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Investors pull out of safe investment on news of bin Laden's death
Jeremy Hobson Nov 11, 2011
The dollar is up, and gold, oil and other commodities are down on the news of Osama bin Laden's death. Adolfo Laurenti, deputy chief economist with Mesirow Financial in Chicago, explains.
Money market mutual funds
Chris Farrell Apr 29, 2011
Question: What impact will the end of QE2 and or the bumping against the "debt limit" have on money market funds? Art, Webster, WI...
Paradigm shift
Chris Farrell Apr 29, 2011
Is the ghost of Thomas Malthus stalking the global economy? It sure seems like it....
Bernie Madoff speaks
Sep 22, 2011
New York Times journalist Diana Henriques is the only reporter to interview Bernie Madoff twice from prison. In her new book 'The Wizard of Lies' Henriques provides vivid details of the events that led up to, and followed, the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Goldman Sachs profits beat expectations
Janet Babin Sep 22, 2011
Goldman Sachs reported first quarter earnings of $1.56 a share today, after posting a huge decrease in first quarter profits, as Janet Babin explains.
Rating agency's debt warning rattles investors
Heidi N. Moore Sep 22, 2011
Standard & Poor's lowers the outlook for U.S. government bonds, raising investor concerns about the political battle to cut budget deficits.
Keep the money safe
Chris Farrell Apr 14, 2011
Question: My wife's family is debating on how best to invest $400,000 that came to my mother-in-law because of a death in the family. My mother-in...
Apple juice to join commodities trading
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 22, 2011
Move over orange juice. An American commodities exchange plans to let traders also bet on the future price of apple-juice concentrate.
Zipcar gears up for an IPO
Steve Henn Sep 22, 2011
The short-term car rental company has been around for more than a decade, but still hasn't quite turned a profit.
Glencore announces IPO
Christopher Werth Sep 22, 2011
The Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore has announced its intentions to go public. The main offer could raise as much as $11 billion, but would force the secretive company to open its books.
