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Fed Plans Interest Rate Hike For This Summer
The Fed's plotting rate hikes, but it's not that simple.
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Three Reasons The United Stock Deal Is Meaningless
When it's done they'll be the world's largest carrier--but is the marketplace all wrong for them regardless of size?
Read →Ben Bernanke himself is saying that interest rates will stay low for the immediate future--but why announce such a move?
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Federal Reserve Talks Interest Rate Hikes
It had to happen eventually, folks, but why now? An interest rate hike would help and hurt a lot of people.
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U.S. Leveling Currency Manipulator Charges on China?
Considering how much cash the US Government owns China, maybe it's a bad idea to be accusing them of manipulating currency exchange rates....
Read →According to a UK-based hedge fund manager, the Healthcare Bill recently passed by the US government shows that the country is in decline. How accurate is this opinion and how do investors protect themselves?
Read →Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is back in the corporate world after being appointed chairman and CEO of MF Global (MF). However, it's not his only position and it seems like he wrote his own employment agreement.
Read →The Chinese currency is 50% undervalued, according to The Economist's Big Mac Index.
Read →Goldman Sachs is finding itself on the wrong end of more and more negative publicity. This time, the world's biggest soccer team Manchester United are taking it out on the firm.
Read →After printing endless amounts of money and growing an unsustainable fiscal deficit, the US economy and inflation outlook is dire. However, it's my opinion that we are not going to see anything like the
Read →The United States Government has made a billion dollar profit by selling warrants in Bank of America to undisclosed investors.
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Bank of America pays Montag $29.9 million
Bank of America, the largest bank by assets in the US, and recipient of a taxpayer funded bailout, has just paid its Head of Global Banking and Markets 4.5 times more than it's CEO.
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Soros: Don't expect Fed to Raise Rates; Yuan to Appreciate
Veteran hedge fund manager George Soros says he does not expect interest rates to rise in the US. He also has some interesting views on the massive growth currenty being experienced in China.
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US Real Estate Slump Recovery in 2011: Buffett
In his annual letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said he expects the real estate slump in the US to improve by 2011. Buffett also has some choice words for CEOs and some penchants of wisdom for the average investor.
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