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Banking Services The best and worst stocks of the past decade: Invest in a time machine European financial regulation: Laws for all Daily chart: The Apple of investors' eyes Banker bashing in Britain: The British lose faith in meritocracy Schumpeter: Of companies and closets Swiss banking secrecy: Don’t ask, won’t tell Bagehot: The death of meritocracy The coalition’s performance: Pulled hither and thither The euro crisis: American exposure Swiss banks and American taxes: Pawn sacrifice	The Economist: Finance and economics Free exchange: Latin lessons Measuring the impact of regulation: The rule of more Buttonwood: The oil barons have a ball Hedge-fund closures: Quitting while they’re behind The lexicon of hedge funds: From alpha to smart beta America’s mortgage deal: Unsettling The Bank of Japan: Time for action Rescuing Greece: Beyond the edge Free exchange: Go for the churn Short-selling: Getting to the naked truth
The Economist: Leaders United States' economy: Over-regulated America Europe and the euro: A way out of the woods Carmakers in Europe: Hands off the wheel The Muslim Brotherhood: Dialogue is the best defence India and its near-abroad: The elephant in the region Change in Russia: A Moscow spring? Pakistan’s army and the law: The men in black v the men in green Resource nationalism in Africa: More for my people The rich world’s economy: Not quite party time Arab revolutions: How to set Syria free	Economic Crisis What's ailing British productivity: Britain's productivity puzzle Looking closely at Dodd-Frank: This is only an outline Greece and the euro: Flaming February Business this week Rescuing Greece: Beyond the edge Global growth: In search of demand Monetary policy: Preventing collapse isn't enough Labour markets: Churn for the better Free exchange: Go for the churn Monetary policy: The Fed's next hike will come at the end of 2014
China Alibaba.com: So long, for now Industrial policy: Manufacturing concern Daily chart: Looking inwards Sports and politics in China: Stop the Linsanity? China's new sports problem: Stop the Linsanity? China’s princelings: Grappling in the dark Consumption economics: The incredible shrinking surplus Norway and China: Cold shoulder India and its near-abroad: Your friendly big brother Politics this week	European Union The Greek debt deal: Thumbs down A message for Paul Ryan: Europe has lower deficits than America Organ transplants: Life after death European financial regulation: Laws for all Politics this week Letters: On Syria, aircraft emissions, Charles Murray, Japan, Brazil, the British press, romance Alexander Hamilton and the EU: The ten-dollar founding father does Brussels The Balkans: Serbia's cold dead of winter Climate change and air travel: Slash emissions, fly by zeppelin From The Economist: Brazilian airports and Chinese objections
Computer Technology Daily chart: Platform wars Instant messaging: Touchy typing Corporate fraud: Mind your language Apple in China: End of the iPad? Helping pilgrims: The smart way to Mecca The ghost in the machine: Memory transplants In-flight technology: Flyers take their tablets Internet security: Once more unto the breach Media bias: American coverage of Israel Supercomputers: Ten million billion and counting	Internet Alibaba.com: So long, for now Instant messaging: Touchy typing Google and online privacy: A cookie monster? Technology and fashion: One size doesn't fit all Audio compression: Difference engine: Music to their ears Internet security: Once more unto the breach Media bias: American coverage of Israel Schumpeter: The coming retail boom A shake-up of sailing: Sea change Floating Facebook: The value of friendship
Financial Markets Alibaba.com: So long, for now Foreign exchange: What a carry-on The euro crisis: A Greek agreement The Greek crisis: The end of the marathon? Rescuing Greece: Pain and the pinch Greece and the euro: What Argentina tells us about Greece Free exchange: Latin lessons Europe and the euro: A way out of the woods Insider trading in Congress: Taking STOCK Hedge-fund closures: Quitting while they’re behind	Latest Articles from CFO.com Newly Public Growth Companies May Get Years to Comply With Regulations Will Corporate Tax Reform Squeeze Small Companies? SEC Seen Mulling Weaker Role for FASB New Rules Wreak Havoc for Retirement-Plan Sponsors Mind Your Language Mark-to-Market Pensions Reveal Brutal Investing Year CFOs on the Move: Week Ending February 17
	IFRS Report Schapiro: SEC has questions to consider before its decision on IFRS U.S. "will come on board" with IFRS, IASB chairman predicts IASB and FASB issue proposal on revenue recognition Fitch says IFRS is coming to U.S., but slowly FASB and IASB propose rules for balance sheet offsetting IASB delays IFRS 9 start date by 2 years FASB, IASB add project on classification and measurement for financial instruments IFRS Foundation unveils draft of Taxonomy 2012 IFRS Foundation names Yael Almog as executive director IFRS Foundation makes Advisory Council appointments
CFO.com: FASB-IASB News FASB Shows "Sensitivity" to Fair Value The New Crisis Report: What's in It for CFOs? Companies: New Lease Rule Means Labor Pains Companies Exasperate SEC Accounting Chief Donaldson, Levitt Back FASB Off-balance-sheet Rules Private Companies Get IFRS Made Easy A Fair Value Prescription for "Share Lending" Revenue Recognition: Will a Single Model Fly? Speed Bumps for Early XBRL Filers, Users International Standard Setters Have Their Say on MD&A	FASB - Recent Activity and News FASB and IASB to Host a Series of Outreach Meetings on Revised Revenue Recognition Proposals FAF Releases Updated Print Edition of FASB Accounting Standards Codification� Representatives of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan and the Financial Accounting Standards Board Hold Biannual Meeting IASB and FASB Seek to Reduce Differences in Classification and Measurement Models for Financial Instruments FASB Publishes Proposal for Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Now Available FASB Update—Financial Statement User Edition—January 2012 FASB Issues Proposed Accounting Standards Update—Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Revenue from Contracts with Customers—Proposed Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification® FASB Defers Certain Aspects of Comprehensive Income Accounting Standards Update The FASB Announces Public Roundtable Meetings to Solicit Input on Proposal to Improve Accounting for Investment Companies and Proposal on Investment Property Entities
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Yahoo! Finance: Top Stories Media General explores sale of newspapers Stocks lower a day after Dow's blip above 13,000 Rising sales point to better year for housing Obama seeks corporate tax rate cut, loophole limit Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures Fantasy camp for those who love to fly FDA panel backs previously rejected obesity pill Fuller Brush files for bankruptcy protection Ford to add $3.8B to pension plans this year HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct	Economy, Government & Policy News and Information on Yahoo! Finance IMF turns sights to its Greek bailout contribution Treasury bond market at a glance U.S. Investors Brace for a Third Bailout in Greece Bank of England panel split on size of stimulus Euro: Why is the Market So Reserved after Greece’s Bailout?
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Currencies News and Information on Yahoo! Finance Dollar rises to 7-month high against Japanese yen The Yen Falls To A 7-Month Low Greek deal skepticism weighs on markets USD Index To Resume Upward Trend, Japanese Yen Weakness To Accelerate Existing Home Sales Hit 4-month High; U.S. Dollar Pares Gain	Earnings News and Information on Yahoo! Finance HP profit plummets, CEO urges patience
