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In an Undercollateralized World

By Frederick J. Sheehan,  The world is undercollateralized. This is the single most important feature of the 2011 economy. Sixty […]

The bin Laden spending spree decade

Airport screening and border patrol was greatly increased after the Sept. 11 attacks. By Charles Riley   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) […]

Fed considers tighter credit as economy improves

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said last month that the economy is gradually improving and began discussing how it […]

Commodity rally sends stock indexes higher

Francesca Levy and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers, On Wednesday May 18, 2011, 4:58 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) […]

LinkedIn raises IPO ante amid high investor demand

Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 5:55 pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investors are clamoring […]

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

Lower H-P outlook and economic concerns sink Dow

Matthew Craft and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 4:51 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) […]

Homebuilders missing out on economic recovery

erek Kravitz, AP Real Estate Writer, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 5:51 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For homebuilders, it […]

From Buffett to Cohen, How Big Investors Are Betting

From WSJ, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB – News) Inc. took a stake in MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA – News) […]

The Stock Market Is Not the Economy

1. The Stock Market Is Not the Economy Was chatting with Minyanville Professor Conor Sen this morning about the market […]