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  • Heineman discusses state issues Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:51AMStates good economy seen as accomplishment (1 comment)
  • Financial meltdown threatens economic development efforts Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:34AMThird in a series of articles on issues facing the 2009 Iowa Legislature.
  • Obama vows budget reform in face of $1 trillion deficit Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:31AMWASHINGTON — Slowing tax revenues and a historic bailout of the U.S. financial system will send the budget deficit soaring toward $1 trillion this year, President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday, and the red ink stands to get substantially deeper if Obama wins approval of a massive economic stimulus plan.
  • Signs of the Times: Famous restaurants out, new prayers in Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:29AMWed 07 Jan, 2009 06:21
  • Signs of the Times: Famous restaurants out, new prayers in Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:24AM The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.
  • Signs of the Times: Famous restaurants out, new prayers in  Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:21AM(Reuters) - The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. 
  • Congress blasts SEC for Madoff scandal Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:17AMRepublican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Revisiting a Classic Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:12AMNEW YORK -- There are countless personal finance books that advise readers on budgeting, investing and paying down debt. Few leave the tips aside and ask you to question your relationship with money and the reasons you spend what you do.
  • Uganda: Empower the Cotton Body to Boost Production Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:54AMKampala — Cotton is an important commodity providing employment opportunities and generating cash flow in the rural sector and providing the country with foreign exchange earnings either from raw cotton export or from value-added products.
  • Manhattan housing up in 4Q, but luxury market down Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:42AMNEW YORK (AP) - In what seemed like a New York-minute, prices of luxury homes in Manhattan are suddenly falling.
  • House opens Madoff inquiry; prosecutors want bail revoked Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:29AMRepublican and Democratic House members said yesterday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • The final bolt Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:36PMThe “final” package of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government on Friday highlight both the opportunities and the constraints that confront policy-makers as they deal with the economic slowdown.
  • MV Rao Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:35PMWhat is the difference between a growth and value fund. Growth and value are strategies to invest in stocks. Growth stocks are ones for optimists. Typically, they are expected to grow faster than others. Such stocks command a higher price.
  • Madoff t-shirts and beach gear for sale on eBay Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:15PM It is not going to add up to the $50bn that, collectively, they may have lost, but the clients, staff and trading partners of self-confessed fraudster Bernard Madoff are at least trying to cash in what they do have to show for their business.
  • Factories stay shut as firms hit hard by slump Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:13PMThousands of workers across the UK faced extended festive breaks today as factories hit by the economic slowdown remained closed.
  • Invest wisely Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:48PMDiversifying investments during these lean times.
  • SunCal still owes city $63,000 Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 12:06PMBARSTOW • The development company that had planned to bring 25,000 new houses to Barstow before a slumping housing market stalled the project still owes the city about $63,000.
  • Managing Retirement Savings in Volatile Markets Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:52AMWhat should you do about big losses in retirement accounts? The typical 401(k) account balance fell between 19 percent and 25 percent this year through mid-October, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
  • Harry Domash, Online Investing: Get paid to wait out the market Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:15AMSince no one can predict when the market will recover, pundits are advising buying dividend-paying stocks on the premise that you will be getting "paid to wait.
  • Scams, schemes hit Butte area Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:58AMBy Tim Trainor of The Montana Standard
  • Mnuchin Leads Private-Equity Funds to Buy Failed IndyMac Bank Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:30AMJan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Private-equity investors led by Steven Mnuchin , a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive, agreed to buy IndyMac Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
  • GE Transportation to supply material to Turkish company Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:17AMThe only thing GE Transportation is building faster than locomotives these days are alliances. The Lawrence Park Township-based business of General Electric Co. has announced its newest cooperative agreement, this one with Turkish locomotive supplier Tulomas.
  • Putnam Gives Economic Prognosis To Bartow Committee of 100 Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:10AM“I wish I had a better report to give you.” U.S. Representative Adam Putnam’s opening words to the Bartow Committee of 100 may not have been the most reassuring, but he went on to do his best to explain the economic situation as he saw it.
  • Credit Freeze Puts A Chill On Startup Companies Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:08AMAmid prospects of a prolonged economic downturn, startup companies are having far more trouble finding cash. In the first three quarters of 2008, only six venture-backed companies held initial public offerings, compared with 86 IPOs in 2007.
  • Virgilio “Pandy” Aviado On making his mark Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:48AMAmid the clutter of his studio, the artist Virgilio “Pandy” Aviado exudes a happy countenance. Aviado is the perfect picture of a man who has found his place in the universe. With an art career spanning nearly four decades, he lives and breathes art.
  • New resolutions: Time to avoid breaking those yearly goals Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 1:28AMThey’re back. As the start of the new year approaches, those pesky New Year’s resolutions that many DeKalb County residents failed to keep in 2008 are rearing their ugly heads and getting people thinking about what goals to set for 2009.
