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The Problems with the Volcker Rule
Oct 21, 2011
In Washington, a piece of the financial reform law that was passed last year is having a tough time getting implemented. It's called the Volcker...
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Help Write the Rules for Bank Gambling
Oct 17, 2011
Our big bank regulators have a couple of questions for you. Actually, make that 394 questions....
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Happy: The Movie
Oct 14, 2011
A new documentary about the search for happiness is playing in Boulder tonight, Bellingham tomorrow as well as Buffalo, New York City, Flagstaff,...
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The Appalachian Trail Index
Oct 13, 2011
On Tuesday, David checked in on some unconventional economic indicators from early in the recession, and while researching, another unusual indic...
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Volcker Rule Ends Speculation, Creates Speculation
Oct 11, 2011
Of all the hundreds of rules passed to prevent another financial crisis, the one regulators begin unveiling today is perhaps the most feared by t...
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"The Department of Happiness"
Oct 10, 2011
The LA Times recently blogged about the possibility of a Department of Happiness:
Someday in the not-too-distant future, the U.S. departments...
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#OccupyColumbusDay
Oct 10, 2011
I was down at Occupy Wall Street today, where Columbus Day could be felt in the increased quantity of school-age kids. (There was a "teach-in" ju...
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Watching Occupy Wall Street
Oct 7, 2011
As the protest enters it's fourth week, more and more people are heading down to Lower Manhattan to have a look for themselves at Occupy Wall...
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Slideshow: Occupy Wall Street, the Beginning
Oct 4, 2011
These days, the activists Occupying Wall Street are all over the news, with high profile visitors ranging from Nobel Prize winning economist Jose...
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Too Big to Fail, But Not Too Big to Sing
Oct 3, 2011
It was only a matter of time before this happened: "The Big Bank," the musical. It's got foreclosures, an environmentalist and a whole lot of hand...
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