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Cap and Trade for the Internet

The FCC's regulatory plan will reduce investment in new bandwidth.
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Stocks fall on concern about US credit rating...

NEW YORK (AP) - Concerns about China's economy and a warning about the U.S. credit rating sent stocks modestly lower. ...
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Left likely to be let down by Dodd bill

3.14.10 - Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd will unveil a revised financial reform bill Monday that seeks to find a middle ground between the skeptical Republicans he left at the negotiating table last week and the unhappy left wing of the Democratic caucus. ...
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The Star Players in the ShoreBank Storyby Central Illinois 9/12 Project

3.13.10 - The Shorebank story is quite complicated and filled with literally hundreds – if not thousands — of individuals who have been in some way involved in the unfolding of an intriguing saga. It has been difficult to narrow down the field of characters ...
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The End of an Era in Finance

CAMBRIDGE - In the world of economics and finance, revolutions occur rarely and are often detected only in hindsight. But what happened on February 19 can safely be called the end of an era in global finance. On that day, the International Monetary F... ...
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UBS says IRS has 20 Swiss banks in its sights

GENEVA — UBS AG says the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has collected information on the cross-border activities of about 20 Swiss banks... ...
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Unemployment rises in 30 states in January...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country....
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Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary?

Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a generation, and critics are taking aim, saying that the Depression-era program created as a temporary bridge for laid-off workers is turning into an expensive entitlement. ...
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Lack of bank accounts in Bronx spawns SafeStart program

Nearly 270,000 Bronx residents - 29% of the boro's population - don't have bank accounts, according to a study that also found many of them distrust banks....
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Polk Public Employees Outearn Private Sector

3.7.10 - A review of The Ledger's database and federal labor statistics shows that, in general, Polk's public workers are outearning their private counterparts....
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On the Credit Problem... Do we even have a prayer?

3.6.10 - Peter Stern - On your monthly credit card statement, credit card companies via Congress made it easier to see how much we owe on our credit cards and it now it is easier to see that we will not be able to pay off our balance within our lifetime, at the minimum payment because we will NEVER...
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Meet the fat cats' defender: Josef Ackermann

The chairman of Deutsche Bank wants politicians to "stop the bank bashing." ...
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Dallas Fed President Urges New Pact To Break Up Big Banks

We've cited Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas City Fed, a number of times on this blog for his calls to be tougher on rescued banks and to break up banks that are too big to fail. This has been a bit unfair to Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Fed, who has been equally outspoken on the TBTF issue (although we do cite him a couple of times in our book)....
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AMERICAN PARASITES

Payday Lending Industry Profits From Recession, Spends Record Cash Lobbying Against Reform ...
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Economists Warn Another Financial Crisis On the Way...

Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis – one that will be even worse than the current one – is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators. ...
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FORD sales jump; outsells GM...

DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. outsold General Motors Co. in February for the first time in more than a decade....
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GM sales up as industry wobbles

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Tuesday posted a nearly 12 percent gain in U.S. February sales, boosted by a doubling in sales to fleet operators and relatively strong demand for newer crossovers like the Chevy Equinox....
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NYTimes shares jump on takeover rumors

Shares of New York Times Co. jumped on Monday on market rumors that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim will seek to acquire the company. The company's shares rose 7.4 percent to close at $11.75 after being up as high as 10 percent earlier in the day.... ...
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German Minister Warns Against the Power of Internet Giants

German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has launched an attack on the Internet economy, warning that the likes of Google, Microsoft and Apple store vast amounts of personal information on Web users that can be used for financial gain, and can hurt people's chances of getting jobs or bank loans ...
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OBAMA ADVISER WARNS WINTER TO 'DISTORT' UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Summers said on Monday winter blizzards were likely to distort U.S. February jobless figures, which are due to be released on Friday....
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