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Barron's Fears Commodity Bubble
Seeded on Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:50 AM EST ()
11/25/09 at 9:47am by Ed Liston A rush of professional and institutional investors followed by investors betting on signs of an economic rebound has pushed the prices of crops to astronomical levels.
Time is up for short-term thinking in capitalism - by Al Gore and David Blood
Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:40 PM EST (FT.com)
Why do investors and business leaders continue to focus on the short-term and ignore the fact that businesses that think long-term end up more competitive and profitable? Behavioural economists believe they have the answer: our brains are hard-wired to think short-term because ev …
U.S. Stocks, Commodities Decline as Bonds Gain on Dubai Crisis
Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:53 AM EST (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and emerging-market stocks slumped and commodities dropped the most since July as Dubai's attempt to delay debt repayments unnerved investors. Treasuries and the dollar rose while credit-default swaps surged.
Senator Dodd Unveils Bank-Reform Bill
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:56 AM EST (Business Week)
The measure's consolidation of bank agencies is one of the big departures from the financial-reform efforts of the House and the Obama Administration By Theo Francis
A tale of two American economies
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:17 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
While the United States recently reported 3.5 per cent GDP growth in the third quarter, suggesting that the most severe recession since the Great Depression is over, the American economy is actually much weaker than official data suggest.
Privateering and National Defense: Naval Warfare for Private Profit
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:12 PM EST (independent.org)
The history of privateers goes back to the early Middle Ages. Originally, it was a method by which a citizen of one nation who had been victimized by a citizen of another nation could achieve restitution for his losses (Petrie 1999, 2-3).
GOP Blocks Freeze On Credit Card Interest Rate Hikes
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:08 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic effort Wednesday to immediately freeze increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges.
Gun sales shoot up amid America's fear of rising crime and terrorism
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:14 PM EST (The Times)
Smith & Wesson, the famed American gunmaker once owned by Tomkins, the British conglomerate, expects to nearly double its annual sales in the next three to five years as demand for its firearms soars in the recession. It is not alone.
How would you define SUCCESS? What does it mean for you personally? (Poll)
Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:17 AM EST
Success to many of us can mean anything. For the dynamic and ambitious executive it could mean climbing the greasy pole of corporate achievement and finally sitting pretty at the top.
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Cyber War: Sabotaging the System - 60 Minutes - CBS News
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:52 PM EST (CBS News)
Nothing has ever changed the world as quickly as the Internet has. Less than a decade ago, "60 Minutes" went to the Pentagon to do a story on something called information warfare, or cyber war as some people called it. It involved using computers and the Internet as weapons.
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