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Angelides Commission Staff Announced Before Probe Into 2008 Meltdown

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Recovery, Meltdown, Bradley J. Bondi, Investigation, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Thomas L. Krebs, Angelides Commission, Martin Biegelman, Dixie Noonan, Thomas Greene, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Wall Street, Angelides, Politics News

The Angelides commission, convened by Congress to investigate the financial meltdown of 2008, today announced a passel of "senior staff" appointments....

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Meltdown Home Run Hitter on the Future

Diane Francis | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Financial Meltdown, Meltdown, Business News
Diane Francis

CEO Prem Watsa discusess how Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. of Toronto has not only weathered the greatest financial storm since the Depression, but has profited mightily.

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How Not To Be A Horse's A#$%!: 3 Tips For When You Blow A Public Fuse

Debbie Robins | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Joe Wilson Obama, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Meltdown, Serena Williams Us Open, How to Apologize, Joe Wilson, Public Anger, Kick-Ass Advice, Serena Williams, Marilynne Robinson, Peacemaking, Kick-Ass, The Inner Life, Living News
Debbie Robins

It's been a month now since American pop culture witnessed three consecutive bursts of public anger. Serena Williams, wielding her racquet as a weapon at the U.S. Open, kick-started a week in which Kanye West stole the microphone from young, doll-faced Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards, and ended with Congressman Joe Wilson shouting down the President of the United States like a British heckler.

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Reports of Another Stock Market Fall this Fall Exaggerated

Diane Francis | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Crisis, Merrill Lynch, Credit, Stock Market Crash, Wall Street, Lehman Bros., Real Estate Bubble, Meltdown, Banks, Stock Market, Influenza, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

A quick survey of market catastrophes reveals that autumn is not only when the traditional harvest comes in, but also when we reap what we have sown -- whether it's corn or bad economic policy.

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Little Change On Wall St. A Year After Lehman Collapse

New York Times | Alex Berenson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Industry, Wall St, Wall Street, Finance, Economy, Meltdown, Wall Street Meltdown, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Pay, Business News

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the surprise is not how much has changed in the financial industry, but how little....

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China Jitters

Diane Francis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Urumqi, Stock Markets, Urumqi Riots, Meltdown, China, Global Economic Crisis, Economic Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

The Middle Kingdom has taken its place among the world's most important economies, and China is jittery.

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This Is It! World Premiere of Capitalism: A Love Story Tonight

Michael Moore | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Citizens Arrest, Goldman Sachs, Elizabeth Warren, Economy, Chase, Meltdown, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Movie, Unemployment, Bailout, Credit Default Swap, Michael Moore, Jpmorgan, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Stock Market, Wall Street, Bankruptcy, Bank of America, Aig, Sicko, Venice Film Festival, Recommended, Derivative, Merrill Lynch, Baron Hill, Henry Paulson, George W Bush, Marcy Kaptur, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Moore

Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see this year.

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TRAILER: My New Movie Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Citizens Arrest, Goldman Sachs, Elizabeth Warren, Meltdown, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Movie, Housing Crisis, Trailer, Unemployment, Bailout, Michael Moore, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Stock Market, Wall Street, Bankruptcy, Bank of America, Credit Defaiult Swap, Aig, Sicko, Capitalism, Derivative, Merrill Lynch, Baron Hill, Henry Paulson, George W Bush, Marcy Kaptur, Capitalism: A Love Story, Business News
Michael Moore

It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship.

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Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Radio Freakout Remixed Into Heavy Metal Song About Vampires

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Twilight, Glenn Beck, On Air Freakouts, Meltdown, Vampires, Media News

So, did you read about that time that Glenn Beck got a TEENSY BIT PIQUED at a lady who called in to his radio show, forcing him to go to his screechy ...

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Bill O'Reilly Sues Glenn Beck For Meltdown Infringement

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Glenn Beck Video, On-Air-Freakouts, Humor, Satire, Radio, Meltdown, Glenn Beck Fox News, Scream, Fox News, Political Satire, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly Inside Edition, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Call, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Bill O being Bill O, couldn't leave it merely to the lawyers, and chose to confront Glenn on Glenn's television show. Take a look.

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Jason Linkins

Caller Reduces Glenn Beck To High-Pitched Hissy Fit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Glenn Beck, Meltdown, On Air Freakouts, Media News

The nutlog Fox News comedian was doing his radio show today, when he finally got so sick of what some caller was telling him about health care in the Netherlands that he went to his "death metal" place

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Los Angeles Nuclear Meltdown Anniversary

Michael Rose | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Dan Hirsch, Sodium Reactor Experiment, Boeing, Meltdown, Committee to Bridge the Gap, Atomics International, Nuclear Power Accidents, Los Angeles, Nuclear Power, Sre, Green News
Michael Rose

Fifty years ago today Los Angeles experienced the meltdown at the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) that, except for blind luck, didn't become LA's Chernobyl.

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Albany Fallout: Non-Profits

Fran Barrett | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Non-Profits, Albany, Democrats, David Patterson, Meltdown, Republicans, New York News
Fran Barrett

So those of you who work in, or are on the board of, or even have friends who are connected to a nonprofit, let me offer you a few tips to nonprofits seeking member item funding.