Bonds News and Information on Yahoo! Finance Treasury bond market at a glance Pimco Said to Quit Mortgage Bond Group	Commodities News and Information on Yahoo! Finance Yamana Gold increases mineral reserves by 11% Gasoline Price Spike Has Temporary Offset
Mutual Funds News and Information on Yahoo! Finance Top 5 Zacks #1 Ranked Small-Cap Mutual Funds Wednesday’s ETF To Watch: Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) Top 5 Zacks #1 Ranked Global Mutual Funds	Yahoo! Finance: Banking News Destination Clubs Introduce Budget Versions, Relatively Speaking Do debt management plans hurt your credit score? How to Protect Your Retirement Investments from Scams 'Heroes' Star Rescues Coupon-Challenged Shoppers Checking the Housing Pulse: Are We Recovering? Green Mountain Coffee Goes After Affluent Customer Smartphones Tied To Rise In Identify Fraud Coke not planning to lift ad budget in reply to Pepsi-CFO How Wealthy Are The Presidential Candidates? [video] How to Spot Phony Online Product Reviews
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Yahoo! Finance: Retirement News Jim Capretta Rebuts the Five Strongest Criticisms of Premium Support-Based Medicare Reform How to Protect Your Retirement Investments from Scams Your Practice: Retirement advising prerequisite: Psych 101 Retirement Gotchas Experts Rarely Talk About [video] Owning Company Stock in 401(k) Could Cost You Budgeting for Housing When Retiring Overseas [video] Living to 100? That Will Be $3.5 Million Betterment Slashes Fees and Adds I.R.A.'s 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your IRA Disabled or Hurt? Only 800 Days to Wait for SSDI Rejection	Yahoo! Finance: Tax News Romney's Tax Reboot [$$] Obama's Tax Reform Muddle [$$] Romney Sets Out Tax Plan Tax Breaks: A Primer [video] Romney's Tax Plan Unveiled [video] Obama Unveils Tax Reform Plan [video] Opinion: A Taxing Debate Tax Refunds: More Americans Plan to Save Rather Than Spend Romney urges lower rates in new tax plan Tax Tip: Understanding Above-the-Line Deductions
Forbes.com: Market News Will Greece Be Recued? Disney Draws Even Europe, Asia Hungry For McDonald's Toyota Hit With Corolla Complaints Molson Coors Slings Fewer Suds Coca-Cola Looks Abroad For Growth EA Forecast Might Be Too Conservative The American Exception Europe Beefs Up McDonald's Sales Coca-Cola Bubbles Up In Emerging Markets	Financial Times - Financial markets news Asia shares fall amid eurozone concerns Greek debt swap pay-out prospect weighed Japan’s policy will spur high debt economies US prime money funds raise eurozone exposure NY Fed plans auction of Maiden Lane II portfolio Record sterling oil price sparks fears Iceland bank establishes covered bond plan Tech stocks fall on Dell disappointment Pound hits 10-week low against euro Tesco slides amid worries over turnround
Reuters: Business News Banks sink on European economic worry Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls HP profit plummets, CEO urges patience Burned before, Fed officials cautious on rebound U.S. wants more talks on Japan bid to join Pacific trade group Greece pores over bailout laws amid protests G20 hopes for progress on EU debt crisis: Carstens Buffett's Berkshire muscles into Thai reinsurance Exclusive: Palo Alto Networks, other tech firms tee up IPOs	US Equities Market Data - FT.com Tech stocks fall on Dell disappointment Traders will want to beat ‘risk-off’ moment Stepping up UPS’s TNT Express offer US stocks on brink of post-crisis high Apple offers early warning sign to bulls US corporates shy to offer guidance Greece hopes and US data boost shares Market gains point to budding recovery S&P 500 at nine-month high on strong US data Zynga hit as it fails to justify investor buying
