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Irish banks aren't smiling
Colin Barr 2010-04-01 12:46So much for the luck of the Irish.Just as the U.S. government is extricating itself from Citigroup (C, Fortune 500), taxpayers in Ireland are about to...
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Why aren't you more powerful?
Annie Fisher 2010-12-06 05:32Despite evidence to the contrary, most of us persist in the delusion that smarts and hard work will eventually be rewarded because we buy in to what p...
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Home Depot is ready, but shoppers aren't yet
財富中文網 2009-05-20 11:24The retailer has made headway in cutting costs and improving service, but customers have yet to return in force.By Jennifer ReingoldInvestors may be l...
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Why Treasury Bonds Aren't Always So Safe
Allan Sloan 2010-05-21 01:30People often ask me how they can go wrong buying U.S. Treasury bonds. After all, they say, no matter how bad our fiscal problems get, the government c...
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What Facebook and Hulu aren't doing
Adam Lashinsky 2010-01-28 10:05by Adam LashinskyLiza Minnelli once sang a song about a gal who traveled around the world to meet the guy next door. Two of the more interesting prese...
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Bad banks -- They're baaack!
財富中文網 2009-08-20 02:02Seeking to lure more buyers at a time of intense distress, the FDIC has dusted off the oft-touted, but rarely used, plan of setting up bad banks. Will...
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Banks' new stress reliever
財富中文網 2009-05-09 02:00With stress tests soon to be in the rearview mirror, banks that need more capital may find themselves peddling assets to Treasury's public-private fun...
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Even the bears aren't bearish enough on Spain's coming sovereign debt problem
Daryl G. Jones 2010-05-07 10:32We often say that investors can be bullish, bearish, or not enough of either. "Our debt is clean, we will not have to ask for help," said Elena Salgad...
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Central banks squash goldbugs
Heidi N. Moore 2010-07-10 02:43We've all seen those commercials where shouting announcers urge consumers to trade in their old gold for cash. Who knew that central banks would be th...
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Stress fractures for big banks
財富中文網 2009-04-10 08:29The CEO of one small bank says that his larger rivals' need to shrink spells opportunity for thriving banks like his - and he just did a deal to prove...
