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Analysis - Wall St. set to shrink as jobs cut, bonuses at risk

2011-10-11T13:30:46Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The thousands of protesters camped out in New York's financial district may not see it this way, but these are not the best of times for Wall Street.

Financial sector job cuts so far this year are already running ahead of the total for all of last yea...

Instant view: Jobless claims rise; trade gap narrows

2011-09-08T06:00:15Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, further evidence of a weak labor market just hours before President Barack Obama delivers a major address to Congress on the issue.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed much more than expected in July as strong Latin American demand helped pus...

Markets' Scary Week Fueled by Fear, Not Fundamentals

2011-08-08T10:30:25Z

When emotion rules the markets, watch out.

It's been a scary week, but what scares me more than any stock price or bond spread is masses of investors selling on fear instead of fundamentals.

SEE ALSO: What the Federal Debt Deal Means for You

Yes, the nosedive on Wall Street is troubling. The stock market has accurately foretold eight of t...

Big Firms Prosper as Small Business Struggles

2011-07-28T10:30:24Z

Record corporate profits suggest that the economy should be booming. But small firms — the main engine for job growth — still have it tough, particularly at the bank.

Politics isn’t the only schism in the ...

Bonuses for People on Wall Street? Really?

2010-11-29T14:45:50Z

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The Crash Of 1929 - Could It Happen Again?

2010-11-29T14:44:14Z

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac And The Credit Crisis Of 2008

2010-11-29T14:44:13Z

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Three Secrets to Picking Winning Stocks in This Market

2010-11-29T14:49:23Z

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Analyzing Black Thursday and the causes of the Great Depression

2010-11-29T16:00:50Z

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Top economists: The second Great Depression has arrived

2010-11-29T15:41:29Z

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Trickle-down economics

2010-11-29T15:41:31Z

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Which stocks have the biggest projected return this year?

2010-11-29T15:36:22Z

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Wall street: Conventional wisdom and stock market corrections

2010-11-29T15:36:15Z

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Tips for achieving economic prosperity

2010-11-29T15:37:11Z

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What If Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters?

2010-11-05T07:04:00Z

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Are we becoming more selfish as a society?

2010-11-04T15:04:55Z

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How To Manage Our Personal Finances During Tough Times?

2010-11-29T15:03:20Z

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Solving the global economic crisis

2010-11-04T14:32:56Z

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How to tell if a recession is on the way

2010-11-04T14:26:58Z

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How to develop a financial plan that can profit from a future recession

2010-11-04T14:25:08Z

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Special Report: The haves, the have-nots and the dreamless dead

2010-10-22T05:30:33Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 2007, when the world was on the brink of financial crisis, U.S. income inequality hit its highest mark since 1928, just before the Great Depression.

Coincidence? Maybe not.

Economists are only beginning to study the parallels between th...

Meredith Whitney Watching Wall Street Banks and Layoffs

2010-11-03T03:20:20Z

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Effects of Global Recession - Three Warning Sings of a New Economic Crisis

2010-11-03T03:20:43Z

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Economic crisis, solution!

2010-11-03T00:00:30Z

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99ers Economics - The Plight of America's Long-Term Unemployed

2010-11-03T00:00:17Z

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The Stock Market Chart 1929: What We Can Learn From the Crash and the Great Depression

2010-11-02T18:01:14Z

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Banking Scam Elites Keep Ponzi Schemes Alive at Mainstreet Expense

2010-11-03T00:00:29Z

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Inside The Mind Of A Saturnite 3

2010-11-03T00:00:51Z

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What is A Double Dip Recession?

2010-11-03T00:00:59Z

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Thoughts on President Obama's conference

2010-11-03T00:13:05Z

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Is there Hope For 2010 ?

2010-11-03T00:01:41Z

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The foreclosure Crisis Part II

2010-11-03T00:01:29Z

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Three Network Marketing Strategies That Can Make You More Money In A Recession

2010-11-02T18:11:47Z

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NY personal income falls for 1st time in 70 years

2010-10-13T15:19:38Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recession put a 3.1 percent dent in the personal incomes of New York state residents, who endured their first full-year decline in more than 70 years, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Paychecks or net earnings tumbled 5.4 percent, while dividends, interest and rent slid 8.4 percent, to a grand total of nearly ...

The Shadow Banking System: The Bank Run Basel III Missed

2010-09-27T08:03:15Z

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It's Good to Be King

2010-09-25T14:00:17Z

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Analyst Study on DryShips and Genco Shipping & Trading - Shipping Stocks Trying Their Best to Stay Afloat

2010-09-23T07:32:46Z

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Will the "Donkeys" and "Elephants" Continue to Drive the US Into the Ground?

2010-10-07T09:47:45Z

They say Wall Street is about to CRUSH our net worth. The federal government and the crooked bankers of our country are withholding information from us to keep our economy from rising from the dead.

Many ask the question: "How long will we allow the "donkeys" and "elephants" to continue to stink up our country?

Just this week there were MANY victories from the Tea Party. Will this be the beginning of something new and refreshing for this co...

U.S. Economy: Billionaires Are Also Gloomy

2010-11-02T12:14:08Z

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The current Chinese and global economic problems which are essentially

2010-10-13T15:06:20Z

Now the Chinese economy is facing such problems: mobility management, inflation, real estate regulation, interest rate and consumption, and so on. These problems are like looks, solve one problem will involve other problems, like a while suffering from a variety of diseases, treatment of a disease in which the medicine will add another disease. To solve these problems is the key to resolving speculative. At present, the Central Government for the current economic and social situation awarenes...

Wall Street ends week up, braces for busy trade

2010-09-11T09:15:30Z

Wall Street ended a fairly quiet four-day week with gains as investors expected trade to resume full swing next week with a slew of keenly-watched indicators on the health of the US economy.

This week saw trade moving mostly up as investors' confidence was bolstered by data released Thursday showing a drop in weekly jobless claims and a significant narrowing of the trade deficit.

Labor Day Memories

2010-11-02T12:26:58Z

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What Is a Financial Crisis?

2010-11-05T10:32:17Z

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Flying Blind Into The Double-Dip

2010-11-02T12:26:42Z

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We're Not Going to Double Dip

2010-09-11T12:12:51Z

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All eyes on Fed chief as US economy slows

2010-09-22T14:05:27Z

Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will offer a fresh assessment on Friday of the weakening US economy as the government is expected to slash nearly half of projected growth for the second quarter.

With markets haunted by fears the world's largest economy may slip back into recession, Bernanke's speech on "the economic outlook and the Federal Reserve's pol...

Why We May Already Be In Recession! August 27, 2010

2010-10-05T21:47:24Z

Being Street Smart

Sy Harding

Why We May Already Be In Recession! August 27, 2010.

First let's look at the trend.

After an unusual four straight quarters of negative growth in the severe 2008-2009 recession, the recession ended in the September quarter of last year when GDP managed fragile growth of 1.6% for the quarter, and then improved to 5.0% growth in the December quarter.

It was understood that much of...

How Did State Owned Banks Get Into This Mess?

2010-09-11T17:58:12Z

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Wall Street ends week with sharp drops and gloom

2010-09-15T14:39:42Z

Wall Street ended its weekly trade with sharp losses as fears of a second-dip recession struck traders' hearts after negative data suggested a bleak outlook for the world's biggest economy.

Friday's trade locked four days of straight losses fueled by the Federal Reserve's decision on Tuesday to revive crisis-era stimulus spending to prop up the ailing

Small-Caps Outperform Coming Out of Recessions

2010-11-02T12:10:52Z

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Obama signs sweeping Wall Street overhaul into law

2010-07-21T09:30:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression and vowed there will be no more taxpayer-funded bailouts for Wall Street.

"Because ...

Is Campbell Soup Hot Or Cold? (CPB, GIS, K, HNZ, SLE, KFT)

2010-09-11T04:07:45Z

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Family Dollar Shows Its Strength (FDO, COST, DLTR, NDN, BIG

2010-09-11T03:31:28Z

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GE, BofA Drop Premarket; Futures Edge Up

2010-11-02T13:33:37Z

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Recession Feelings vs. Facts

2010-11-02T12:18:04Z

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Why Is Wall Street Hiring?

2010-09-10T12:19:53Z

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Will stocks keep rising? Profit reports may tell

2010-07-11T12:15:11Z

Stocks jump most in year, and bulls say it's just the start. What to watch in earnings reports

Investors cast aside worries of another recession last week and bought stocks by the bucketful. This week brings hard evidence of whether they were right.