Financial Times - Financial markets news Asia shares fall amid eurozone concerns Greek debt swap pay-out prospect weighed Japan’s policy will spur high debt economies US prime money funds raise eurozone exposure NY Fed plans auction of Maiden Lane II portfolio Record sterling oil price sparks fears Iceland bank establishes covered bond plan Tech stocks fall on Dell disappointment Pound hits 10-week low against euro Tesco slides amid worries over turnround	Real Time Economics Housing Takes Another Step Out of The Cellar �Why This Time Could Be Different� With High Gasoline Prices Boston Fed Sought Lower Discount Rate, While Kansas City Fed Wanted Increase Number of the Week: Five Cents of Every Retail Dollar Spent Online Tensions With Russia Loom Over Trade Debate White House Highlights Need For New Data Based on Changing Economy Euro-Zone Crisis Forces Regional Markets To Expand A Few Head Scratchers In Some Fed Statements Breakfast With Former IMF China Hand Eswar Prasad Despite Gains, Housing Still Faces Problems
FOXBusiness.com Palladio, Sator Ready To Invest Up To EUR450 Million In Premafin Indorama Ventures Unit Buys 51% Of Northern Ireland Packaging Firm Iluka Resources Profit Soars On Higher Prices; Eyes Lower Zircon Output Yamana Gold 4Q Net Falls 29% On Impairment, Revenue Rises BHP To Suspend, Review Tasmanian Alloy Facility Banpu Net Profit Down 17% At THB20.06 Billion In 2011 VTB Seeks Liquidity From Russian Central Bank BHP Billiton To Suspend Manganese Alloy Facility In Tasmania Group Of Morgan Stanley Managing Directors Forms New Advisory Firm -FT Final Sale Of NY Fed's Ex-AIG Mortgage Bonds Underway -Sources	NYT > Economy Economix Blog: Tax Breaks: A Primer Economix Blog: Are Manufacturers Really Special? Economix Blog: America’s 10 Most Sleep-Deprived Jobs Economix Blog: Casey B. Mulligan: The Safety Net Isn't Free In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation Tax Break for Manufacturers Offset Elsewhere Obama Introduces Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate Legal Fees for Fannie and Freddie Near $50 Million Sales of Existing Homes Rise 4.3% Bank Overdraft Fees to Be Scrutinized by Consumer Bureau
FT.com - Hedge funds Paulson sued over Sino Forest investment Hedge funds to take control of Travelodge FSA reveals Greenlight evidence Hedge fund pioneer back for Asia venture FSA reveals full Einhorn transcript	MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse Hong Kong stocks fall, with real-estate dropping Obama signs payroll-tax cut into law Japanese stocks open lower, with banks weak Australian shares lower in early trading Australia's Gillard calls leadership contest Vivus weight-loss drug backed by FDA advisers Vivus diet drug gets FDA panel backing: reports EU firewall comes before G-20 aid to IMF: Brainard Oil stocks up 3.6 million barrels: trade group SkullCandy swings to a profit as sales jump
Financial Times - Commodities News and Market Data US farm subsidies attacked amid boom Record sterling oil price sparks fears Commodity rally fails to lure back flows Valuing the London Metal Exchange Wilmar: greasing investors palms Shell offers �1bn for Cove Energy West dismayed at failure of IAEA talks in Iran Asia’s oil users to cut Iranian imports US feels pinch from high petrol prices Wells buys BNP energy loan portfolio	Financial Times - Currency Markets News and Data Pound hits 10-week low against euro Yen hits 7-month low against the dollar Asia shares fall amid eurozone concerns Japan’s policy will spur high debt economies Wells buys BNP energy loan portfolio Draghi’s sleight of hand saves ECB from losses Euro benefits from Athens rescue deal South Sudan fears impact of oil shutdown Euro lifted ahead of eurozone meeting Polish zloty rebounds as eurozone fears ease
