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A Reasonable Case For Regulation

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sec, Lehman Brothers, Financial Services Committee, Regulation, Rating Agencies, Moody's, Fitch, Standard & Poor, Financial Regulation, Jackie Speier, California, Politics News
Rep. Jackie Speier

How would you feel if you discovered that a highly-rated bond received its grade not because the company is strong, but because the rating agency assumed the government would bail the company out?

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Ides of September and October

Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Mark Leibovit, Sam Stovall, VRTrader.Com, Stimulus Package, Standard & Poor, Great Depression, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Interestingly, September -- not as widely thought, October -- produced the single greatest monthly crash on a percentage basis.

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Ratings Agencies, To Blame For Some Of The Crisis, Could Now Benefit

Huffington Post via WSJ | Julie Satow | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Ratings Agencies Scandal, Economy, Moody's Investor Services, Ratings Agencies, Moody's, Standard & Poor, Business News

The Federal Reserve is in the uncomfortable position of rewarding those who helped cause the financial crisis. The government's latest rescue effort ...

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Plan to Take Action in 2009

Suze Orman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Personal Finances, Stocks, Money, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Standard & Poor's, Recession, 2009, Finance Woes, Money Woes, Dow Jones, Stocks Down, Finance, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Recession Fears, The Dow, Financial Planning, New York Stock Exchange, Personal Finance, Standard & Poor, Suze Orman, Suze Orman Oprah, Business News
Suze Orman

I am sorry to say that it is foolish to think that a stimulus package will be an insta-cure. I think it is wiser to to keep in mind that it is going to take years to make this all right.

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More On the Sky Falling

Tim Berry | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Eonomic, Sec, FInancial Markets, Lehman Bros, Moody's, Standard & Poor, Business News
Tim Berry

I'm usually just working on small business, but yesterday, as I went over the Sunday New York Times, I hit upon one piece by Ben Stein that struck a cord.

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S&P Cuts Goldman, Lehman Outlooks

AP | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, S&P, Lehman, Lehman Bros, Standard & Poor, Business News

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Friday it cut its outlook on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., saying volatile marke...

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Stock Prices Drop For Second Straight Day

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Inflation Rate, Consumer Prices, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Inflation, Nasdaq, Intel, Stocks, Standard & Poor, Business News

The Dow Jones industrial average has dropped 52.10 to 12,546.08 in the opening minutes of trading today, after falling 277.04 yesterday. The losses fo...

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E*Trade Sells $3B Mortgage-Backed Securities, Municipal Bonds To Bolster Finances

Bloomberg | Edgar Ortega, Adrian Cox | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Nasdaq Stock Market, Etrade, Etfc, E*Trade, Standard & Poor, Business News

E*Trade Financial Corp., the worst performer in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index last year, sold $3 billion of mortgage-backed securities and municipal...

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Dow, S&P 500 Hit New Records

AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor, Business News

Wall Street advanced sharply Tuesday as investors interpreted minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting as indicating the central bank is ready ...

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Unemployment Edges Up Despite New Jobs

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Wall Street, Standard & Poor, Unemployment Rate, Business News

Fears that the country could slide into a recession eased in September as employers created the most jobs in four months and workers' wages grew solid...

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