The Mythical 70s

krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 1 hour ago

Things that didn’t happen.

 
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Sir Mervyn King: stop 'demonising' bankers

telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago

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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Job market gains could lead Fed to taper QE3 early

reuters.com 2 hours ago

(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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BoE's King sends message to successor Carney

news.yahoo.com 2 hours ago

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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Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July, stress-test big banks

news.yahoo.com 2 hours ago

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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Students can't resist distraction for two minutes ... and neither can you

redtape.nbcnews.com 22 hours ago

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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The 5 Richest Countries in the World

fool.com 2 hours ago

These five countries from four different regions have populations that enjoy the benefits of a strong economy.        

 
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An Economics 101 Lesson From Corporate America

fool.com 2 hours ago

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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Post-Buffett Berkshire: Same Question, Same Answer

fool.com 1 hour ago

What will happen when Warren's gone?

 
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Is Your State Bird a Stupid State Bird? What It Should Be Instead.

slate.com 17 May

This article originally appeared in the Birdist...

 
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The Bermuda Triangle Of Economics

zerohedge.com 14 hours ago

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 Wells Fargo Stock Overvalued? Let's Debate (BAC)

fool.com 1 hour ago

Is there any opportunity left in Wells Fargo stock?

 
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"He Is My Secret"

slate.com 10 hours ago

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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It’s Official: Gold Is Now The Most Hated Asset Class

zerohedge.com 12 hours ago

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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A killing in Karachi

economist.com 1 hour ago

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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Old-fashioned Austerity

krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 20 hours ago

Working harder to deal with debt? How silly!

 
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Meet the man who is betting against China

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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Are Advertisers Intruding on Your News Feed? (FB)

fool.com 55 mins ago

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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5 of Last Week's Biggest Losers (CLF, MCP, ONTY, TGB, VELT)

fool.com 3 hours ago

These five companies went the wrong way this past week.

 
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Tesco to battle 'breathtaking' level of food waste

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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Visualizing The Silver Squeeze

zerohedge.com 15 hours ago

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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5 of Last Week's Biggest Winners (ACAD, DANG, INFN, MNKD)

fool.com 3 hours ago

These five companies posted double-digit gains this past week.

 
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Too Many Questions Make This Thursday Mover a Sell - ACAD, AEGR, SNY - Foolish Blogging Network

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Too Many Questions Make This Thursday Mover a Sell        

 
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5 Tech Stocks You Should Have Bought Instead of Facebook | TIME.com

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...

 
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Philip Clarke: Tesco is waging war on food waste, even if it means we sell less

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 - AAPL, DPS, GE - Foolish Blogging Network

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Snag These 3 Stocks for Some Safe Income        

 
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Netflix and Amazon Aim to Cancel Traditional TV (AMZN, NFLX)

fool.com 15 hours ago

Stay tuned to see if they can do it.

 
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Help to Buy puts mortgage market at risk, says King

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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5 Reasons To Buy This Bank - BAC, C, JPM, WFC - Foolish Blogging Network

beta.fool.com 2 hours ago

This big bank is getting stronger every day, and say what you want, their are five solid reasons to buy the stock today.

 
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Where is the Benghazi Cover-Up Republicans Promised Us?

slate.com 16 May

I was told there was going to be a cover-up...

 
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Oil price manipulation 'could have driven up food and household goods prices' as well as petrol

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.

 
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Car? House? Sorry: Graduates of 2013 Are Each $35,200 in Debt

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.

 
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Changing my religion

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....

 
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Bernanke Says Better Days Lie Ahead

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...

 
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