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Paget Brewster Makes A Post-'Criminal Minds' Move

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Working Class Heroes, Tnt, Vivica A. Fox, Mr Box Office, Matthew Lillard, Gary Busey, Leverage, Tyler James Williams, TV Canada, Paget Brewster, Video, Jon Lovitz, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Bill Belamy, Go On, Nbc, TV News

So long, "Criminal Minds" -- Paget Brewster has superhero duties to attend to. According to Deadline.com, the actress is set to voice one of the m...

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'Dallas,' 'The Closer' Spinoff Get Premiere Dates

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Tnt, The Closer, Tnt Summer 2012 Schedule, The Great Escape, Perception, TV Spoilers, Eric McCormack, Leverage, Falling Skies, Dallas Tnt, TV Canada, Video, Mary McDonnell, Tnt Schedule, Dallas Reboot, Dallas, Major Crimes, Armchair Detective, TV News

Get ready to head back to Southfork ranch: TNT's "Dallas" reboot has been scheduled for the summer! The continuation of the '80s soap starring Larry H...

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Greece and Credit Default Swaps: Bucking the ISDA Cartel

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Credit Default Swaps, Systemic Risk, Leverage, Isda, Greece, Credit Derivatives, Greece Credit Default, Language Arbitrage, Credit Derivatives Market, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

The disputes over credit default swaps on Greece highlight the fact that most participants in the credit derivatives market are at the mercy of ISDA when it comes to interpretation of ISDA's language. The only solution to that is to exercise one's rights.

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15 TV Stars Who've Won Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Pbs, Oscars 2012, Tnt, Jeremy Irons, Academy Awards, Fx, Mary Steenburgen, Downton Abbey, Treme, Academy Awards 2012, NCIS LA, Cbs, Leverage, American Horror Story, Marlee Matlin, Outlaw Country, True Blood, Anna Paquin, Video, Anjelica Houston Smash, Abc, Nbc, NCIS Los Angeles, Dustin Hoffman, Luck, Switched at Birth, Cloris Leachman FOX, Academy Award Winners, Oscar Winners, Hbo, Linda Hunt, Masterpiece, The View, Maggie Smith, Jessica Lange, Tv, Bored to Death, Whoopi Goldberg, TV Canada, Shirley MacLaine, 30 Rock, Kathy Bates, ABC Family, Oscars, Harry's Law, Raising Hope, Melissa Leo, Timothy Hutton, The Borgias, TV News

The Oscars will crown a new crop of Hollywood royalty when the winners are announced during the Sun., Feb. 26 ceremony (8 p.m. EST on ABC); but many p...

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What To Watch This Week

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Fringe, Once Upon a Time, People's Choice Awards, Canada Tv, Face Off, Scouted to Stardom, Dance Moms, Pretty Little Liars, Real Time With Bill Maher, Nikita, Leverage, The Fades, Supernatural, Parenthood, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Castle, Chuck, Video, 30 Rock, One Tree Hill, What to Watch This Week, Saturday Night Live, Hell on Wheels, Ncis, The Mentalist, TV News

Midseason TV is back in full swing, and several fan favorites make their triumphant returns this week. After a long hiatus, "30 Rock" is back with its...

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50 Best Episodes of 2011

BuddyTV | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Leverage, Psych, The Vampire Diaries, The Big Bang Theory, Switched at Birth, The Good Wife, The Office, Revenge, The Killing, Louie, Eureka, Modern Family, Suits, Parks and Recreation, Breaking Bad, Simpsons, Reality-Free, Homeland, New Girl, Grey?S Anatomy, South Park, Justified, House, Life Unexpected, Friday Night Lights, Community, Castle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, How I Met Your Mother, Rescue Me, Doctor Who, TV Canada, Sons of Anarchy, Boss, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Bones, Tv, Chuck, Raising Hope, Teen Wolf, Smallville, Hawaii-Five-0, TV News

The best individual episodes of television that aired in 2011. #50 "Finale," Smallville A fitting end to the superhero drama's 10-year run, Clar...

