Submitted by wiselywoven
from YouTube:
Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. Typically celebrated the Friday after Thanksgiving in North America and the next day internationally, in 2008 the dates will be N (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The econo (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The European Central Bank announced its first active step to unwind the stimulus measures it has used to support the financial sector since the global crisis last year. (Read More)
WSJ.com: What's News US:
Many Democrats and Republicans praise Bernanke, but some say the financial crisis requires an overhaul of the Fed's responsibilities and tighter congressional oversight.
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Huffington Post:
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Thursday."Most people who write abou (Read More)
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias:
At the top of Friday’s Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews discovered the reason for President Obama’s political difficulties in recent months: “President Obama has his chin out on just about every hot issue out there....H (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Tian LiThere are 35 normally operating companies in Yushan County, Shangrao, Jiangxi province in China Judging from the data of each month after June, the whole bearing industry in Yushan has gradually stepped out o (Read More)
The Daily Dish:
Surowiecki wants to reform the tax system:A debt-ridden economy is inherently more fragile and more volatile.This doesn’t mean that the tax system caused the financial crisis;after all, the tax breaks have been around for a l (Read More)
The Guardian:
Jean-Claude Trichet said it was time to unwind some of the measures that propped up the banking system during the financial crisisEuropean Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet warned today that banks risk becoming add (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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Wacky Business School Traditions: Including pants-free pub crawls, Olympics, human castles, mustache competitions…. (BusinessWeek)Daily Dose of Snark: The Wall Street Journal Tackles the Important Stuff. (Cityfile)Rising Ren (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
DENVER — At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credit (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
“For better or worse, the more likely culprit for the uptick in market mood swings is the increased popularity of ETFs. As more take bets on sectors and asset classes rather than individual stocks, it has become a market whe (Read More)
WSJ.com: What's News US:
The European Central Bank announced its first active step to unwind the stimulus measures it has used to support the financial sector since the global crisis last year. (Read More)
Submitted by wiselywoven
from YouTube:
http://timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=13802 BRUSSELS - Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's prime minister, has become the first president of the European Council.Van Rompuy, largely unknown outside his native Belgium, wa (Read More)
Intl Business-Business-The Times of India:
The economic downturn has hit the wealthy across the world. But the number of millionaires has actually shown a sharp rise of 8.6% in China over the past one year, an international research firm reported. (Read More)
Financial Times:
Alright, blindingly obvious is a tad harsh. But it surprised us that the proposals for improving mortgage underwriting standards made by John Dugan, US comptroller of the currency, were not already in force.In a speech in Tok (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Friday that the global economy is far from a self-sustainable recovery. "It's too early to say we're beyond the crisis. We're still quite far away fro (Read More)
The Guardian:
Financial crisis beckons as public spending cuts loom and universities face intense competition from overseasUniversities are facing a new funding crisis with looming public spending cuts and intense competition from overseas (Read More)
Huffington Post:
A key and fundamental question was not broached during the fierce interrogation of Treasury Secretary Geithner during Thursday's hearings before Congress' Joint Economic Committee. The contentious subject at hand was the Fed' (Read More)