers Salaries, George Soros, Hedge Fund Managers, O. Andreas Halvorsen, Alpha Magazine, James Simons, Philip Falcome, Business News

It's a good day to be a hedge fund manager. Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine has just released it's annual ranking of top hedge funds earners...

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Hedge Fund Managers See Billion-Dollar Paydays

New York Times | JENNY ANDERSON | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Money, John Paulson, Hedge Funds, George Soros, Business News

Hedge fund managers, those masters of a secretive, sometimes volatile financial universe, are making money on a scale that once seemed unimaginable, e...

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Soros: Credit Crunch Is "Biggest Financial Crisis Of My Lifetime"

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Reflexivity, Superbubble, Global Economic Collapse, George Soros Retirement, George Soros, Reflexivity, Soros on Crisis, Business News

George Soros will not go quietly. At the age of 77, Mr. Soros, one the world's most successful investors and richest men, leapt out of retirement las...

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Is This The Worst Crisis Ever?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics, George Soros, Stock Market, Recession Fears, Recession, David Rosenberg, Alan Greenspan, Credit Crunch, Bear Market, Credit Markets, Stocks, Financial Crises, Business News

A bear market is only possible if there is a consensus that a financial crisis is significantly worse than ever before. And that is why we are currently in a bear market.

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Is Obama Good For Business?

BusinessWeek | Eamon Javers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Potomac Primary Results, Paul Volcker Barack Obama, Obama Business, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Hillary Clinton, Potomac Primary, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Ubs, Business News

On Sunday, Feb. 10, after he found out he'd won that day's Democratic Presidential primary in Maine, but before his appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes, Se...

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George Soros Bets On Bollywood

Variety | Patrick Frater | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Adlabs Group, Reliance Entertainment, Anil Dirubhai Ambani, Bollywood, Reliance ADAG, George Soros, Indian Movies, Business News

Iconic financier George Soros has paid $100 million for a stake in Indian movies, gaming and Internet conglom Reliance Entertainment. He is picking u...

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Recession Fear and Dollar Loathing in Las Vegas

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, Federal Reserve, Recession, U.S. Economy, Budget Gap, Consumer Debt, Wall Street, George Soros, Business News

The Fed may continue to cut interest rates, but they must be careful not to run out of ammunition. In other words, if the federal funds are lowered beyond a certain point, the ability of the Fed to stimulate the economy comes to an end.

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Soros Pours $2.5 Million Into New Advocacy Group

LA Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Soros Gives to Group, Soros Donations, George Soros, Politics News

Here comes Big George again. Billionaire George Soros is weighing in heavily with more cash, delivering $2.5 million to a new political organization c...

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Dish After Davos: Magic and The Mountains

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Al Gore, Howard Dean, Davos, Dan Quayle, The Magic Mountain, Water Crisis, George Soros, Laura Tyson, Bono, Davos 2008, Wold Economic Forum, Business News

Much like Thomas Mann's main character in The Magic Mountain, written in Davos, I was an "ordinary [wo]man," amongst a sea of world leaders and power brokers. This convergence of knowledge and influence in one place made for some heady observations and encounters.

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Soros: Worst Market Crisis In 60 Years

Financial Times | George Soros | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, US Housing Market, Soros, Weak Dollar, Financial TImes, George Soros, Market Crisis, Business News

The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since th...

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Bon Jovi Entertains A-List Masses On St. Barts' Yacht

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

The real party down in expensive, tony, and apparently cold St. Bart's this year was on December 30th. The location was Microsoft co founder Paul Alle...

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Dem Mega-Donors To Plot '08 Plans

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Fundraisers, Democrats, George Soros, Politics News

The wealthy Democrats and giant organizations that spent $135 million to make John Kerry president in 2004 are reaching into their pockets for another...

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