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What To Watch This Week

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: TV Canada, Doctor Who Christmas Special, Chuck, What to Watch This Week, The Yule Log, Leverage, Reality-Free, TV News

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 "Terra Nova" (8 p.m. ET, Fox) two-hour season finale Thanks to eroding ratings and tepid critical reception, it's possible tha...

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The EU 'Rescue Fund' -- Part Of The Problem, Not The Solution

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Yields, Taiwan, Governance, Economy, Summit, Italy, g20, Leverage, Gdp, Greece, Germany, Voluntary, Bond, Efsf, Imf, Consolidation, Cdo, Financial Stability Fund, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Union, Rance, Special Purpose Investment Vehicle, Eurozone, Writedown, Draghi, Growth, Eu, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Derivative, Haircut, Japan, Rescue Fund, China, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

There is still much to be decided before EU leaders can claim to have provided a comprehensive and credible plan to end the sovereign debt crisis.

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Is an 18,000 Percent Return on Your Investment Possible in Two Weeks?

Sophie Gold | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Residual Income, Leverage, Income Streams, Investment Return, Leveraging Investments, Leveraging Money, Return on Investment, Financial Trading, Business News
Sophie Gold

What can you leverage in your business right now? How can you re-purpose and re-package your products and services? With some thought you will see that you are potentially sitting on a pot of money that you can tap into right now.

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The Lost Profession of Banking

John Fullerton | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Securitization, Infrastructure Bank, JP Morgan, Securities, Public-Banking, Business Climate Conference, Derivatives, Too Big to Fail Banks, Too Big to Fail, Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Banking, Bank of America, Leverage, Bank of North Dakota, Public-Purpose, Business News
John Fullerton

The time has come for an intelligent, independently-governed, public infrastructure bank, ideally partnering with real banks that see their public purpose as a profession, focused on productive lending in the real economy.

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A System That Appears Broken to the World

Robert Lenzner | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Larry Summers, Banks, Europe, Debt Ceiling, Leverage, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Business News
Robert Lenzner

The spectacle of getting to a resolution about raising the debt limit is a farce and detrimental to respect for US economic might everywhere around the globe.

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To Owe or Be Owned -- Depends on How You Tax It

Ruud de Mooij | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Tax Incentives, Debt Bias, Corporate Profits, Financial Crises, Equity, Investment, Tax Avoidance, Interest Deductiblity, Corporate Income Tax, Tax Deduction, Capital Gains, Dividends, Debt Finance, Leverage, Business News
Ruud de Mooij

The corporate tax code in the US creates a significant bias toward debt finance over equity. However we have come to realize that excessive debt is much more costly than we have always thought.

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How To Balance the Budget in One Easy Step

Raymond Griffith | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Taxes, Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Speculation, Derivatives, Stock Market, Tax Revenues, Sales Tax, Leverage, Business News
Raymond Griffith

OK. I am going to start out by admitting that I am not an economist. Like most people, I hadn't heard about derivatives, securities or exotic financia...

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Introducing Leverage Records: A Conversation With Stephen Levinson, Rick Rubin, Michael Goldberg and Isaac Heymann

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Leverage, Tony Bennett, Snoop, Leverage Records, Rick Rubin, Isaac Heymann, Def Jam, Eminem, M.I.A., American, Christina Aguilera, Slumdog Millionaire, Michael Goldberg, 50 Cent, Bow Wow, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

From the teams who brought us Entourage as the labels Def Jam now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television.

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Straight Talk With Tyler Durden: The U.S. Is Free-Falling Into Bankruptcy

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investments, Finance, Commodities, Media, Quadrillion, Debt, U.S., Economic Growth, Leverage, Collateral, Portfolio, Bailout, Bankruptcy, Prices, Fed, Volatility, Alternative Energy, Bonds, Peak Oil, Gold, Growth, Stocks, Credit, Journalism, John Paulson, Silver, Ben Bernanke, Energy, Debt Burden, Economy, Crash, Trichet, Business News
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.

"Straight Talk" features thinking from notable minds that the ChrisMartenson.com audience has indicated it wants to learn more about.  ...

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What Jamie Dimon Won't Tell You

Baseline Scenario | Anat Admati | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Frank Dodd, JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Over-Leveraged, Basel III, Banks, Jamie Dimon, Slideexpand, Leverage, Business News

This post first ran on BaselineScenario. More than a year ago, we published this piece from the Stanford finance expert Anat Admati in which she pr...

