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Topps yanks Madoff cards before they hit shelves

This years Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball cards have already hit store shelves, minus the highly anticipated rookie card of fraudster Bernie Madoff. Yeah, that's right!! The modern day Charlies Ponzi,...

Green Companies Seeing Green

Savvy business owners and investors are jumping on the green bandwagon with everything from renewable energy and conservation, to consumer products like fashion and furnishings. Making good by saving the planet is big business in the new millenium. "Birkenstocks meet business...

The secret to buying a home

The Secret To Buying A HomeThe key to a successful home purchase is in the dictionary!By: Bill HitchcockThis article is for the folks who want to buy a home. And I am relying on my 1966 Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary and my 1966 Random House Dictionary to explain the keys to...

The foreclosure freeze tide

"WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--As Capitol Hill remains under siege from all sides of America's faltering economy, pressure to stem the tide of foreclosures continued to make inroads as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became the latest to join the foreclosure freeze movement.The...

Asia stock markets surge after Fed rate cut

"Asian stock markets surge after Fed rate cut; South Korean index up 12.7 percent HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets rallied Thursday, led by a 12 percent jump in South Korea, after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to help revive the world's largest economy...

Indian Stock market crashes, plunges below 10,000

In tune with each and every country in Asia and most in Europe, India's stockmarket index, the  BSE Sensex fell below 10,000, lowest in the last two years. "Melting stock prices today pulled down the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex below the 10,000 points level...

How Wall Street Can Bail Itself out without Destroying the Dollar by Thom Har...

Instead of a taxpayer funded bailout, Thom Hartmann suggests taxing the people who created the mess in a way that will promote investment as opposed to speculation. What do you think? Let your Representative...

Alitalia Airline Update Sept-29: Berlusconi prepares Rescue by AirFance & Luf...

Update Sept-29" ROME (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reiterated Sunday his opposition to foreign investors taking a majority stake in national airline Alitalia, the ANSA news agency reported....

American investor joins Arsenal board

"American businessman Stan Kroenke has joined the board of Arsenal. The Premier League club says the Denver-based investor has become a non-executive director and holds a 12.4 percent share in the London side. The move seems intended to block a potential takeover of Arsenal...

Bill Gates Is Richest Person in America...Again

No thanks to his failed Microsoft ads co-starring with Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates has "recovered his spot" as the richest man in America, by beating out Warren Buffett, with a net worth of 57 billion...

World Economy: Investors Remain Jittery

The world's current Bear markets remain jittery this week as the US government bails out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Unemployment in the USA reached a peak of 6.1% and consumers continue to...

Paulson readies the 'bazooka'

"Paulson readies the 'bazooka'Big buyers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt have been shying away. The Treasury secretary wants to coax them back.By Colin Barr, senior writerLast Updated: September 7, 2008: 9:56 AM EDT Special Report Rescue cost: The big...

Advantages and Disadvantages of ETFs

This is the 2nd installment of our 2 part series on ETFs. Please read the first part here: Investing in ETFs Advantages of ETFs 1. ETFs tend to be more cost-effective vis-a-vis comparable mutual funds. For instance, while the expense ratio of a passively managed ETF...

Obama's Friend William Ayers and Obama's Retaliation

Who you choose to be friends with says a lot about who you are. While John McCain was fighting for his country in the Vietnam War, William Ayers was trying to blow America up."Have you ever been a friend or business associate of a terrorist? Not someone who, to your shock and...

Russia investors flee after conflict

"Investors have pulled funds out of Russia at the fastest rate since the country's 1998 debt crisis, in the wake of the conflict with Georgia, official figures have shown.Official figures from the Central Bank of Russia showed yesterday that the country's foreign exchange...

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