Japan, the postwar economic miracle, is on a fundamental slide. Fifteen years ago, it ranked fourth in the world in terms of gross...
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Mark Faber wants to do nothing and let the free market correct the excesses. I agree — but I know its only a pipedream. Given we...
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Some of the Euro Nations are Getting into Difficulties in the Deb Market and May Need Some Help; Report and analysis by Rishaad Salamat...
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Today at 12:15 am, we shall learn of the Obama administration’s new housing plan. I suspect it will have many of the same doomed...
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We respond to the TARP hearing: Our two DC-based economics editors listen to Secretary Geithner’s testimony to the banking...
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Good Evening: The lingering effects of last week’s disappointment with U.S. policy initiatives, renewed banking worries in Europe ,...
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Singer and song writer Elvis Costello should keep his new daytime job as a talk show host, Jon Friedman opines. 1:15 Marketwatch 2/16/2009
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On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was told in a private session by the chairman of the Federal...
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Very amusing Pat Bagley cartoon, via The Salt Lake Tribune > > http://extras.sltrib.com/bagley/Archive.asp?Vol=content&Num=10
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Ugly day at the Ponderosa, as the Dow takes a swan dive 300 points, or 3.8%. Nasdaq fell 4%. Our new 100 Meg line is about to be lit up,...
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