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...Others seem to be coming around to the banking industry's position. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he would support changes in pricing illiquid assets. Also this week, investor Warren Buffett said in a CNBC interview that he would favor suspending the mark-to-market rules. Even the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has long backed these rules, recently asked the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), a private group based in Norwalk, Conn., that sets accounting rules in the U.S., to look into the matter. FASB spokesman Neal McGarity says his organization is doing that...
...There is already a market for Christian magazines, including Christianity Today, Guidepost and Relevant. And religious leaders including Warren have published subscription newsletters. What Warren and Reader's Digest have created is essentially a new marketing and distribution network for Christian small-group materials, packaged in a glossy newsletter-on-steroids that features full-spread ads from groups like Compassion International and Regent University. (See pictures of John 3: 16 in pop culture...
...Ross, "because people are looking to connect with each other and to connect with God." If that sounds like spin, it is - but it also happens to be true. Church attendance does tend to spike during tough economic times as people search out community for spiritual and material support. Warren's message is particularly likely to resonate with those who have lost the jobs, homes and possessions that defined them. Left to rebuild their lives, they are literally looking for a purpose. But while churches become more crowded when people are hurting, their budgets usually tighten, and giving decreases...
...surviving life's trials, and there are plenty of suggestions for how to help others in need. But many churches these days are offering practical help to their members, holding financial-planning seminars and rediscovering the values of thrift and stewardship. In contrast, of the 144 pages of Warren's premiere issue, only one includes specific suggestions for weathering the recession, in the form of a sidebar, "4 Blessed Ways to Get By." Warren will need to apply his golden touch once again to convince readers that one of those blessed ways to save doesn't include passing...
Read "The Global Ambition of Rick Warren...