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How Jon Corzine Was Hit By The Housing Crisis

2012-05-29T15:22:27Z

It seems former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine has been hit by the housing crash.

The ex-Governor of New Jersey recently sold his Hoboken penthouse apar...

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Billionaire-Backed Conservative Groups Paint Obama As Wall Street Stooge

2012-05-29T17:34:00Z

WASHINGTON -- The conservative super PAC American Crossroads debuted a new web ad on Tuesday that attacks President Barack Obama for a litany of waste...

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Arianna Huffington: Austerity: 2011's Darling Becomes 2012's Pariah

2012-05-29T16:58:49Z

There's a new scarlet letter in town. Actually, it's the same letter -- "A" -- but it stands for a different word that's increasingly regarded as shameful: Austerity. The darling idea of 2010 and 2011 has become the pariah concept of 2012. And the evidence of profound change is all around, from France and Greece to Germany and -- gasp -- the Republican Party. The change, when it comes to the conventional wisdom on austerity, has come from a combination of public pressure and leadership: one pushing up from below, the other pressing down from above. None of this means that we should break out the Keynesian champagne any time soon. But it's clear the forces of austerity are in retreat. And that's a very good thing.

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Stacey Lawson: Creating Conditions for Small Businesses to Thrive

2012-05-29T13:08:14Z

By investing in our small businesses, we invest in job growth. One of the best ways to help small businesses lift more Americans into the middle class is to remove the economic barriers that are holding small businesses back.

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Mike Lux: Kevin's Gift

2012-05-29T12:05:02Z

A government that would cut support to middle-class families trying to support their disabled children so the wealthy can get more tax breaks would be a government with no decency.

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The 'Very Sluggish' Housing Market Recovery

2012-05-29T09:33:00Z

(Adds details, market reaction, quote) NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices edged higher in March, the second m...

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Paul Szep: The Daily Szep - CEO Salaries

2012-05-29T08:29:09Z

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John R. Talbott: A Bold Plan to Get Americans Working Again

2012-05-29T08:33:46Z

What if the Treasury borrowed $2 trillion dollars in a series of 100 year bond offerings at say 4.5%? Rather than have the government waste the money on unneeded projects or squander it on more bank bailouts, the $2 trillion of proceeds could be distributed to the American people.

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Daniel Cubias: Why Are There So Few Latino Libertarians?

2012-05-29T07:41:11Z

Of course, there are Latino libertarians out there. But in general, talking Hispanics into espousing the Ron Paul agenda is only slightly easier than getting the pope to show up at the Stonewall Inn for a drink.

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Storied Law Firm Files For Bankruptcy

2012-05-28T01:29:00Z

* Dewey expects to wind down in next few months * Struggled for months amid partner defections, heavy debt By Joseph Ax ...

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David Vognar: We Work Too Hard

2012-05-28T16:13:22Z

It would behoove us to remember that slow and steady often wins the race, just as a more balanced approach to work life can be more beneficial than the helter-skelter mindset of our cut-throat labor market.

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The Housing Market May Finally Be Back For Good

2012-05-28T14:59:00Z

By Leah Schnurr and Jilian Mincer NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Kate Carpenter and her husband waited for two years before sensing the ...

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Daniel Dicker: Facebook IPO -- How Wall Street Lost the Retail Investor, Again

2012-05-28T14:16:28Z

All Wall Street needed to do was deliver a fair price -- an honest price -- to the common, middle-class investor. Instead, what they delivered was a shafting of the retail investor to the benefit of their best customers; the venture capitalists, prime brokers and inside institutions.

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Maneet Ahuja: Corporate Raiders or Corporate Redeemers?

2012-05-28T12:11:01Z

Long derided as "corporate raiders" only interested in making a fast buck often to the long-term detriment of their target companies, some recent successful activist investor campaigns have done much to rightfully disprove this long-held misconception.

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Leo W. Gerard: Romney Economics: Cheat Main Street

2012-05-28T09:46:44Z

Bain's handling of Ampad illustrates how the rich extract money from these deals and leave behind wounded workers and Main Street shops.

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Raymond J. Learsy: Sheila Bair as Vice President. Governor Romney, Are You Listening?

2012-05-28T05:51:17Z

Romney is identified hand and fist with Wall Street's interests. Yet it is still early in the campaign. It would be a coup were his campaign to look to that singular personage in government who fought tooth and nail for the interests of everyday America.

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Simon Johnson: The End Of The Euro: A Survivor's Guide

2012-05-27T17:56:53Z

In every economic crisis there comes a moment of clarity. In Europe soon, millions of people will wake up to realize that the euro-as-we-know-it is gone. Economic chaos awaits them -- and the world.

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Obama's Thrifty Claims Prove False

2012-05-26T10:50:00Z

WASHINGTON -- The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpaye...

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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The Leader Of The Future Comes From The Past

2012-05-26T09:04:39Z

f we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. We need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher.

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Romney Argues Big Spending Cuts Would Cause 'Depression,' Contrary To Tea Party Activists

2012-05-25T13:24:02Z

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have, in the course of the past week, pushed starkly different approach...

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Tim Roemer: America's Emerging Economic Reincarnation

2012-05-25T11:41:13Z

Four global forces, as they are leveraged and exploited by American business and political leaders, will help the United States recreate itself and revive into a 21st century economic powerhouse by 2025.

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Schneiderman: Group Tasked With Probing Mortgage Crisis Needs 'More Resources'

2012-05-25T10:56:20Z

When it comes to getting to the bottom of the financial crisis, it seems everyone could use a little bit more help.

A government task force known a...

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Tyson Slocum: With Gas Prices It's 'Heads I Win, Tails You Lose'

2012-05-25T11:04:41Z

You might think that the declining price of gasoline means that we don't have to pay attention to all that talk about oil speculation driving up the price of oil. Right? Wrong.

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Tracy Van Slyke: Obama AWOL as 15.7 Million Homeowners Underwater

2012-05-25T10:32:29Z

Put simply, Wall Street has more than recovered while the American people sink further and further away from economic security.

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William K. Black: Romney Messes Up, Tells the Truth About Austerity

2012-05-25T10:00:00Z

Mitt Romney has periodic breakdowns when asked questions about the economy because he sometimes forgets the need to lie, as happened recently in an interview with Time magazine.

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