1. Still Searching for a Recovery
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... organize bus tours to gawk at AIG executives’ houses…and howl for blood. Apologize, resign…or commit suicide, suggested Senator Grassley. “The corporate security business is booming,” says ...

2. Born Biddable
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... Geithner’s tour of duty is finished, the public will pay for his jackass bamboozles for decades, while he moves on to a cushy job at Goldman Sachs…or maybe AIG itself, if it is still in business. Of ...

3. Foreclosures Drop 10% in November (BusinessWeek Online)
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BusinessWeek Online - A surprising new report suggests that U.S. home foreclosures actually declined 10% in November despite signs that the housing slowdown is worsening in much of the nation.Read more: ...

4. Bargains in the REIT Wreckage (BusinessWeek Online)
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BusinessWeek Online - After a terrible 2008, real estate investment trusts are having an awful 2009. The SPDR Dow Jones Wilshire REIT (NYSEArca:RWR - News) exchange-traded fund, which tracks 82 REITs, ...

5. Disaster: Homestead, Fla., hit by foreclosures (AP)
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... who planted those swaying slices of the tropics in shopping malls, office parks and the front yards of new homes across the country. But in mid-2008, Richardson noticed a slowdown in orders. Then business ...

6. A Bailout in Disguise
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... IBM announced a further 5,000 job cuts. German business sentiment is at a 26-year low… In short, this correction has a long way to go before it is over. By that time, most people will have stopped ...

7. Absurdities of Socialism and Hyperinflation
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... Massive business failures are around the corner, and people are buying stocks? If there ever was a bear market bounce, this is it. If there ever was a rally with no logical reason to support it, this is ...

8. Monetary Inflation is Our Future
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... hard assets. Therefore, in the years ahead, precious metals and other commodities with intrinsic value should appreciate considerably. Even the values of fundamentally sound businesses with clean balance ...

9. Geithner Tanks the Dollar, Then Pushes it Back Up
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... to start improving if the United States is going to really turn things around. The strength of the euro was somewhat tempered by the release of German business confidence data which fell to the lowest ...

10. A Critical Response to “A Net-Positive Gas Tax”
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... goods to consumer goods that will impede economic growth, but there’s a more important way this affects business. Businesses pay the payroll taxes, they pay the gas tax on their company vehicles, they ...

11. An Oil Play That Pays Big Dividends
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... for investing in the oil shipping business and, just as Chris Mayer did in yesterday’s Rude edition, offers one particular company to keep an eye on in the months ahead. Details below… — Energy ...

12. Shipshape
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... tanking tankers essay, our value investing expert, Chris Mayer, made the case for exciting growth in the oil transport business. Today, Chris returns with a specific company you might like to consider ...

13. Surprise! Higher Gas Prices Are Coming
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... of risk. That’s why most major airlines use hedge contracts to control the prices they expect to pay for their fuel. It’s just smart business. But you don’t have to be a large-scale farm or airline company ...

14. Have the Tanker’s Stopped Tanking?
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... today’s investors may carry away fortunes wading into the business of moving oil. Check in tomorrow as we examine one of the most interesting tanker stocks to buy right now… Joel’s Note: For a limited ...

15. The Lint Age
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... Both business and labor back stimulus programs." Read more: Agora Financial Feeds  ...

16. Mortgage Rates Fall to Record Lows (BusinessWeek Online)
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BusinessWeek Online - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said on Jan. 15 that rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell below 5% this week -- the lowest level since it began surveying lenders in 1971.Read more: ...

17. Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - The 30-year mortgage rate fell 5 basis points to 4.96%, the lowest on record dating to 1971, Freddie Mac said. It was the 11th straight weekly decline amid gov't efforts to ...

18. Fannie, Freddie And Now, Hannie (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Subprime Crisis: The media have pounded President Bush for a wave of Hispanic home foreclosures. But it was Democrats who launched a drive to loosen credit for Hispanics -- ...

19. Reverse Mortgages Get Popular; Rule Changes Enhance Appeal (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - New federal rules, a tough housing market and devalued retirement investments will likely spur more seniors to consider reverse mortgages.Read more: BayVal Financial News  ...

20. Cheering Gold’s New One-Month Low
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... as cash gained value. Old debts would become economy-killing burdens for households, businesses, and, dare we say it, governments too. In fact, the real economic consequences from this kind deflation are ...