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In times of tumult, it is only human to look for answers, and on Thursday there were plenty of story lines to account for the pain. Financial companies, the bêtes noires of the global economy, were at it again, led by Morgan Stanley, off 22% after speculation about...
With the presidential election less than a month away, the Supreme Court began its 2008 term on Oct. 6 amid speculation on how the future of the court might be shaped by a John McCain or Barack Obama presidency. Although neither candidate has said much about court appointments, the ages...
When Sarah Palin was asked about Tina Fey’s Memorex-quality impersonation of the GOP vice-presidential candidate, she responded that she thought it was great, but admitted that she had watched the sketch on mute. When I tried a similar tactic with the trailer for â?...
Follow the money. Average Joes and Janes are not the holders of the other side of complicated, over-the-counter derivatives contracts. Rather, hedge funds are the main holders. The bailout will involve a transfer of wealth - from the American people to financial institutions engaging in reckless speculation - that will...
The notion that a massive, unprecedented intervention in the financial markets should be the final economic act of a Republican President was made all the more stunning by the sight of no less a free-marketeer than Vice President Dick Cheney being dispatched to the Hill to sell it to...