Archive for June, 2009

One College Sidesteps the Crisis (source: Wall Street Journal)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Cooper Union, a private college in Manhattan that charges no tuition, has skirted the financial crisis in higher education due to its decision years ago to cut the risk in its endowment. (source: Wall Street Journal) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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POLITICS: U.N. Plan for Financial Crisis Derided as Weak (source: IPS)

Monday, June 29th, 2009

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 (IPS) - When the General Assembly adopted a proposed plan of action aimed at overcoming the global financial crisis, one of the political surprises was that all 192 member states gave their blessings to the wide range of proposals… (source: IPS) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Vilified symbol of greed Madoff to hear prison term (source: Reuters)

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, who became a symbol of greed in the financial crisis for masterminding Wall Street’s biggest investment fraud, faces the rest of his life in prison in one of the stiffest punishments for white-collar crime when he is se…

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Bank Crisis Through The Ages (source: NPR)

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Each financial crisis in American history has brought sweeping changes and pledges that bank failures will be averted in the future. Planet Money’s Chana Joffe-Walt and Alex Blumberg take a tour of financial regulation through the ages. (source: NPR) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem from Crisis—and Lost (Hardcover) newly tagged ”business” (source: Amazon)

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem from Crisis—and Lost (Hardcover)By Andrew Ross Sorkin Buy new: $18.45 First tagged ”business” by Andrew Ross Sorkin Customer…

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Artists Give Luxury Brands a Little Respect (source: Newsweek)

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

It is not often that the world of vouchsafes a moment of artistic epiphany. But that is what happened recently at New York’s Metropolitan Museum

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Artists Give Luxury Brands a Little Respect (source: Newsweek)

Japan, South Korea agree to tighter economic ties (source: SF Gate)

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Japan and South Korea have agreed to team up to nurse their economies back to financial health, Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said Saturday. ”We have reached a joint understanding that to ride out the current economic and financial crisis, Japan … (source: SF Gate) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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Gold gains trimmed by weaker dollar (source: The Globe and Mail)

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Price of bullion range-bound as U.S. economic outlook brightens, risk of financial crisis recedes (source: The Globe and Mail) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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Google CEO Schmidt Says Worst of the Financial Crisis Is Over (source: eWEEK)

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that the worst of the financial crisis is almost over and the U.S.

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Financial crisis may have been good for the climate (source: NewScientist.com)

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Industries running short on cash, as well as other factors, meant the growth of greenhouse gas emissions dropped by half in 2008, an analysis concludes (source: NewScientist.com) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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