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Dubai Completes 110 Story Middle Finger!

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Dubai, Bad Loans, Banks, Madoff, Default, Economy, Banking, Banking Crisis, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke, Burg Dubai, Comedy News
Tom Gregory

Visible from space, Dubai has completed construction of the World's largest structure, the 110 story "Burj Dubai Middle Finger Tower."

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Dubai Jitters Pound Stocks

AP | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Dubai, Stock Market, Dubai Debt, Dubai Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Gold prices fell for the first time in 10 days and oil slid as jitters over debt problems in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai drove t...

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Stock Market "Melt Up": Why The Stock Rally Doesn't Necessarily Mean A Recovery

Roben Farzad and Tara Kalwarski | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Stock Market, Financial Crisis, Commercial Real Estate, Recession, Business News

The U.S. economy is coping with alarmingly high double-digit unemployment, a widening commercial real estate bust, and over-indebted consumers. Few th...

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Does "Dr. Doom" Believe His Own Press?

Dan Solin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Jeremy Siegel, Dow Jones, Nouriel Roubini, Recession, Stock Market, Roubini Dr Doom, Business News
Dan Solin

Recently, "Dr. Doom" warned about a coming market correction. Should investors rely on Professor Roubini's crystal ball?

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Why Ron Paul is Wrong

James Altucher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Paulson, Unemployment, Housing, Inflation, Stocks, Ron Paul, Bernanke, Stock Market, Bubble, Obama, Geithner, Housing Bubble, Business News
James Altucher

At the end of the day, don't succumb to populist panic. Capitalism works and is on its way to a recovery if we just sit back and let it happen.

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Stock Market Rebound Raises Red Flags For Economists, Investors

The Washington Post | Martha C. White | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Stock Market Rise, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, Charles E. Schumer, Federal Reserve, Russell 2000, Stock Market, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, Business News

With a close over 10,270 on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average had its best showing of 2009. Like the day a few weeks earlier when it broke the ...

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Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 3 of 7

Alice Schroeder | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Excerpt, Economics, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Business News, Warren Buffett, The Snowball, Books, Alice Schroeder, Business, Books News, Financial Crisis, Books News
Alice Schroeder

Buffett had indeed learned through experience that "when in doubt keep holding"; he said, "I've made most of my money sitting on my ass."

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Investors: Beware the Quackery of Economic Goats, Whitewashers and Charlatans

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Carry-Trade, Unemployment, Jim O'Neill, Finance, Stock Market, Wages, Global Trade, Abby Joseph Cohen, Iceland Financial Crisis, Frederick Mishkin, Short Selling, Bubbles, Business News
Ann Pettifor

Today -- as global trade lies dead, as unemployment rises, as wages and incomes plummet, as US consumption and investment falls -- share prices zoom upwards and commodity prices rock.

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Vatican Confirms: Goldman "Doing God's Work"

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Stock Market, Doing God's Work, The Vatican, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Goldman, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, James Bond, Comedy News
Tom Gregory

L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited hostile takeover.

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Start Of Another 18-Year Bull Market? Don't Get Your Hopes Up

Henry Blodget | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Stock Market, Bull Market, Bear Market, Dow, Business News
Henry Blodget

People are starting to draw comparisons to 1983, the second-year of an amazing 18-year bull market that took the Dow up 10-fold. Could they possibly be right?

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Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Capitalism, Wall Street, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Bernard Madoff, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Corruption, Citibank, Bank Bailout, Stock Market, Corporations, Banking Crisis, Sec, Corporate Greed, Citigroup, Regulation, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Ponzi Scheme, Deregulation, New York, Criminal Justice System, Glass-Steagall, Politics News
David A. Love

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

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Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 2 of 7

Alice Schroeder | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Excerpt, Economics, Books, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Business News, Warren Buffett, Financial Crisis, The Snowball, Alice Schroeder, Business, Books News
Alice Schroeder

Buffett would always love reading newspapers, but his investing was tightly focused on simple businesses that were as close to immortal as possible. Newspapers no longer qualified.

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Selling Panic Could Rock Stocks

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Slowdown, Obama Stock Market, Economic Downturn, Gdp-Growth, Gdp, A. Silver Associates, Stock Market, Stock Market Rebound, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Go figure this crazy market following another bout of schizophrenia. First came terrific Thursday, then wicked Friday, as big money was made and even bigger money was lost.

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25 Best Performing S&P 500 Stocks Since Obama's Election (RANKINGS, CHART)

Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Stock Market, Barack Obama, One Year Later, Best Stocks, Business News

And the winner is... Ford Motors. Of all of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, Ford has shown the biggest leap in value since Presiden...

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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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Short-Selling (VIDEO): Did It Contribute To The Market's Collapse?

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Short-Selling, Stocks, Market Crash, Stock Market, Selling Stocks, Steven Figlewski, Business News

Let's get our bearings here. What is short-selling? NYU Professor of Finance Steven Figlewski can explain: "You sell the stock with the expectation, ...

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While Larry Summers Dreams, You Can Act

Robert Lenzner | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Wall Street, Stock Market, Equities, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Executive Pay, Business News
Robert Lenzner

What can an investor do? For advice, I sat down with Marc Harris of RBC, one of the few large banks that maneuvered a clear course through the economic turmoil.

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This Recession Couldn't Be Any Overer

Ross Hyzer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Economic Recovery, Stock Market, Economy, Recession, Economic Crisis, Comedy News
Ross Hyzer

At first, it looked like the recession was going to be a disaster, but now it's is over, so in the end, all's well that ends well. Right?

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Dow 10,000 - Trick or Treat?

Loral Langemeier | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Market Manipulation, Halloween, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Market, Jim Cramer, Living News
Loral Langemeier

I love Halloween. how often do you get to say "Boo!" without looking the fool? Oh, but wait a minute. If you're the Dow Jones Index, you get to say "Boo! I fooled you" often.

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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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Moral of Insider-Trading Bust: Only Fools Try to Beat the Street

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Stock Market, Business News
Henry Blodget

There's a saying in poker: If you don't know who the patsy is at the table, it's you. Next time you feel like bellying up to the Wall Street poker table, therefore, ask yourself again who the sucker is.

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The Art Market -- One Year Later

Stephanie Adamowicz | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Art Market, Recovery, Frieze Art Fair, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economic Crisis, Contemporary Art, Bear Stearns Collapse, Recession, Fiac, New York News
Stephanie Adamowicz

When the Dow closed above 10,000 points last week and the Frieze art fair opened in London, art market observers were presented with an opportune time to take stock.

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Congressional Campaign Accounts Invested In Stock Market Boosted By Wall Street Bounce

Roll Call | Alex Knott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Market-Surge, Wall Street Surge, Midterm Elections, Wall Street, 2010 Elections, Stock Market, Joe Barton, Spencer Bachus, Congressional Campaign Funding, Campaign Financing, Politics News

The recent surge on Wall Street has created a windfall for some Congressional campaigns that invested their political contributions in the stock marke...

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Jim Cramer's "Call Of A Lifetime," Revisited

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Investing, Stock Market, Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer Call of a Lifetime, Jim Cramer Stock Picks, Business News
Henry Blodget

Jim Cramer's stock "call of a lifetime" came 53 weeks ago, on October 6, 2008. But was it really so wise?

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The Dow and the Down and Out

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Brave New Films, Bernie Sanders, Dow Jones, Economy, Senator Sanders Unfiltered, Unemployment, Stock Market, Business News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

The top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

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