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If you were watching the reactions in the market after the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare as being constitutional as a tax, you might think that the healthcare insurance providers are suddenly an...
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The European Central Bank looks to be getting closer and closer to finally admitting that it cannot stick its head in the sand and make silly comments about worrying over inflation and looking for...
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The OECD has just released its Economic Survey of the United States, and once the word gets out, the report is likely to spark a lot of interest among the chattering class. The argument will focus on...
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Companies go bankrupt all the time. Owning a business comes with risks like solvency, credit, operational, and management (among other risks). But the thought of a government entity going...
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BDO USA, LLP, releases investment banker studies around the IPO market and the rest of 2012 is looking extremely mixed in the latest survey. Capital markets executives at leading investment banks...
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The Greek elections are finally here and the outcome is currently up in the air as Greek law prohibits poll results from being published in the country. We have been monitoring this for most of the...
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Trusting anything out of Greece or any of the PIIGS nations is a bit difficult these days. With the weekend coming upon us, Greece is set to be the center of the world yet again as the future of...
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The UK’s Office of National Statistics reported today that the country’s world goods trade deficit in April grew to £10.1 billion, just shy of the record deficit of £10.2 billion posted in...
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A worker’s chances of finding a new job after being out of work for about a year fall to just 10%. About 30% of unemployed workers will find a new job in a few weeks, but these are workers who have...
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Two things happened today in the Jamie Dimon hearing in front of Congress over the $2 billion loss (or is it $4 billion yet) for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The first thing is that he...
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India remains in the Dark Ages among developing nations largely because of its culture and its broken political system. It might be the next China, with its huge population and rapid GDP growth, but...
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If Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), is really going to be grilled hard in Congressional hearings on Wednesday, then why is it that shares of J.P. Morgan are actually...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday issued a statement reporting that she will report to Congress that an additional 7 countries have been added to a list of 11 that are already exempt...
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In a speech today that reiterates remarks he made last week, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said: The indicators of economic strength so far in 2012 have been underwhelming. … I...
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Saying that certain requirements of Obamacare “make sense,” the CEO of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) today announced that the insurer would continue to offer “important health care...
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