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The Bailouts

Is There a Change In the Weather at Goldman Sachs?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Goldman Sachs, Government Guarantees, The Bailouts, Lord Brian Griffiths, Cit, Financial Crisis, Main Street, Too Big to Fail, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

A news item appeared this week that at least seems to offer reasonable hope that Goldman is beginning to use its good fortune to help remedy the foundering fortunes of Main Street America.

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Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street and the Tolling of the Bell For America's Meritocracy

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Goldman Sachs, Exxon, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Citigroup, The Bailouts, American Meritocracy, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

American capitalism has now become rotten to the core. Gone is the American capitalist impulse's unique sense of fair play and adherence to a level playing field, accessible to all.

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: John Cassidy, Job Losses, The New Yorker, Ronald Reagan, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Fdr-New-Deal, Jobs, News Media, Media, Franklin Roosevelt, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama, Recession, Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Cnn, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Fox News, Unemployment Benefits, Work Projects Administration, Charles Gibson, Banks, NBC News, Layoffs, Msnbc, Bank of America, Aig, Cnbc, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Timothy Geithner, Financial Crisis, The Recession, The Bailouts, Careers, Labor, CBS Evening News, ABC News, Small Business, Economy, Michelle Obama, Capitalism: A Love Story, Media News
Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Frank Rich: C.E.O. Guillotine Won't Do Any Good

The New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: General Motors, Bank Bailouts, Bank of America, Bailouts, The Bailouts, Frank Rich, Rick Wagoner, Bank Bailout, Car Bailout, Politics News

EVEN among pitchfork-bearing populists, there was scant satisfaction when the White House sent the C.E.O. of General Motors to the guillotine. Sure, ...

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Lasting Homeowner Help? Try (Financial) Fishing Lessons

Manisha Thakor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Household Budgets, Saving Money, Personal Debt, Household Debt, Personal Finance, Housing Crisis, Economy, Treasury Department, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, The Bailouts, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Business News
Manisha Thakor

As a nation, we have lost our financial way. Founded in the principles of thrift, frugality, and hard work, our beloved country has morphed into a giant financial couch potato.

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