It was a fantasy-land wish to see the election victory Obama and a more progressive agenda fill the global economy with enough confidence to stop the ...
Neil Grossman | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business
With respect to AIG itself, as of the end of last year, the company had 116,000 employees... the cost of keeping just these employees in their jobs now amounts to over $1 million per employee.
David Epstein | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business
Unless we can move beyond this dichotomy of "more" or "less" regulation and develop a new language of regulation, the public dialogue, and the policy that flows from it, will be incomplete and flawed.
Tim Berry | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business
I'm usually just working on small business, but yesterday, as I went over the Sunday New York Times, I hit upon one piece by Ben Stein that struck a cord.
Danny Schechter | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business
Is anyone surprised that the markets would go up after billions of dollars were "injected" into ailing markets? Think of that as an injection of penic...
Ezekiel Emanuel | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
While the financial crisis has appeared to knock health care off the national agenda, in the strange chemistry that is American politics, it may make comprehensive health care reform more politically feasible.
New York Times | RICHARD DOOLING | Posted 10.12.2008 | Business
"BEWARE of geeks bearing formulas." So saith Warren Buffett, the Wizard of Omaha. Words to bear in mind as we bail out banks and buy up mortgages and ...
Sanjiv Gupta | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
It may be one of the most positive outcomes of this crisis that it compels us to ask fundamental questions about our political system, questions we may normally be too complacent or polite to ask.
Peter Scheer | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business
The market did not understand that families buying homes would have an incentive to default on their mortgage obligations if housing prices stopped rising or actually declined.
Alan Miller | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
What we could all really do with is an honest and open discussion about how we organize ourselves in society without sloppily repeating terms such as socialism.
Diane Francis | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
Here's my latest warning: Do not be lulled into buying equities because there was a bounce in markets, where some losses were recouped. Or buying bec...
Shafqat Khan | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
For too long the Democrats have surrendered the ground on taxes and free markets to the Republicans. Now is their chance to seize the initiative in these two areas with a simple 5-point plan.
Ryan Mack | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business
I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.
Pete Cenedella | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business
Forgive me if I smell a similar attempt by the Republicans to ram a lopsided, ready-made and offensive prescription down the throats of the American people under the cover of crisis.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
In 10 days Sarah Palin's standing has crashed an awesome 24 points, with a clear majority now having a negative opinion of the Alaska Governor. This k...
AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business
HONG KONG — Asian stock markets soared Friday as a news of a U.S. government plan to rescue banks from risky mortgage debt brought hope of a let...
Howard Lindzon | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business
I have been blogging in the financial/stock market space since late 2005 and developed a great list of 'experts' in certain areas. I believe in the 'less is more' theory of news.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan offered a woeful outlook of America's economic situation on Sunday, saying the crisis with the country'...
Dan Solin | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business
In the heady world of finance, there are powerful players. Some of them believe the rules do not apply to them -- or maybe they just weren't thinking. Here are some current examples.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.18.2008 | Business
At a time when everybody is writing down the value of a bunch of assets, we're seeing some of the largest firms buy-back more trash. This will make the next few quarters of earnings releases that much more interesting.
Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business
In crisis mode, government simply reacts, and there is no sign just now of a systemic consideration of the balance between government as a backstop or watchdog and the unfettered free market.
Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Leading economically conservative organizations who argued the proposed gambling regulations would interfere with the functioning of our financial system had the support of less than 10% of Republican congressmen.
CNN | Terry Frieden | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business
Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tri...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems ...
Wall Street Journal | James Hookway | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business
To the list of speculative market bubbles popping around the world, add this: Thai religious talismans. Last year, prices for the small discs inscrib...
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect...
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President-elect Obama is still adjusting to life with the Secret Service and the loss...
John McCain is returning Jackson Browne's August lawsuit complaining about McCain using his...
WASHINGTON — The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought...
With the Obamas' impending move to Washintong DC in January, many have begun to speculate...
President-elect Obama's plan to put a million electric vehicles on the road in 10 years...
Mark Silver | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business