VIDEO – WHO DO YOU TRUST? WSJ’s DANIEL HENNINGER
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CHINA FUND CHIEF HIGHLIGHTS CAUTION ON GLOBAL ECONOMY
APRIL 17, 2011, 1:01 P.M. ET By ANDREW BROWNE EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:The U.S. Federal Reserve has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into the American economy, hoping to stimulate growth, but much of the liquidity has spilled into foreign markets as investors seek higher returns in faster-growing regions. The flood of money has also
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PUTTING THE ‘OWN’ BACK IN HOMEOWNER
APRIL 11, 2011 By allowing borrowers to write off the interest on their mortgages, the IRS is incentivizing homeowners to drag out their payments for years. There’s a better way. By ARKADI KUHLMANN If the financial crisis revealed anything about homeownership in this country, it’s that “ownership” is too often a misnomer. Since the crisis
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NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE BILL 315 – TAXPAYER INFORMATION ACT
THE FOLLOWING BILL IS BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE : GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2011 H 1 HOUSE BILL 315 Short Title: Taxpayer Information Act. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives Pridgen, Folwell, Collins, and Stone (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. Referred to: Finance. March
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INFLATION WORRIES – GOLD HITS A NEW RECORD, SILVER AT 31 YEAR HIGH
APRIL 9, 2011 Inflation Drives a Shift in Markets By TOM LAURICELLA And JUSTIN LAHART After being pushed and pulled this year by tumult in the Middle East and the quake in Japan, the world’s financial markets are increasingly being driven by economic fundamentals, including inflation and interest rates. The winners in the shift have
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BERNANKE PLAYS DOWN INFLATION FEARS DURING MARCH 15 FED MEETING DEBATE
APRIL 5, 2011, 3:03 P.M. ET Fed Minutes Show Inflation Debate By JEFFREY SPARSHOTT And JEFF BATER Federal Reserve officials judged that the U.S. economy was gaining traction when they met three weeks ago, but highlighted the potential negative impact of rapidly rising commodity prices on inflation expectations, consumer spending and business investment. “A significant
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VIDEO – CALIFORNIA – AROUND THE WORLD ON $69 MILLION IN WELFARE FUNDS
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ARE WE READY FOR A FINANCIAL CYBER ATTACK?
MARCH 31, 2011 An assault on Estonia in 2007 disrupted banking and other services for over a week. By WARREN GETLER Last week, the European Union revealed that its headquarters had come under a major cyber attack, likely state-sponsored, on the eve of the EU summit. Earlier this month, the French announced that they had
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OBAMA’S INFRASTRUCTURE BOONDOGGLE
New agency would blow billions on toll roads, windmills and solar panels By THE WASHINGTON TIMES– Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The last thing America needs right now is another government agency. Apparently, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, doesn’t agree. On Tuesday, he announced his intention to establish the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA). President Obama
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THE INCREDIBLE MS. WARREN CLAIMS TO BE “MOST ACCOUNTABLE”
MARCH 26, 2011 The Incredible Ms. Warren The White House aide does a weak-little-regulator routine. The unofficial czar of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, told Congress last week that her organization is “the most constrained and the most accountable agency in government,” and then repeated similar claims on CNBC Tuesday. If nothing
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