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Oct 26, 2010
BOOK EXCERPT: ‘Stealing the Mystic Lamb’
Read an excerpt from "Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece," by Noah Charney. The book untangles the mystery and saga of Jan van Eyck's The Ghent Altarpiece, the most stolen art work in history.
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Oct 25, 2010
Sales of existing homes up 10 percent, says National Association of Realtors
The National Association of Realtors announced that sales of existing homes were up 10 percent last month, though it's still well-short of what's normal for this time of year. Part of the problem, is uncertainty over shoddy paperwork for some foreclosures.
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Oct 25, 2010
Bernanke says the Fed will investigate lender documentation
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says that the Fed is going going to look into whether lenders cut corners on documentation.
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Oct 25, 2010
Bernanke speaks to mortgages and finance at FDIC symposium
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking this morning at an FDIC symposium, looking at mortgages and finance. Hugh Johnson joins Steve Chiotakis to discuss.
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Oct 25, 2010
Bank of America to resume foreclosures
Bank of America says it'll resume foreclosures in almost two dozen states this week. The bank had halted foreclosures nationwide after discovering problems with paperwork. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Oct 23, 2010
What popular culture tells us about wealth
In reality, there may not be many of us who actually know someone who is rich. Instead, we get all our perceptions of wealth from popular culture — TV, movies, books, the Internet. Tess Vigeland takes a look back at the trends of wealth throughout entertainment's past.
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Oct 23, 2010
Question: Is $250,000 rich?
The number of $250,000 a year is being thrown around by politicians these days as being "wealthy" and "rich." But is it really? Tess Vigeland talks to financial psychologist Ted Klontz and the Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank about wealth in America.
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Oct 23, 2010
America, get realistic and tax the rich
The American Dream — the belief that anyone can work their way up the ladder to prosperity — is deeply intertwined into U.S. culture. But it's also deeply affecting our thoughts about income taxes, says commentator Felix Salmon, and we need to become more realistic.
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Oct 23, 2010
Question: How has people’s wealth changed?
With the fall of the stock market and the Great Recession, everyone from the very wealthy to the not-wealthy felt losses. How much were people really affected? Ted Klontz and Robert Frank discuss with Tess Vigeland.
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Oct 23, 2010
Question: What makes us feel wealthy?
In a second question posed to financial psychologist Ted Klontz and the Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank, Tess Vigeland asks what it is that makes people feel wealthy. It turns out, the fact that many don't believe they're rich may be the problem.
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