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Will Zoe Loefgrin Vote $108 Billion For European Banks While California Goes Bankrupt?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry McNerney, Sam Farr, San Jose, Boondoggle, Meltdown, Campaign, Mike Thompson, Rahm Emanueal, Election, Zoe Lofgren, Cervical Cancer, 2010, California Bankrupt, Doris Matsui, Monterey, Waste, Supplemental, European Toxic Assets, Pork, Mike Honda, Sacramento, European Bankers, Napa, Breaast Cancer, Pleasanton, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?

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Reagan Didn't Do It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Law, Congress, Clinton, Meltdown, Economy, Derivatives, Krugman, Scheer, Obama, Summers, Democrats, Politics, White House, Brooksley Born, Treasury, Rubin, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Wall Street, Republicans, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Ronald Reagan's signing off on legislation easing mortgage requirements back in 1982 pales in comparison to the damage wrought 15 years later.

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Dollar Doomed, Gold Glitters

Diane Francis | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: US Dollar, US Crisis, Global Economy, Falling Dollar, Economic Crisis, Reserve Currency, Meltdown, Washington DC, Us Economic Crisis, Gold, Global Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, China, Business News
Diane Francis

In a G2 world (the US and China), he who is the piper calls the tune and China holds a US$2-trillion mortgage on the U.S. and is not happy.

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Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim

Tent Cities: An American Tradition

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Economic Turndown, Meltdown, Economic Meltdown, Tent City, Tents, Politics News

A couple weeks ago a reader shared word with the Huffington Post of a tent city in Virginia, about an hour outside of D.C., where tons of middle class...

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AIG Plutocrats Pilfer the Public

Diane Francis | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Meltdown, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Larry Summers, Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Counterparties, Credit Default Swaps, Geithner, Wall Street Bailout, Recession, Business News
Diane Francis

What is scandalous is not only the US$165 million in AIG bonuses. It's the US$180 billion which has been shoveled into AIG by taxpayers to date, funds...

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The market bottom? no way Ben

Diane Francis | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Roubini, Economic Crisis, Meltdown, Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Credit Default Swaps, Sucker's Rally, Wall Street Crisis, Recession, Financial Meltdown, Dow, S&P 500, Business News
Diane Francis

Bank stocks had their best week on record last week and early this week as investors bet the bottom had been reached. I don't think so and hope I'm wr...

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Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media

Read More: April Ryan, Aggresive, Meltdown, Emotional, Implict Cognition, Obama, Media, Black, White Male Workers, Race, Ashley Todd, Bush, Msnbc, History, Press Room, Male, Agitated, Conservatives, Envy, Implicit Bias, African Americans, Racism, Masculinity, Whiteness, Meme, Rove, Fear, Carrie Budoff Brown, White House Press Corp, Rush Limbaugh, Irritated, Msm, Black Male, Lou Dobbs, Jonathan Martin, Association, White Male, Cnn, White, Politico, Press Corps, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Fox, Politics, Rnc, Michael Steele, Republican Chair, Media News
Ronald B. Robinson

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

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Obama-Nomics Coming

Diane Francis | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Global Reforms, Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Global Economy, President Obama, Wall Street, Lehman, Economy, Meltdown, Banks, Global Credit Crisis, Obama, Credit Crisis, Market Reforms, Obama's Economic Team, Business News
Diane Francis

Obama-nomics won't merely be the New Deal Part Two. It will have to be executed along with policies hammered out in partnership with the best minds and most enlightened leaders in the world.

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$7 Trillion Meltdown 101: How We Got Here, What to Do Now

Art Levine | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Paulson, Meltdown, Economic Crisis, Auto Industry, Uaw, Bailout, Union, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Art Levine

It's worth it for non-economists to better understand how got into this mess -- and how to get out of it.

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Buy Now: One of World's Best Investors

Diane Francis | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Investments, Economic Crisis, Meltdown, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Bailouts, Common Stocks, Hartford Financial Services, Barack Obama, Berkshire Hathaway, Aig, Wall Street, Rescue, Financial Crisis, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Wall Street Bailout, Business News
Diane Francis

One of the few investors or money mavens who guessed the meltdown was coming is Canada's Prem Watsa, Chair and founder of Fairfax Financial Holdings L...

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America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Ayatollahs, U.S. Economy, Meltdown, Economy, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Global Crisis, Global Rescue Effort, g20, U.S. Recession, Housing Crisis, Fraud, Aig, Iran, Wall Street Crisis, Worldwide Recession, Wall Street, Bailout, Atomic Bombs, u.s. Economy Problems, Real Estate Bubble, Skullduggery, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Tech Bubble, Business News
Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

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Is Mexico the Next Crisis?

Diane Francis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Drug Trafficking, New Crisis, Politics, Instability, Obama Election Day, Crime, Obama Election Victory, Meltdown, Mexico, Felipe Calderone, Mexican Drug Cartels, Business, Barack Obama, Mexican Immigration, Economy, Politics News
Diane Francis

The day of Obama's election, Mexico's second-highest official in charge of other key drug interdiction officials died in a fiery jet crash. This may become the President-elect's first test and crisis.

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