Capital Markets News and Data - FT.com Sales of CLOs at strongest pace since crisis Greek debt swap pay-out prospect weighed Nuclear operator returns to Japan bond market NY Fed plans auction of Maiden Lane II portfolio US prime money funds raise eurozone exposure UK and Japan warn Volcker rule poses threat to recovery Japan’s policy will spur high debt economies Corporate issuers eye bond sales after Athens deal Draghi’s sleight of hand saves ECB from losses Greek deal leaves investors fearful of two-tier bonds	View from the Top Bombardier bullish on India and China Global diamond demand strong Booz CEO: US fares better than Europe Traders must focus on technology BT CEO on investing through austerity Marriott International names new CEO Lloyd's chief uneasy with UK veto Splitting the pharma Selling British heritage to China Industry CEO: US infrastructure lacking
NYT > Business Day Google Glasses Will Be Powered by Android In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation Tax Break for Manufacturers Offset Elsewhere Qnexa Weight-Loss Drug Wins Advisory Panel’s Support Bits Blog: Amazon Pulls Thousands of E-Books in Dispute Bits Blog: Apple, Google and Others in Agreement on App Privacy DealBook: Responding to Critics, S.E.C. Defends 'No Wrongdoing' Settlements DealBook: Regulators Plan Safeguards to Prevent Another MF Global Dr. Craig B. Thompson, Head of Sloan-Kettering, Is Sued DealBook: Amid Takeover Talks, London Metal Exchange Eyes Expansion	NYT > Your Money Your Money: AutoSlash, a Rate Sleuth, Makes Rental Car Companies Squirm - Your Money Wealth Matters: Destination Clubs Introduce Budget Versions, Sort Of - Wealth Matters Bucks Blog: Betterment Slashes Fees and Adds I.R.A.'s Bucks Blog: Wednesday Reading: Turning to Leg Hair to Treat Baldness Bucks Blog: Disclosures Are Found to Change Financial Behavior Bucks: Dollar-Cost Averaging: An Emotional Insurance Policy Wealth Matters: In Investing, Disclosure Only Gets You So Far Special Section: Wealth: Taking Back Your Business Economics of Family Life, as Taught by a Power Couple Fair Game: Mortgage Settlement Leaves Much to Be Desired - Fair Game
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BusinessWeek.com -- Finance Is Japan's Global Creditor Status at Risk? Dow 13,000 Is a Pity Party for Battered Investors Why Facebook Must Stay Quiet Puda Coal Executives Stole Company Assets, SEC Alleges in Suit Merkel Signals She Will Keep Austerity Pressure on Greece China Big 4 Banks Had $49 Billion Deposits in 20 Days, 21st Says Wen Seen Setting China Growth Target Below 8% in 2012: Economy Why Debit-Card Overdraft Fees Are Under Scrutiny Again Greek Bailout `Buys Time' for EU, Papasavvas Says Loyalty to the European Union, Never Strong, Is Fading Fast	Investing Insights - BusinessWeek A Rocky Recovery for Home Depot Munis: Does AMBAC's Plight Boost Risk? Cash Just Kept On Piling Up, But It Looks Like The Spending Has Started Are Viacom Investors Too Focused on MTV? Can the Low-Quality Stock Rally Continue? Tradition, a Feeling of Accomplishment Whole Foods' Warning About 2010 Technical Analysis: Are Stocks Headed For a Fall? Stocks are Overpriced! Schwab unveils “game changing” ETF platform
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Morningstar Articles Stocks End in the Red After Data, EU Woes Greece Concerns, Data Send Stocks Lower We Love This ETF: Sell It Now For Those Daring to Brave Europe, Try These Funds Are Central Banks Moving the Gold Market? Asian Markets Close in Green; Sensex Slips European Markets Slightly Lower After Data Asian Markets Pick up After Weak Open Stocks End Mixed on Greek Deal Stocks Higher After Greek Bailout Deal	Morningstar Stock Analyst Notes Accor Announces 2011 Results and Large Dividend Increase; Shares Undervalued and Yield Attractive Volume Growth Drives Boston Beer Company in 4Q; Shares Slightly Overvalued MGM Resorts Reports Solid Fourth Quarter, but Las Vegas' Recovery Already Priced Into Stock Analog Devices Also Sees a Bottom to the Chip Industry Downturn HDFC's Profitability Expands in the Third Fiscal Quarter France Telecom's 2011 Results Slightly Ahead of our Expectations, but Firm Cuts Dividend AGL's Earnings Fall on Merger Expenses and Continued Weak Nonregulated Performance Value-Conscious Shoppers Boost TJX Comps; Raising Fair Value Estimate, but Shares Look Rich Lamar Reports Solid Revenue Growth for Second Quarter in a row, Shares Slightly Overvalued MGM China Reports Strong 4Q Results and Announces Special Dividend; Shares Remain Undervalued
