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Investment Bankers: CIA Wants You
May 29, 2009 @ 07:14 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

The CIA is recruiting investment bankers and other Wall Street types.

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TGIF: Daily Show Comments on the Economy; Client/Vendor Relationships in Real Life
May 29, 2009 @ 06:58 AM | By Penny Crosman

Reporters on the Daily Show address economic issues; what happens when business technology clients take their vendor demands out into real-life situations; monologue of a stand-up economist.

Daily Show Correspondents on a Possible Economic Collapse

New and existing staff members at the Daily Show explain what they would do in the event of a complete economic collapse.

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The Rise of a Financial Stability Regulator
May 28, 2009 @ 10:14 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Just as the Great Depression led to the creation of new institutions and financial practices, the Obama administration is on track to impact financial regulations.

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TGIF: Jim Cramer on How to Get Mad; Human Flight Demo; Keyboard Cat Remixes
May 22, 2009 @ 08:55 AM | By Penny Crosman

Mad Money host Jim Cramer teaches Jimmy Fallon how to say "booyah" and "shedaddy"; the Martin Aircraft Company shows off its human flight equipment; some of the best of the keyboard cat remixes.

Jim Cramer on How to Get Fired Up

The Mad Money host shows Jimmy Fallon how he gets ready for a show.

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What Went Wrong When Bear Stearns Fell?
May 22, 2009 @ 07:18 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

It took 72 hours for Bear Stearns to crumble. In one day, Bear Stearns went from $18 billion in cash on hand to $3 billion, as investors panicked.

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Spitzer Offers Advice to the Fed
May 19, 2009 @ 12:27 PM | By Penny Crosman

Unready though I am to see disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer leap out of the doghouse and back into self-righteous sermonizing mode (am I the only one?), his latest column in Slate, How To Fix the New York Fed, is provocative.

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China's New GEB Exchange takes on Nasdaq to Nurture Tech
May 19, 2009 @ 10:21 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

China's new Growth Enterprise Board (GEB) hopes to reward the country's tech stars the same way Nasdaq helped companies like Google and eBay. But the GEB exchange comes with a different set of rules for investors.

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TGIF: Geithner Announces Written Stress Test Results
May 15, 2009 @ 07:02 AM | By Penny Crosman

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (portrayed by the droll Will Forte) shares the lesser-known results of the written portion of the recent stress tests taken by the 19 largest banks, on Saturday Night Live.

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Book Dissects J.P. Morgan During the Financial Meltdown
May 14, 2009 @ 11:04 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

A new book dissects J.P. Morgan's role in the financial crisis and how JPM managed to both help create the products that would ultimately derail the markets and also how JPM avoided some of the huge losses tied to the credit crisis.

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TGIF: Treasury Recalls All U.S. Dollars; Workers Outsource Their Work; Intel's "Rock Stars"
May 08, 2009 @ 06:58 AM | By Penny Crosman

The Onion reported this week on the Treasury's latest effort to fix the economy and the trend of American workers outsourcing their work to people in India; Intel's latest ad shows glimpses of its "rock stars."

U.S. Treasury Recalls All U.S. Dollars

Don't think about it - just put all your money in a bag and send it to Washington.


Treasury Department Issues Emergency Recall Of All US Dollars

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The Big Flaw of the CDS Big Bang
May 07, 2009 @ 15:00 PM | By Kevin McPartland

By Kevin McPartland Is the CDS Big Bang setting us up for another Big Bust? Did we just give billion-dollar matches to people now pouring gas onto over-insured assets? Is anyone out there watching this - or does the thought of reading about credit default swap regulation put people to sleep at their own peril? Wake up....

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Madoff is Protecting People, Says Former Personal Secretary
May 06, 2009 @ 10:26 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Eleanor Squillari, Bernie Madoff's former personal secretary, tells the TODAY Show that she believes Madoff is protecting people.

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Treasury, Banks Negotiate Stress Tests
May 05, 2009 @ 10:19 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

I think it's slightly amusing that the big banks' stress test results have been pushed back as executives try to convince the Treasury Department to give them passing grades.

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