A new earnings reporting season kicks off Monday with Alcoa Inc., followed by dozens of other companies over the next few days. A question on everyone's lips: W...

White House says changes to Fannie Freddie on deck

2010-07-11T09:00:10Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans should not use problems at mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as an excuse to vote against sweeping changes to the rules of Wal...

History will repeat itself

2010-11-02T15:18:58Z

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The New Depression

2010-11-02T15:13:24Z

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Could this Economic Crisis have been Avoided?

2010-09-10T21:06:55Z

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Obama: Republicans "out of touch" over bank reform

2010-06-30T15:32:07Z

RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama launched a broad attack against Republican lawmakers on Wednesday, calling them out of touch with ordinary Americans for opposing Wall Street reform and siding with Big Oil.

Obama used a campaign-style ...

Panel examines role of derivatives in crisis

2010-06-29T21:30:08Z

Derivatives, 2 financial giants and their dance: Crisis panel examines roles of AIG, Goldman

The complex instruments at the heart of the financial meltdown, and the way two giant companies were wrapped around them and entwined with each other, are being examined by the special panel investigating the origins of the economic crisis.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry C...

Friday's Employment Report Should Bring Some Clarity

2010-11-02T12:06:27Z

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In Defense of Hank Paulson

2010-09-10T11:48:54Z

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European stocks recover, euro dips

2010-09-22T12:59:09Z

European stock markets rebounded on Wednesday and the euro dipped against the dollar as investors digested mixed signals on the strength of the global economy.

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.20 percent in late morning deals, Frankfurt gaine...

Another Reason for States to Own Their Own Banks

2010-10-27T08:55:05Z

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Bailouts Didn't Save The World

2010-10-27T08:53:10Z

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Economic gains may not mean votes for Democrats

2010-05-26T09:18:09Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has begun to rebound from a long recession, but Democrats could struggle to reap the rewards in November's congressional elections given persistently high unemployment and a gloomy voter mood.

Opinion polls show that Americans are still deeply worr...

Landmark overhauls may not help Democrats at polls

2010-05-24T04:16:03Z

Financial overhaul is Obama's latest win, but Americans remain sour on the tepid economy

Anxious and angry, Americans are not in a congratulatory mood. That's bad news for President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.

After winning a landmark health care overhaul earlier this year, Obama now stands on the brink of seeing Congress approve the most far-reaching overhaul of

Obama's big wins on bills may not help Democrats

2010-05-24T01:00:12Z

Financial overhaul bill gives Obama another big win on Hill, but may not help Dems in November

Anxious and angry, Americans are not in a congratulatory mood. That's bad news for President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.

After winning a landmark health care overhaul earlier this year, Obama now stands on the brink of seeing Congress approve the most far-reaching overhaul of

Chapter Two

2010-10-27T06:46:17Z

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The Senate's 'Faux' Financial Reform Bill

2010-10-27T06:39:08Z

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Obama pushes passage of Wall Street reform bill

2010-05-15T03:15:18Z

Obama says financial overhaul bill under debate in the Senate would protect Americans

President Barack Obama pushed on Saturday for passage of a financial overhaul bill being debated on Capitol Hill, saying it would empower consumers and bring back-room investment deals "into the light of day."

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said t...

Unfavorable Economic Reports Not Hard to Believe

2010-10-27T06:37:33Z

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Morgan Stanley shares drop on reported probe

2010-05-13T10:17:07Z

Morgan Stanley shares fall as it reportedly faces probe into sales of mortgage securities

Fears of a growing investigation of Wall Street banks sent Morgan Stanley's stock falling Wednesday even as the company said it knew nothing about a reported inquiry into its mortgage securities trading.

New technologies will lead the economy out of its difficulties

Please read Part 1 of the interview.

David Knox Barker is one of the leading authorities on the economic long wave, otherwise known as the Kondratieff Wave (a.k.a. “K Wave”). Barker has had an impressive career both as a financial market writer and long wave analyst, as well as being an entrepreneur in the field of emerging nanotechnology. Back in the late 1980s and &a...