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Knowledge@Wharton -- Finance and Investment Private Equity: Fact, Fiction and What Lies in Between The Unexpected Early Winners of the Arab Spring Microfinance's Latest Challenge: Cutting Back on Over-indebtedness Among Its Poorest Clients Will a Eurozone Recession Put a Damper on the World's Fragile Economic Recovery? Zvi Eckstein: A Former Central Banker's View of Economic and Social Hot Spots 'Finance & Accounting' for the Rest of Us: A Conversation with Richard A. Lambert Not a Level Playing Field: How Big Investors Benefit from Selective Access to Top Management Should Sovereign Credit Rating Be Outsourced to China? Not So Fast ... 'Collapse of Confidence': The European Crisis Grows The Euro Zone of Denial Hits the Wall	Economic Snapshot News - Economic Snapshot News Headlines | Bizjournals.com Both parties craft reasons to reject boost to Colorado creative districts ProAssurance posts $140M 4Q profit Caribou planning up to 70 new coffeehouses Prime Healthcare Services buys Phila.-area hospital Amazon pulls thousands of e-book titles in dispute with distributor UnitedHealth Group executive elected to Xcel Energy board Two lawyers suspended by Minnesota Supreme Court Mykonos sells to Juniper for $80 million Hire slow, fire fast, and other advice for young entrepreneurs David Burk announces new downtown Wichita apartment project
NYT > Recession Men Are Buying Fashion Accessories After Slow Recession Sales Pain Without Gain In San Jose, Budget Woes Take a Toll Euro Zone Economy Shrank in Fourth Quarter of 2011 A Recovery With Business Out Front - Off the Charts Republicans See Politics in Chrysler Super Bowl Ad It Is Safe to Resume Ignoring the Prophets of Doom ... Right? The Austerity Debacle. Growth Accelerates, but U.S. Has Lots of Ground to Make Up Flagging Sales in Britain Raise Recession Worries	NYT > Financial Regulatory Reform DEALBOOK; The Costs Of Good Intentions DEALBOOK; At Volcker Rule Deadline, a Strong Pushback From Wall St. DEALBOOK; Private Equity Industry Attracts S.E.C. Scrutiny The View From the S.E.C. Private Equity Industry Attracts S.E.C. Scrutiny Making Shareholders Liable for Big Banks - Economic View DEALBOOK; In Finance, Past Hints At Future S.E.C. Is Avoiding Tough Sanctions for Large Banks Bankers Keep Fighting Back DEALBOOK; A Debt Market's Slow Recovery Faces a Regulatory Burden
NYT > Short Selling HIGH & LOW FINANCE; Questioning The Benefit Of Curbing Short Sales How Bubbles Affect Our Financial Behavior UBS Fined $12 Million Over Short-Selling How 3 Funds Shielded Investors in a Down Market Barclays Faces Sanctions in Japan European Market Regulators Extend Bans on Short-Selling Who’s at Fault if Stocks Continue to Plummet? Four European Nations to Curtail Short-Selling Predictably, the Shorts Are Blamed Misdirection in Goldman Sachs's Housing Short	NYT > Securities and Commodities Violations Mets Owners’ Witness Facing Scrutiny Again An S.E.C. Settlement, Challenged, Is Approved DEALBOOK; F.B.I. Looks Into Firm For Reverse Mergers Probation for a Former Galleon Group Employee S.E.C. Charges Alan Levan with Misleading Investors S.E.C. Changes Its Policy on Firms’ Admissions of Guilt Dealbook Online Judge Says S.E.C. Misled Two Courts in Citi Case Federal Judge in Wisconsin Challenges an S.E.C. Settlement G.E. Unit to Pay Penalties in Bid-Rigging Case
