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Kid Dynamite submits: Warning: this post will require you to be able to intelligently ponder philosophical concepts and theories, and perhaps try to forget some assumptions you may already have. I failed in my attempt to ex (Read More)
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JP Morgan's settlement for its role in a disastrous bond offering still leaves the Alabama county facing bankruptcy over its $3 billion in debt. (Read More)
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It's amazing how a simple sentence can impact the way we teach debt to a new generation. A trip to Target turned into a lesson in the way parents talk to their children about finance.4 Tips (http://www.moderntightwad.com). (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
A global tax on banking transactions would curb speculation and the proceeds could break the deadlock on Copenhagen climate talksThe response was predictable. No sooner had Gordon Brown expressed enthusiasm for a global trans (Read More)
National Review Online:
The unemployment rate has hit 10.2 percent. All those laid-off Americans must be wondering why Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein still have jobs.Romer and Bernstein, economic advisers to the Obama administration, warned bac (Read More)
Financial Times:
The European Union’s public debt could rise to 100 per cent of gross domestic product by 2014 unless governments take firm action to restore fiscal discipline, EU finance ministers will be warned. (Read More)
Financial Times:
The owner of jewellers Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland, has almost halved its debt burden through a debt-for-equity swap with lender Landsbanki. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Premier Wen Jiabao promises increased investment while rejecting 'neocolonialism' accusationsChina's premier pledged $10bn (£6bn) in low-interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the continent sorely-need (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
• House of Representatives passes bill by slim margin• Democrat waverers given concession on abortionBarack Obama enjoyed the biggest victory of his presidency so far as he saw the House of Representatives vote in a bill over (Read More)
Neuroanthropology:
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1908-2009Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the true giants of anthropology, passed away this past week on 30 October, just shy of 101 years old. As Maurice Bloch writes, Lévi-Strauss was ‘the last survivor of t (Read More)
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GOODBYE, RUBY TUESDAY? “Not quite. The stock has rebounded to $6.54, and the company has raised money to pay down debt. Even if a sense of imminent doom has passed, however, nobody is yet calling Mr. Beall’s makeover a succ (Read More)
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Nick Gogerty submits: Any business or organization that depends on the charity of others is vulnerable to that charity being withdrawn.The U.S. debt outstanding is just under $12 Trillion dollars.Complete Story ». (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Chancellor insists Obama administration's refusal to back a 'day-to-day financial transaction tax' does not mean an end to plansAlistair Darling today pledged that the Government would step up its fight for a new internationa (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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Jim Chanos hates muni bonds. (Barron’s also A Dash of Insight)The global gold rush is on. (Green Sheet, The Reformed Broker)Are ETFs causing a bubble in emerging markets? (WSJ)Felix Salmon, “Mutual funds are moving away fr (Read More)
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With the advent of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage HECM or reverse mortgages seniors have had an opportunity to take advantage of the equity in their homes In many ways this can be very beneficial Seniors can use the mone (Read More)
The Guardian:
Eliza Lynch was depicted by Brazil as a warmongering manipulator after South America's bloodiest war. Irish authors present a more sympathetic accountWhen Brazil won the bloodiest war in South America's history it cast itself (Read More)
Tip'd / Published News:
My weekly Personal Finance blogger roundup. This week;
Suburban Dollar
Debt Hawk
My Super-Charged Life
Free Money Finance
Adam Baker
Redeeming Riches
and a BankRate article.....4 Tips (http://www.joetaxpayer.com). (Read More)
The Guardian:
Sales of the folding bikes are up more than 25% this year as multicoloured options win younger converts - many of them womenThe Brompton bicycle company is having a fashion moment – well, at least it was until last month when (Read More)