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By Hans Nichols, Bloomberg |
January 9, 2013
President Barack Obama plans to name White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew tomorrow as his choice for Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy F. Geithner.
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
Fresh from one budget fight, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation’s debt limit.
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By Jeff Greenblatt |
December 23, 2012
With the deal makers home for the holidays, the stage is set for significant collapse in early 2013 if the economy drives off the fiscal cliff.
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By Joseph Stuber |
December 12, 2012
Whether politicians come to an agreement over the fiscal cliff or not, there will be costs associated either in the short-run or the long-run. So, what's the best course of action in this "catch-22?"
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By Austin Kiddle |
December 7, 2012
Gold’s price was hampered when Goldman Sachs expected that an improving U.S. growth outlook would outweigh the effect from the Fed's further easing, causing the gold price to turn in 2013.
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By John Caiazzo |
December 4, 2012
The enormity of the current U.S. budgetary standoff is in the forefront of strategic thinking by the global financial community
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By Bill Gross |
December 4, 2012
Well, I guess that settles it: you didn’t build that after all. Or maybe you did, but not all of it. Or maybe like the convoluted John Lennon above “you think you know a yes, but it’s all wrong. That is you think you disagree.”
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By Daniel P. Collins |
November 28, 2012
The CFTC recently filed an action against Intrade, the Ireland based election market that creates binary option contracts on election results
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By John Caiazzo |
November 26, 2012
A fragile cease fire between Hamas and Israel was orchestrated this week and was celebrated by the International financial community. Concern that involvement by oil producing countries could interrupt the flow of oil had caused angst.
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By Press Release |
November 20, 2012
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a Martin Act complaint against Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and its affiliates for making fraudulent misrepresentations and omissions to promote the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities