SF Gate:
Florida banking regulators have shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday (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)
MSNBC.com: News:
U.S. motorists drove more miles for the fourth month in a row, which could indicate that both the economy and demand for gasoline are starting to recover, analysts said. United States - Gasoline - U.S - Recreation - Natural g (Read More)
MSNBC:
THE WEEK AHEAD: Congress is back for another Saturday night health care vote, Obama's first state dinner, Palin's tour continues, plus a special peek inside the First Read Man Cave with a special goateed guest. Happy Thanksgi (Read More)
USATODAY.com Money - Top Stories:
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase ...
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
If the past is another country, Ed Balls has just confiscated the passports of our schoolchildrenEd Balls has announced that primary school history is to be subsumed into an "area of learning" called "historical, geographical (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)
The Daily Reckoning:
What happened yesterday? The Dow sold off 93 points. Investors had been hesitating. There’s supposed to be a recovery going on. But the latest news is unsettling. Housing and employment numbers are weak. What’s going on? Mayb (Read More)
The Daily Reckoning:
Last month, a Hong Kong apartment set a record. It sold for $56.6 million, which works out to $11,350 per square foot – the highest price ever paid for a pad in China. The buyer may have just needed a roof over his head. More (Read More)
The Daily Reckoning:
It’s another sunny day of Indian summer here in Baltimore… here’s some fitting news: The “audit the Fed” bill is alive and kicking.As we reported earlier this month, Ron Paul’s popular proposal of HR 1207 was gutted by Mel Wa (Read More)
The Daily Reckoning:
The expensive stimulus procedure intended to save the economy from its depths has hardly worked. Perhaps it seemed at first like a simple nip and tuck… the rising market has at least made things look a little better.However, (Read More)
Economics RSS:
The Bank of Japan and the Japanese Finance Ministry have embarked on a bizarre public row over the threat of deflation and whether the country’s economy is poised for a recovery or slump. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Mexico's economy was on the mend in the third quarter, with a year-over-year contraction coming in less than anticipated by analysts, as well as growth from the previous quarter. Gross domestic pr (Read More)
Worldfocus:
A banner promoting North Korea’s 150-day economic production campaign in August. Photo: Ben PivenPart 6 of 6 in our Inside the Hermit Kingdom series on the people and culture of North Korea. Worldfocus multimedia producer Ben (Read More)
SF Gate:
Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shor (Read More)
CNN:
Stocks closed lower for the third day in a row Friday as investors remained jittery about the economy and the outlook for the technology sector. (Read More)
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