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

2010-10-25T14:25:52Z

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SEC asks others if used Lehman accounting gimmick

2010-10-13T15:01:03Z

SEC asks biggest financial firms for information on repo agreements in wake of Lehman disaster

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking the biggest U.S. financial institutions for information on their use of a specific accounting device, as regulators investigate

Chinese painting fetches record 3 million dollars in US

2010-03-23T14:16:46Z

A classical Chinese painting fetched a record price in the United States of nearly three million dollars at auction Tuesday.

"Two Mynas on a Rock," painted in 1692, sold for 2.994 million dollars, many times more than Sotheby's pre-auction estimate of 400,000-600,000 dollars.

The painting sold as part of As...

Why All the Angst Now on What Caused the Great Recession?

2010-10-25T11:23:10Z

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Why the Great Recession was Predictable

2010-10-25T11:23:15Z

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Recessions and Depressions: Wall Street vs. Main Street

2010-10-25T11:23:03Z

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Wall Street Celebrates While Main Street Suffers

2010-10-25T11:22:48Z

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Spider Man unemployed and penny stocks

2010-06-12T18:36:22Z

Penny stock investments go through cycles, even in recessions

"For all intents and purposes," the U.S. economic recession is over, a regional executive for the Federal Reserve said recently while at Austin Peay State University.

Adding, "The...

Strategy for the Current Market? Time to Cut Back the Limbs and Feed the Roots

2010-10-25T09:52:35Z

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Diviners Divided: Economists clash, sow confusion

2010-09-22T13:37:27Z

Inflation or deflation? Growth or double dip? Don't ask the experts: They don't know either

If you're confused about the outlook for the economy and stocks one year after the market hit bottom, then you've got good company — the Wall Street economists and strategists who are supposed to have this all figured out.

Rarely have the experts seemed so divided about the future.

We're either begi...

The Street's jobless recovery

2010-04-16T06:57:35Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Matt Prendergast was laid off in 2008 after Bear Stearns collapsed, he expected to find a new job right away. With more than 20 years' experience as an investment banker, he thought he was sitting pretty.

A year and a half later, he is still ...

Samuelson's Op-Ed: Taking From the Poor to Give to the Rich

2010-10-25T07:54:57Z

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Start Looking at the Short Side of Things

2010-10-25T07:54:43Z

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U.S. Economy: In Sum, Still Pretty Bad

2010-10-24T15:44:30Z

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Recent Sell-Off: Normal Correction or the Start of Something Bigger?

2010-10-22T13:17:38Z

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Recent Selloff: Normal Correction or the Start of Something Bigger?

2010-10-22T13:17:25Z

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Amazon Profit up 71 Percent

2010-10-24T15:33:43Z

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Caterpillar 4Q profit tumbles; cautious outlook

2010-04-16T07:18:48Z

Caterpillar 4th-quarter profit drops and company issues cautious outlook with demand growing

Caterpillar said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit tumbled as demand remained weak, but the maker of mining and construction equipment expects sales to rebound in 2010 as the economy improves and dealers replace inventory.

Leading the way will be China and other developing countries where an increasing share of the com...

Stocks Set to Soar as Bernanke Reconfirmation Approaches

2010-10-22T13:13:30Z

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Seven Key Points on Today's Economy

2010-10-22T13:14:20Z

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Obama The Destroyer

2010-10-22T14:41:14Z

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Fact And Comment

2010-10-22T14:41:28Z

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Wall Street

2010-12-30T05:30:21Z

FILE - In this March 8, 2010 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is shown near the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

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Earns ConAgra Foods

2010-12-21T10:32:00Z

FILE - In this March 24, 2010 file photo, Reddi Wip dairy whipped topping lies in a cooler case for sale at the Heinen's grocery store in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio. ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, a poor consumer response to promotions was part of the reason its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 16 percent, but the results met Tokyo as Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 8.76 yen, or 0.09 percent, and closed at 10,022.39 Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Asian stocks were mixed Friday as speculation that China may be gearing up for more measures to combat inflation tempered a

Books Common

2010-11-17T10:32:53Z

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo released by VH1, Common arrives at the VH1 Save the Music Foundation 2010 Gala held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. (AP Photo/VH1, Evan Agostini)

Copyright 2010 Best Buy store demonstrates a Motorola Droid that uses Corning Inc., Gorilla (R) Glass in Buffalo, N.Y. Corning Inc. said Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, its profit jumped 22 percent in the third quarter but it ...