  • Treasuries Swap for Flat-Panel TVs Can’t Last: Michael R. Sesit Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 1:14AMJan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- For years, Americans have reveled in the bargains they got buying underwear, plastic toys, video recorders -- you name it -- all made in China. The purchases kept China’s factories humming and its masses employed.
  • NewsWatch: Father-son market experts diverge on 2009 forecast Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:13PMNoted market strategist Sam Stovall of Standard & Poor’s is calling for a recovery in stocks in 2009, but his father, veteran money manager Robert Stovall of Wood Asset Management, isn’t so sure.
  • Looking forward Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:06PMWhat a difference a year makes. When the year just ended began, the international financial community was in a generally upbeat mood.
  • New Year, New Financial Start Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:01PMIt has been a grim year for most of us, especially with the state of the economy. So, when it comes to planning your finances, what can you do differently this year?
  • Hollywood star Bacon joins growing list of Madoff victims Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:57PMA string of high profile names have emerged as victims of alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff.
  • Ensuring marketability of title Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:32PMPurchasing any property requires optimum precaution and adequate checks. S. Selvakumar explains the details
  • Insurers bet on assured returns Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:13PMWith stock market-related Ulips hardly finding any takers now, life insurers have launched old favourites: guaranteed return products.
  • Insurers bet on assured returns Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:56PMCHENNAI: With stock market-related unit linked insurance plans (Ulips) hardly finding any takers now, life insurers have launched old favourites: guaranteed return products.
  • A bad year to own stocks Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:44PMShareholders lost about $7 trillion in 2008, the gains of the last six years. And that was just in the United States. Other stock markets around the world did even worse.
  • Yale’s Swensen Buying Corporate Debt to Offset $6 Billion Loss Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:31PMJan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Yale University is buying debt to help its endowment recover after losing almost $6 billion in the last six months amid the global financial crisis.
  • Do more than you think is needed: Bimal Jalan Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:30PMBimal Jalan refuses to make a forecast on economic growth, this year or the next. But he does confess that a week or two ago, he might have expected 5 to 7 per cent growth this year. Now he has downgraded it to 4 to 6 per cent, saying he would be surprised if it settles outside that range.
  • Millstein Letter Helped Keep Yeshiva Money on Path to Madoff Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:27PMJan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Ira M. Millstein , a corporate- governance specialist for four decades, helped clear the way for Yeshiva University ’s millions of dollars in losses in a fund with ties to the Madoff scandal.
  • Steinhardt, Ex-Hedge Fund Manager, Lost $2 Million to Madoff Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:27PM“He never told me he was investing with Madoff, and he probably didn’t tell most of his clients, and I understand why,” Steinhardt said yesterday in a phone interview. “Madoff, according to Ezra, was engaged in an analogous type of arbitrage so it was logical for Ezra to focus on Madoff.”
  • Market meltdown: Where did all the money go? Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:24PMWhat is truly staggering about the 2008 market meltdown is not just its depth, but its breadth. Virtually every asset class worldwide, except for gold and U.S. Treasury securities, lost value in 2008. Corporate and municipal bonds, foreign stocks, housing and...
  • Rupee Gains on First Day of 2009 as Funds May Resume Purchases Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 11:16PMThe local currency strengthened as data from the stock market regulator showed overseas investors bought more Indian shares than they sold on Dec. 30, ending the longest stretch of net sales in a month.
  • Aussie Lawmakers, Critics Clash Over Web Filtering Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:20AMA proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil-rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition parties are among the critics of a mandatory Internet filter that would block at least 1,300 Web sites prohibited by the government.
  • 5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Dawson Geophysical Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:50AMMarket-trouncing returns could be written in these five stars.
  • UpDown.com licenses stock game Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:40AMThe online community for young investors, UpDown.com, has licensed its stock market game to Young Money.com.
  • Angler fees leading to better fishing, increased park use Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:35AMStory created Dec 23, 2008 - 15:38:59 CST. DES MOINES - Iowa anglers purchasing fishing licenses provide a vital source of funding the Iowa Department of Natural Resources uses to pay for a portion of lake renovation and restoration projects.
  • The End of a Bad Year Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:31AMAs the year draws to a close, we can only say that we’re sure this will be a year we’ll all remember for a long time.
  • The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:35PMOne factor seems to best predict future fund performance.
  • Flowers, Dune, Paulson Said to Be Near on IndyMac Buy (Update2) Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:30PMDec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- J.C. Flowers & Co., Dune Capital Management and Paulson & Co. are leading a group of private- equity and hedge-fund investors seeking to buy failed lender IndyMac Bank , said three people familiar with the transaction.
  • Paterson Wants an $800 Billion Stimulus Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:18PM ALBANY—Four days after Christmas, David Paterson sent his wish list to President-elect Barack Obama.  read more »
  • A place for all at the table Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 8:19AMWhy is it that people are so often defined by their differences? In some cases those differences are geographical. At other times, they are framed [...]