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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Recovery Plan, Jobs, Republican Ideas, Investment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Jobs Summit, Obama Jobs Summit, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

How do we fix the job problem? We've got to build a new economy on a strong foundation of basic investment in education and training, in 21st century infrastructure, and in research and development -- all of which have got the short end of the stick in the era of tax cut, squander and plunder conservatism. And we've got to insure that the US is a leader in the new green industrial revolution that will be the growth industry of the future.

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The Danger of Backsliding

Mike Lux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, David Sirota, Offshoring, Economics, Investment, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley, Politics News
Mike Lux

In a political system like ours dominated by big money and the lobbyists that money hires, democracy requires eternal vigilance, even in years when Democrats control of Congress and the White House.

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An In-Depth Look at the GDP Report

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Personal Consumption Expenditures, GDP Report, Imports, Gdp, Investment, Durable Goods, Cash for Clunkers, Consumption, Business News
Hale

The long awaited GDP report is out. Notice it wasn't just durable goods that saw increases: non-durable goods and services also increased. And not by small amounts.

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The New Red Ink Scare

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Strategy, Investment, Deficits, Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Green Jobs, Public Investment, Business News
Robert L. Borosage

We've got a new red scare. Forget Glenn Beck. The fear isn't that America is going red, it's that it is in the red.

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Capitalism Has the Last Laugh (Again)

Robert Zevin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Memo, Investment, 2009, October, Business News
Robert Zevin

As there can be no doubt that we are in a recovery, there can be even less doubt that the steps taken to get us here have been overwhelmingly crafted to benefit the rich and powerful.

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Tips on How to Reframe the Current Economy

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Profiteering, Guidance, Depression, Potential, Opportunity, Tele-Seminars, Money, Economy, What Is Enough, Collaboration, Unlimited Potential, Beliefs, Let Yourself Go, Leverage, Sufficiency, Economic Climate, Jack Canfield, Value, Coaching, Enough, Profit, Investment, Intuition, Awakening Coaching, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Bubble, Real Estate, Customers, Finances, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

When it is easy to make money just by buying a house and waiting, there is not much incentive to look deeper into yourself -- to find out what you were born to give, what your unique talents are.

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Opportunity, Fully Funded

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund, Bill Clinton, Clean Energy, Clinton Global Initiative, Living Cities, Green for All, Investment, Capital Access Program, Green News
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Yesterday, Green For All and Living Cities unveiled the Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund alongside President Clinton, at the closing session of Clinton Global Initiative's Annual Meeting.

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California's Own Bernie Madoff

Jerry Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: California AG, Chais Victims, California, Investment, Madoff, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, Deregulation, Ponzi Scheme, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Stanley Chais, Investor, Los Angeles, Chais Scheme, Business News
Jerry Brown

Some called Beverly Hills financial adviser Stanley Chais an investment wizard, but in reality he was nothing more than a glorified middleman, channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in investors' funds to Bernie Madoff in New York.

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Biotech Beauty or Biotech Beast?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Michael Fonstein, Dirty Bomb, Nuclear Weapons, Investment, Buffalo, Anti-Radiation Drug, Startups, Biotech, Cleveland Biolabs, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Cleveland BioLabs keeps getting more and more government money. Will they ever bring their anti-radiation drug to market?

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Bailed-Out Banks Making Profits -- For Taxpayers

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Bail Out, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Obama, Fannie, Taxpayer, Bush, Government, Deficit, Aig, Bailout, General Motors, Insurance, Interest, Toxic Mortgage, Bank, President Bush, Tarp, Wall St, Gm, Budget, Barack Obama, Invest, Executive Compensation, Chrysler, Profits, Profit, Wall Street, Investment, Chris Weigant, Companies, Return, Investment Firms, Freddie, Banks, George W Bush, Auto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Money wasn't just "given" to Wall Street firms. It bought something of value. And now that the firms (and the market in general) are recovering, they're starting to pay it back. With interest.

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R.I.P. Gatorade (1965-2009): A Senseless Marketing Tragedy

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 08.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Sports, Retail Industry, Marketing Trends, Sales, Retail Sales, Advertising, Investment, Gatorade, Marketing, Retail, Shoppers, Business, TV Advertising, Business News
Sarah O'Leary

In an industry where experts have evangelized "brand equity" since the dawn of the ad man, the loss of Gatorade falls well outside of logic.

