6 Signs That You've Made It To Middle Class

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
yahoo.com - Not so long ago, most people viewed the hallmarks of success as something along the lines of a house, a white picket fence, two weeks vacation, two children and the ability to...
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Fed Seeks Delay of Bank Data Release While Considering Appeal

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
bloomberg.com - The Federal Reserve Board sought to delay the court-ordered release of documents identifying banks that might have failed without the U.S. government bailout while it considers...
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Tally Of Annual Vehicle-Crash-Related Costs is over $99 Billion

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
thecarconnection.com - U.S. traffic crashes cost each licensed driver about $500 annually, and just over a year, the total cost associated with traffic crashes added up to more than $99 billion in...
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How Daimler-Chrysler Stacks Up Against ‘Deals From Hell’

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
wsj.com - In 2005, Robert Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia wrote a book of case studies of deal-making gone bad. The book, titled “Deals From...
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Citigroup Is Cooking the Books

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
foxbusiness.com - A prominent securities analyst says Citibank may be cooking the books by inflating its earnings through an accounting gimmick, FOX Business Network has learned.
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Credit card reform: The other shoe drops

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
moneycentral.msn.com - This should come as no surprise: Credit card interest rates in the second quarter of 2010 were the highest they've been since 2001. Some expect rates to keep rising.
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Morgan Stanley Says Government Defaults Inevitable

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
bloomberg.com - Investors face defaults on government bonds given the burden of aging populations and the difficulty of increasing tax revenue, according to a Morgan Stanley executive director.
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A load of protection

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
chicagotribune.com - All the fuss over who should head the federal government's new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a lot more interesting than the details of what the agency is likely to...
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Alan Simpson under fire for remarks on Social Security

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
cnn.com - An advocacy group is calling for the ouster of former Sen. Alan Simpson, the co-chairman of President Obama's bipartisan debt commission, who described Social Security as a...
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Fresh flight to Swiss franc as Europe's bond strains return

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
telegraph.co.uk - Yields on 10-year Swiss bonds fell to 1.02pc as investors flocked into the ultimate safe-haven asset, now outperforming gold.

No country in the developed world...
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RPT-S&P says U.S. should move to protect AAA-rating

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
reuters.com - The United States government needs to take steps to preserve its top AAA-rating, a Standard & Poor's Ratings (S&P) official told Dow Jones newswire in an interview published on...
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Recovery Act: How Obama's Stimulus Is Changing America

Published on Aug 30, 2010, 03:37:01 am MDT in Finance
time.com - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama's $787 billion stimulus — has been marketed as a jobs bill, and that's how it's been judged. The White...
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