Daily Kos:
The final bill vote is coming up next. Watch it here. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Update: And here we go.... Unless a lot of people have been lying to the whip and to leadership, (Read More)
Reuters:
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers pledged on Saturday to prepare strategies to end emergency support for their economies, but to keep the aid flowing until recovery was assured (Read More)
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Ray Attrill from Forecast Australia talks about the chances of a single world reserve currency soon, or when he sees this new global currency coming into place. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
We're starting with the Stupak Wire Coat Hanger Amendment. That vote will go for 15 minutes. Then we have the Republican "substitute." George Miller really said everything that needed to be said about their "plan" for refor (Read More)
Calculated Risk:
Brian Wargo writes at the Las Vegas Sun: Construction nears standstill The state bird of Nevada, the construction crane, is on the endangered species list.... there are nine commercial projects of consequence under constructi (Read More)
The Mess That Greenspan Made:
Anyone who has lived in the southwestern part of the U.S. for any length of time over the past few decades will surely appreciate how grave the situation has become for some Americans when considering that the ranks of day la (Read More)
New York Times:
Stimulus spending is a fraught topic, but we may need more of it to prevent a renewed downturn and create badly needed jobs.
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SF Gate:
According to a Las Vegas research firm, the ailing economy should bring commercial construction to a virtual standstill around Las Vegas next year. Applied Analysis says nine major commercial projects are under construction i (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Jury duty means I'm not allowed to speculate. So stand by for rational thinkingEveryone says the recession has ushered in a fashion for the smaller scale. Bicycles not 4x4s, bedsits rather than loft extensions, allotment veg (Read More)
The Guardian:
Nobody benefits more from our emasculated MPs than tax-avoiding plutocrats and bonus banditsLuck rather than a conspiracy explains why the newspaper that broke the expenses scandal is the property of billionaire recluses, who (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Imagine The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko all rolled into one. You don't have to: the FBI has just broken one of the largest-ever insider dealing rings in Wall StreetImagine The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko's Wal (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
It is ironic that when Will Hutton (Comment) points out that the private sector cannot do everything, it is now regarded as controversial, almost counterintuitive.The previous, postwar consensus centred on a mixed economy whe (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Study condemning UK energy strategy set to embarrass government as it prepares to unveil new climate change initiativeBritain's claim to be a world leader in green energy investment has been called into question by an authori (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• Leak reveals cuts of £350m• Business fury over jobs planGordon Brown stands accused today of misleading the public over his much-vaunted plans to help young people through the recession. Leaked documents show the government (Read More)
The Guardian:
Levying a "transaction tax" on the frenzied activities of City traders and their rivals in the world's financial markets is not a new idea, but it may be one whose time has come.American economist James Tobin originally propo (Read More)
The Guardian:
Members of the eurozone were quite right to suspect 'Anglo-Saxon capitalism'It was a somewhat chastened British government which hosted the meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors of that new focus of glob (Read More)
The Guardian:
Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Mumbai will be up there with New York, London and Paris, according to new PwC researchNew York, London and Paris may trip off the tongue as the world's top cities in terms of wealth but over the next 1 (Read More)
The Guardian:
Fifteen years after the genocide that killed a million people, Rwanda's warring tribes have reached a truce. But will it hold? Here, the world's leading writer on Rwanda meets the killers, the survivors, and the man bringing (Read More)
The Age National Headlines:
Climate change negotiations in Copenhagen shouldn't stop Australia designing a scheme that is best suited for the economy, Nick Xenophon says. (Read More)
ETF Trends:
As the U.S. economy starts to show signs of a recovery, the market for mergers and acquisitions has shown signs of life. There are exchange traded funds (ETFs) you can look to as this market heats up even more in the coming y (Read More)