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Energy Smart Legislation Off to a Bipartisan Start

A. Siegel | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Jeff Merkley, Energy Efficiency, Investment, Richard Lugar, Energy Efficient, Energy Efficient Homes, Climate Change, Green News
A. Siegel

Those who can afford the upfront costs can afford to be energy inefficient. Those who can't afford the costs of energy inefficiency can't afford the upfront costs.

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Fractured Paradise: Four Days in Haiti

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Yele Haiti, Development, Investment, Social Entrepreneurship, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, World News
Cameron Sinclair

Last week I traveled to Haiti to see if my organization could provide design and building services for a couple of projects. What I found was a country very different from what was reported in the media.

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I Keep on Singing the Same Song

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorneys, Housing Market, Housing Crisis, Profit, Showtunes, Investment, Real Estate, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

I often ask with genuine curiosity how and when some investors are planning to recoup their outlay and turn a profit. In reply I get a shrug and a "who knows?"

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Venture Capital: Innovation, or Big Business in Disguise?

Tim Berry | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Venture Capital, Sbir, Investment, American Small Business, Venture Capitalists, Business News
Tim Berry

Is venture capital new, innovative small business, or just big business disguised?

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Ignore the Scaremongers - Watch out for the Truly Scary

Ann Pettifor | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Job Losses, Debt, Bankruptcy, Consumer Debt, Unemployment, Investment, Banker's Recession, Government Spending, Green Shoots, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Credit Crisis, Borrowing, Interest Rates, James Bond Markets, Business News
Ann Pettifor

Economists and their friends in bond markets are scaremongering in the hope of achieving cuts in government programs, rises in unemployment and lower wages. This is lunacy parading as economics.

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The Financial Industry: Who Can You Trust?

Brian Whetten | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Industry, Financial Crisis, Jack Calhoun, Investment, 12 Investment Myths, Investment Management, Business News
Brian Whetten

A new book by Jack Calhoun exposes the set of myths that cause investors to billions of dollars each year, and shows you who to trust, and who to avoid in the world of finance.

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Green Sector Creates 50% of New Jobs!

Billy Parish | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Greeneconomy, Investment, Waxman-Markey, Green, Ireland, Clean Energy, Waxman, Clean Energy Economy, Invest, Green News
Billy Parish

The recession is the perfect opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to invest and put America back on the path to prosperity.

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It Must SUCK to Graduate Right Now

Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, Youth, Unemployment, Investment, Economic Recession, Youth-Unemployment, Millennial Generation, Job-Training-Programs, Business News
Nathaniel Loewentheil

It's true that everyone is suffering right now, and many people need help. But young people are being hit the hardest.

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Neurofinance: Gaming the Human Brain?

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, U.S. Economy, Economics, Economic Crisis, Stock Market, Economy, Neuromarketing, Mortgage and Banking Crisis, Banking Crisis, Neuroeconomics, Neuroscience, Wall Street Crisis, Investment Strategy Investment Strategies, Stock Market Crash, Trader, Investment, Neurofinance, Analytics, Trading, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
N. E. Marsden

Wall Street has come up with a new twist on "insider trading": brain science. Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance give new meaning to the term "Pandora's Box."

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The Charade Continues at CNBC

Dan Solin | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Investment Advice, Cnbc, Investment, Steve Auth, Jim Cramer, Business News
Dan Solin

Far more insidious than Jim Cramer are the well-dressed, well-educated and well-spoken "experts" who fill up CNBC's time slots and seek to enlighten us with their wisdom.

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Time to Invest....In the Poor

Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Land Titles, Poverty, Investment, Food Crisis, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Villages Project, Food, Food Prices, Local Farmers, World News
Josh Ruxin

At a time when the stock market is providing dizzyingly negative returns, it may be time to look at the conservative but positive returns that can be had by investing in subsistence-level farmers.

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The Last Story About a Failed Financial Institution You'll Ever Have to Read

Tom McNichol | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, WallStreet Crisis, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Bailout, Investment, Business News
Tom McNichol

Why did federal regulators look the other way while The Firm made thousands of risky investments that eventually brought the company to its knees?

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Fat Bucks

Megan Shank | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Weight Watchers, Groupe Danone, Children, Investment, Acupuncture, Shanghai, Nutrition, China, Obesity, Health Affairs, Ephedra, World News
Megan Shank

As China's diet and lifestyle habits change in sync with its newly achieved wealth, more than a quarter of China's adult population has become overweight or obese.

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Alternative Energy Faces New Challenges

Green Inc. | Clifford Krauss | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Investment, Energy Politics, Financial Crisis, Government Policy, Venture Capital, Energy, Energy Business, Energy Economics, Alternative Energy, Green News

For all the support that the presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new ...

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