Profits

Shahien Nasiripour

Trading Profits Up 11 Percent For Banks; JPMorgan Chase Leads The Way

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Occ, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Financial Reform, Wells Fargo, Profits, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Comptroller of the Currency, Financial Crisis, Banks, Paul Volcker, Trading, Wall Street, Citigroup, Glass-Steagall, Business News

Despite controversy surrounding the financial instruments known as derivatives -- and legislation that might finally start to regulate them -- the nat...

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Big Pharma's Crime Spree: Drug Makers Pushing Products For Unapproved Uses

Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Alzheimer's Disease, Unapproved Uses, Doj, Drug Marketers, Criminal Lawsuit, Eli Lilly, Regulation, Fda, The Fed, Lawsuit, Pharma, Nimh, Jama, Department of Justice, Kickbacks, Federal Reserve, Fed, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Warner Lambert, Marketing, Warner-Lambert, Neurontin, Thalidomide, Depression, Bankruptcy, Off-Label Promotion, Zyprexa, Bextra, Suicide, Lilly Pfizer, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Felonies, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Bristol Myers Squibb, Morning Sickness, Drug Regulation, Profits, Health, Drug Sales, Corporate Greed, Atom Strategic Consulting, Birth Defects, Zyvox, Business News

Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Mortgage Bankers Post Huge Profits... Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Junk Fees, Mortgages, Mortgage Bankers Association, Profits, Guy Cecala, Inside Mortgage Finance, Home Buying, Financial Crisis, Refinancing, Home Ownership, Home Mortgage, Business News

Independent mortgage lenders may have hit their high point of the year as they booked an average profit of nearly $1,400 on each loan originated durin...

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Companies Are Gaming The System To Beat Wall Street Expectations

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Earnings, Economic Recovery, Third Quarter, Profits, Companies, Economy, Estimates, Earning Estimates, Wall Street, Income, Recession, Third Quarter Results, Business News

CHICAGO — More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So is busines...

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Arianna Discusses Afghan War And Huge Wall Street Profits On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Troop Levels, Kabul, Obama, Withdrawal, Joe Johns, Gloria Borger, Afghan War, Wall Street Profits, Wall Street, Profits, Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, Afghanistan, More Troops, Ben Stein, Bonuses, Executive Pay, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna appeared on CNN's The Situation Room Monday, along with Gloria Borger, Joe Johns and Ben Stein. She discussed the Afghan War, huge Wall Street...

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Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, White House, Losers, Obama, Business, Legislation, Pharma, Politics, Scorecard, Negotiations, Baucus, Wellpoint, Aetna, Novartis, Pfizer, Health Care, Wall Street, Reid, United Health, Stocks, Merck, Winners, Insurance Industry, Senate, Profits, Health Care Reform, Health Insurers, Dodd, Medicaid, Bill, Medco Health, Politics News

The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Cigna, Stephen Hemsley, Edward Hanway, Health Care for American Now, Hcan, Angela Braly, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Insurance Industry, Profits, Max Baucus, Wellpoint, Karen Ignagni, Ahip, America's Health Insurance Plans, Michael McCallister, Rose Ann DeMoro, California Nurses Association, Richard Kirsch, Nancy Ann DeParle, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Kent Conrad, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News
Peter Dreier

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Dialogue, Public Policy, Social Justice, Debate, Religious Beliefs, Misinformation, Dignity, Abolition, Religious, Biblical, Community, Health-Care Debate, Healing, Biblical Principles, Legislation, America, Civil Rights, Ten Commandments, Moral Values, Insurance Company, Abortion, Profits, Common Good, Principle, Civil Rights Movement, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gospel, Health Care, Politics News
Jim Wallis

There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.

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What South Africa's Water Trial Can Teach Us About Health Care For All

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cholera Outbreak, South Africa, Swine Flu Outbreak, Constitutional Court, Profits, Profit, Swine Flu Pandemic, Water, Health, Swine Flu, Health Care Reform, Privatization, Cholera, Health Care, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Let's hope that the Constitutional Court and the U.S. court of public opinion come to the right conclusion and accept responsibility for essential services.

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Bailed-Out Banks Making Profits -- For Taxpayers

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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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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Building Your Business From the Ground Up or Licensing Your Idea: Which Is Right for You?

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Quality Control, Infrastructure, Smaill Business, Profits, Ground Up Infrastructure, Branding, Marketing, Licensing, Business, Business News
Lynda Resnick

To license, or not to license? Neither option is universally right or wrong. It all depends on which option is the best fit for you.

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Pendulum Swings Against Business, Banks, and Bonuses

Tim Berry | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Aig Bonuses, Economy, Aig, Business, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Big Business, Bailout Bandits, Profits, Bailout, Banks, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, Business News
Tim Berry

Anybody who hasn't been living in a cave knows how bonuses got a bad name: excess and greed in large business. But what those of us in small business, where a bonus is a reward for a job well done?

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This is Wal-Mart's Year, Whether You Like it or Not!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 03.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Walmart, Economic Humor, Small Business, Profits, Humor, Satire, Economy, Wal-Mart, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

This year, encourage people to take a job as a greeter after they shutter their own dreams -- nothing like putting a local face on each of our stores!

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Insurance Industry: "What Do You Expect Us to Do? We Have to Make a Profit!"

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Profits, Health Care for America Now, Health Care, Health, Ahip, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

We know that no matter what language the insurance industry uses, they are fundamentally against health care reform. They are working against the American people, and everyone knows it.

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Are you flawed or fabulous?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Consultants, Forget Perfect, Profits, Flaws, Tom Rath, Lisa Earle McLeod, Strengthfinder, The Full Life, Inner Strength, Business, Gallup, Happiness, Performance, Business News
Lisa Earle McLeod

We all have weaknesses. What are yours? I'm not talking about jiggly thighs or belly flab. I'm talking about all those "needs improvement" areas tha...

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Big Oil Needs to Step Up

Joseph P. Kennedy II | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Oil, Oil Prices, Bill Achtmeyer, Joe Kennedy, Profits, Big Oil, Green News
Joseph P. Kennedy II

Hundreds of renewable energy projects across the country, particularly wind, solar, and hydro, could become economically sustainable with an infusion of investment from Big Oil.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, John McCain, CEO Pay, Wall Street Regulations, Excess CEO Compensation, Lobbyists, CEO Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Corporate Power, Shareholder Value, Shareholder Democracy, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts Fo Rthe Rich, Business Roundtable, Boards of Directors, Profits, Corporate America, Economic Reform, Tax Cuts, Business News
Diane Francis

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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