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The China Bubble

Forbes - Thu Dec 10, 6:09 pm ET

China's economy is humming along in high gear, thanks to a fast-growing pile of dicey debt. Such booms tend to end badly.

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Bernanke’s Unfinished Mission
New York Times - 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Sustained high unemployment is a recipe for immense human suffering. The Federal Reserve must start lending a hand to job creation.
Women of the year
Summit Daily News - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Time magazine has several contenders for its annual Person of the Year issue, including Timothy Geithner, Stanley McChrystal, Usain Bolt and Ben Bernanke. More forward-thinking publications, however, have all but declared 2009 as the Year of the Woman. "Never has there been a time in which more remarkable women have distinguished themselves," said famed women's rights activist and Ms. magazine ...
Features > Holidays > Jewish > Chanukah
Cleveland Jewish News - Fri Dec 11, 1:18 am ET
Jewish tradition has a certain ambivalence toward the origins of the festival of Chanukah. Certainly we cannot ignore the origins of the holiday emerging from the military triumph of the Maccabees in their quest to defend the rights of Jews to observe Judaism.
New Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected to 474K
WBOC Salisbury - Fri Dec 11, 12:26 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP)– The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, after falling for five straight weeks.
The Goldsmiths—Part CXVIII
GoldSeek.com - Thu Dec 10, 11:57 pm ET
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse was one of the great cartoon characters in American history. I liked him as a child and I still think of him every time I address the Rothschild secret plans to make money and rule the world.
Dean Baker: The Return of the TARP Hostage Takers
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 10, 11:13 pm ET
Since the TARP escapade worked so well, the Wall Street gang is now trying another round of hostage taking, possibly for even bigger stakes. This time the plan is go after Social Security and Medicare.
Congress must keep its hands off the Fed
The Wenatchee World - Thu Dec 10, 7:05 pm ET
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat, Hershey and his chocolate bar ...
The China Bubble
Forbes - Thu Dec 10, 6:09 pm ET
China's economy is humming along in high gear, thanks to a fast-growing pile of dicey debt. Such booms tend to end badly.
E.V. gasoline prices fall slightly
East Valley Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 5:42 pm ET
East Valley and statewide gasoline prices drifted slightly lower this week following a three-week price plateau, according to AAA Arizona.
CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 5:11 pm ET
Interest rates on new credit card offers rose this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, as Bank of America increased rates on one of its card products.
Geithner defends AIG bailout
CNN Money - Thu Dec 10, 4:54 pm ET
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on Thursday that he had no choice but to pay top dollar to business partners of troubled insurer AIG to avert a deeper financial panic last year.
Sen. Schumer calls for crackdown on ATM fees
News 10 NBC Rochester - Thu Dec 10, 4:44 pm ET
Senator Chuck Schumer calls it a double whammy against your bank account. He says most banks double dip by charging a fee when their...
Rising 2009 market could haunt investors in 2010
Daily Breeze - Thu Dec 10, 3:56 pm ET
BOSTON - If the key to successful investing is buying low, then an abundance of caution is in order if you're rebalancing your portfolio.
House panel to examine Bank of America deal tomorrow
The Charlotte Observer - Thu Dec 10, 3:27 pm ET
A key House panel will hold its fifth – and probably final – hearing tomorrow on Bank of America Corp.'s purchase of Merrill Lynch .
Editorial: Sanders omits half the story on Bernanke's nomination
The Addison County Independent - Thu Dec 10, 3:19 pm ET
Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders efforts to block Ben Bernanke’s nomination for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve make a point, but in doing so he omits more than half of the story.