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My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 3

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Imperialism, Leverage, Gambling, Truth in Lending, Hyman Minsky, Mortgages, Ameriquest, Subprime, Debt, Mistaken Identity, Michael Hudson, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Chicago School, Financial Fraud, The Monster, Economist, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, The Wealth of Nations, Ponzi Scheme, Reporter, Center for Public Integrity, Adam Smith, Financial Crisis, Business News
Michael W. Hudson

However preordained the financial crisis was, it's remarkable how long its architects kept the game going. They managed to sustain the unsustainable for five years -- roughly from 2002 into late 2006.

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Tea Party Republicans Should Tackle Federal Role in Distorting Markets and Causing Bubbles.

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centcom, Mitch McConnell, Cbo, Social Security, Oil Imports, Jim Demint, John Boehner, Economic Crisis, Leverage, Energy Policy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Rand Paul, Jimmy Carter, Rick Santelli, Medicare, Defense Spending, Tea Party, Free Markets, Politics News
David Paul

It did not take long for the conflicts to emerge as Republicans struggle to make good on their commitments to reduce federal spending. In the wake of ...

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Just Do It--Shaping the New Financial System

José Viñals | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Risk Taking, Cross-Border Exposures, Bank Capital, Global Recovery, Financial Regulatory System, Resolution Mechanisms, Leverage, Financial Stability Contribution, Financial Regulation, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Strong and Sustainable Economic Growth, Financial Supervision, FInancial Markets, Microprudential Regulations, Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, Macroprudential Regulations, Financial Institutions, Business News
José Viñals

Fearful financial markets, an uncertain growth outlook, fiscal anxieties, long unemployment lines....no other financial crisis since the Great Depress...

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WATCH: Why The World Austerity Is 'A Nonsense'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Bailout, Bank Balance Sheets, Banks, Mark Blyth, European Austerity, Leverage, Austerity, Video, Business News

The term "austerity" has become a popular and concise way of describing the various methods of economic belt-tightening being employed throughout Euro...

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Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Exploring the Post-tornado Contours of the Financial System

Laura Kodres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Risk Taking, Multilateral Cooperation | Tagged: Macrofinancial Linkages, Systemic Collapse, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Financial Sector Supervision, Economic Crisis, Imf, Deleveraging, Financial System Risk, Leverage, Financial Sector Reform, Emerging Markets, Financial Regulation, Financial Supervision, Advanced Economies, Banks, Global Financial System, Nonbanks, Systemic Risk, Contagion, Macroprudential Regulation, Financial Crisis, Business News
Laura Kodres

Just as a tornado in Kansas transplanted Dorothy and, her dog, Toto, from familiar comforts to the unknown land of Oz, the global crisis has led many ...

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Four Ways To A Better Financial Reform Bill: David Leonhardt

nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Derivatives, Financial Reform, Senate Financial Reform, David Leonhardt, Wall Street Reform, Consumer Protection Agency, Federal Reserve, Captial Ratios, Leverage, Financial Regulation, Dodd Blll, Business News

So the Obama administration and Congress were smart to avoid the magic bullet trap: the wishful idea that one sweeping solution, like breaking up the ...

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Geithner: Failing Firms Won't Get A Second Chance -- 'We Will Dismember Them'

npr.org | Morning Edition | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NPR Morning Edition, Npr, Treasury Department, Financial Reform Bill, Congress, Financial Reform, Timothy Geithner, Leverage, Financial Institutions, Business News

The finance-reform bill Congress is likely to pass this summer won't eliminate the risk of failure for financial firms, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithne...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Geithner Admits Regulatory Failures, Reiterates Support For Empowering Regulators

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Financial Fix, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Wall Street Reform, Financial Reform, Fcic, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Leverage, Megabanks, Tbtf, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Thomas Hoenig, Too Big to Fail, Citigroup, Video, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve's longest-serving top official reiterated their calls Thursday to rein in the nation's fin...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, National Debt, Deleverage, Default, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Leverage, Financial Regulation, Business News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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