They say that if you want to find an outlaw, you hire an outlaw. This may be the thinking behind UBS’s move to put some political muscle into the chairman’s office. The bank, facing a U.S. inquisition over providing sanctuary for wealthy U.S. tax dodgers, says former Swiss Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger will succeed Peter […]
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A day after the government unveiled AIG bailout no. 4, the insurance giant’s failure was a major topic of conversation during Q&A after Ben Bernanke’s testimony before the Senate Budget Committee.”I share your concern, I share your anger,”
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Wow, I guess Barack Obama and Eric Schmidt really are tight, after all. The
White House is issued a vehement denial of yesterday’s blog-troversy that it was shunning YouTube because of privacy
concerns. White House spokesman, Nick Shapiro said, switch
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“It’s not about helping banks - it’s about helping people.” - Barack Obama, Feb. 24, 2009Seeking to put President Obama’s pledge into action, the Fed and Treasury today launched a program to help jump-start the market for consumer loans. …
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A day after slumping to their lowest levels since before Alan Greenspan’s infamous “irrational exuberance” comment in December 1996, stocks were struggling to rebound Tuesday.Heading into the session some traders were betting on a short-term bou
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From paidContent.org, March 3, 2009: Bonuses on Wall Street may be getting slashed, but executives at plenty of
other big companies are still getting their year-end payouts—even if, unlike in
recent years, they aren’t quite enough to buy t
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From All Things Digital, March 3, 2009: The rumors
were true. Well, partially true anyway. Apple was planning a sweeping
refresh of its desktops–but it was one that didn’t merit a
special-event rollout.
This morning Apple (AAPL)
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The gulf between Barack Obama and campaign BFF Eric Schmidt widens even further,
crowed the blogosphere. The White House has ditched YouTube as the platform for its weekly radio
address, after privacy advocates complained about Google’s long-ter
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