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For-profit colleges have had a tough couple of years. First, the colleges were forced to change admissions procedures in a way that has cost them enrollment. Then student loan default rates and job...
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If the news reports are accurate out of Cairo, things are going from bad all over again to far worse all over again in Egypt. It turns out that the interim government hasn’t been quite as kind...
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Congress continues to look for cuts to lower the U.S. budget deficit. The Postmaster General wants Congress to allow him to shave expenses from the Postal Service cost base to save money. Taxpayers...
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Make this as good as official now that S&P has chimed in: NO RESOLUTION FROM SUPERCOMMITTEE!!! You already knew that the Supercommittee was really just the “stuper-committee”… Impasse,...
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Fitch is warning that U.S. banks could be adversely affected unless the Eurozone debt crisis “is resolved in a timely and orderly manner.” The mention is a warning that the credit outlook...
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The US House-Senate budget reduction committee, or the ‘super committee’, that is charged with recommending $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has just another 10 days to deliver...
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In 2010, US refineries took delivery of about 5.4 billion barrels of crude oil. Of that total, more than 50%, 2.8 billion barrels, arrived at the refineries by pipeline. The US petroleum pipeline...
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The Obama administration must believe that environmentalists, particularly those in Nebraska, will hit the polls in force when the 2012 national election comes. The State Department said it would...
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OK, the ratings agency games have always been interesting and that is hard to refute. Today’s news just takes the cake entirely. S&P has “clarified and erroneous message” when it comes...
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National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is surging on news that banker Lucas Papademos has been named as the new Greek Prime Minister. The 64-year old will replace outgoing Prime Minister George...
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Does the euro live or die? That is the question of a 24/7 Wall St. poll that we are asking our readers to participate in. This is a million dollar question (or maybe 5 trillion euro question). The...
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Bank plans to charge for debit cards abandoned. U.S. banks continue to abandon plans to charge fees to holders of debit cards. SunTrust (NYSE: STI) and Regions (NYSE: RF) today announced they will...
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Thursday was such a great day and the markets cheered endlessly as if the world is suddenly saved. With the DJIA having gone back over 12,000 and with the freshest economic data showing a less-bad...
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Muammar Gadaffi June 7, 1942 – October 20, 2011(?) Smart Investors Are Quietly Loading Up on These “Dividend Legends” If you want your portfolio to pay you cash like clockwork, it’s...
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The Administration–the Treasury Department in particular–has decided to delay its twice-annual International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies report to Congress. The reason is certainly the...
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