The Mythical 70s
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Things that didn’t happen.
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Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing head of the Bank of England, has called for an end of banker bashing saying it’s wrong to “demonise individuals” for the failure of the financial system.
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(Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting.
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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will...
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector,...
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Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. One found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test...
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These five countries from four different regions have populations that enjoy the benefits of a strong economy.
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Supply and demand is the most basic principle in economics, but some companies need to brush up on this principle from time to time.
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What will happen when Warren's gone?
slate.com 17 May
This article originally appeared in the Birdist...
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Excerpted from Jacob Steen's Chronicle blog at Tradingfloor.com , The mystique of the Bermuda Triangle has caught the imagination and interest of generations...
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Is there any opportunity left in Wells Fargo stock?
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In Slate’s Doctor Who TV Club, Mac Rogers discusses the Doctor’s travels via IM every week with the show’s bloggers and fans...
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Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog , Full Court Press Not a day passes without the financial media denouncing gold as an investment option and hailing the bureaucrats...
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THE police in Karachi say they still have an open mind about the murder, late on May 18th, of Zohra Shahid Hussain, a senior politician with the opposition Pakistan...
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Working harder to deal with debt? How silly!
telegraph.co.uk 17 hours ago
Carson Block, the founder of Muddy Waters Research, believes that China’s banks hold more toxic assets than Western peers did ahead of the 2008 financial crash.
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One year after Facebook goes public, the balancing act continues. Can Facebook continue to monetize the news feed without hindering the experience?
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These five companies went the wrong way this past week.
telegraph.co.uk 17 hours ago
The chief executive of Tesco is to launch a major campaign against food waste this week, saying that the scale of the problem is “breathtaking” and that every family wastes £700 a year throwing...
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Despite 'crashes' in the market, the demand for physical silver continues to rise . "Buyers are already outpacing sellers by a stunning 50-to-1 ratio...
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These five companies posted double-digit gains this past week.
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Too Many Questions Make This Thursday Mover a Sell
business.time.com 18 May
Facebook‘s intensely hyped initial public offering one year ago today was supposed to be a triumphant moment for Silicon Valley and Wall Street...
telegraph.co.uk 17 hours ago
The retail giant’s CEO, Philip Clarke, says his company is in a unique position to fight the alarming amount of produce lost or thrown away by customers.
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Snag These 3 Stocks for Some Safe Income
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 16 May
No pain (for you), no gain (for us).
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Stay tuned to see if they can do it.
telegraph.co.uk 17 hours ago
The Governor of the Bank of England has said there is no place for the Government’s flagship scheme to help people on to the first rung of the housing ladder in the “long run”.
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This big bank is getting stronger every day, and say what you want, their are five solid reasons to buy the stock today.
slate.com 16 May
I was told there was going to be a cover-up...
telegraph.co.uk 17 May
Families could have been paying too much for food and everyday household goods if companies are found to have fixed the oil price, the Government has indicated.
business.time.com 17 May
Student debt is creating the most debt-ridden twentysomethings in modern history, and we're all going to pay a price. Here's the best advice from new grads.
economist.com 16 May
Plenty of room for more MUSLIM converts have an image problem. A handful, like Richard Dart, a Dorset native jailed last month, have been implicated in terrorism....
economix.blogs.nytimes.com 23 hours ago
In an address to graduates at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, the Fed chairman says nothing about his day job, but he sketches a world in which competition to produce innovations yields ever-greater...