NYT > Economics G.O.P. Monetary Madness To Rethink Government, Start Close to Home — Economic View Letters: Economics and Ideology Know What You’re Protesting - Economic View Nobel Winners in Economics: The Reluctant Celebrities Podcast: Econometrics, Bailouts, Jobs and Mankiw ‘Grand Pursuit’ by Sylvia Nasar - Review The Politics of Economics in the Age of Shouting OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Politics of Economics in the Age of Shouting Brazil Tries Pragmatism, Not Politics	NYT > Deflation (Economics) Swiss Consumer Price Index Falls 0.1% Signs That the Era of Cheap Chinese Imports Is Ending This Time, It Really Is Different No Extra Credit A Second Great Depression, or Worse? Financial Aftershocks With Precedent in History Half-Measures From the Fed Is Deflation Back? What’s With All the Bernanke Bashing? Moody’s Warns That It Might Downgrade Japan’s Debt
NYT > Federal Debt Ceiling Senate Approves $1.2 Trillion Debt Limit Rise When Is a Debt Not a Debt? When Republicans Need a Propaganda Tool House Votes to Block Obama on Borrowing Protest Vote Set on Debt Ceiling Paul to Break From Trail for Debt Ceiling Vote The True Federal Debt Nobody Understands Debt Obama to Delay Budget Request So Congress Can Comment Obama Set to Request $1.2 Trillion Increase in Debt Limit For Obama, Payroll Tax Victory Was Aided by Republicans	NYT > Quantitative Easing A Young Green Innovator Turning Fungi into Jobs Muses on the Path to Breakthroughs Central Banks in Europe Hold Line on Rates Economic Reports Surprise in Britain and Germany Morning Take-Out How Can You Fix the Global Economy if You Can't Brave the Snow? Braving the Snow at Davos DEALBOOK; Federal Reserve as a Hedge Fund: Higher Profits, Lower Pay For Mutual Fund Investors, a Bright End to a Murky Year Bank Deposits at European Central Bank Reach High for Year Is America Going the Way of Japan?
NYT > Economic Conditions and Trends Hungary Could Lose European Union Subsidies In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation Global Integration, Act II Mainland Chinese Flock to Hong Kong to Have Babies Curiosity Over China's Irish Interest Florida Investor Sues John Paulson's Hedge Fund Cuba’s Housing Revival Pressure, Chinese and Foreign, Drives Changes at Foxconn This Week in Small Business: Lessons From Chuck Norris Permira Sifts For Bargains, Even at Edges Of Europe	NYT > Banking Industry Hurting Poor Borrowers In Search of an App to Monitor Average Bank Balances Money Market Funds May Soon Face More Changes Clearer Checking Account Terms Worker-Owners of America, Unite! Shoppers Beware of Bank Fees BUCKS; Free A.T.M.'s, With Sponsor Chase A.T.M. Fraud Case Indictment is Unsealed Citigroup and Deutsche Bank Settle Claims Over Securities Banks Quietly Ramp Up Consumer Fees
NYT > Investment Banking Sept. 28, 2008: Greenwich Time Basel III Rules for Banks Near Completion China Tells Banks to Cut High-Risk Hidden Loans Lazard Hires Top Citi Infrastructure Banker JPMorgan Names Senior Investment Banking Executives Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery Barclays Poaches 2 Senior Industrials Bankers The Inflatable Loan Pool Wall Street Ethics The Hard Work on Financial Reform	NYT > Boards of Directors CITY ROOM; With Resignations, Less Star Power for M.T.A. Board Dealbook Online Former Olympus Chief Ends Bid to Replace Management Olympus Board Hints at Quitting Over Fraud Olympus’s Ousted Chief Will Step Down From Its Board DEALBOOK; At the 92nd Street Y, a Cushion Against Wall Street Michael Woodford Would Like a Chance to Redeem Olympus Apple Appoints New Chairman and Elects Disney’s Chief to Board Sisters of St. Francis, the Quiet Shareholder Activists Another Scandal Unsettles Corporate Japan
NYT > Brokers and Brokerage Firms Raphael De Niro's Name Rings a Bell No Work or Naps, and Lots on the Menu Pssst! Want a Ticket? Hey, I’m Legit. Really. As Brokerages Regroup, the Lines Are Open Once a Boutique, Now a Division Economists Try Target Practice in a Fun-House Mirror The Optimists’ Club Nearly 700 at Merrill in Million-Dollar Club Offering Free Investment Advice by Anonymous Volunteers Banks Bypassing Mortgage Brokers	NYT > Sovereign Wealth Funds UniCredit Shareholders to Profit From Rights Offering UniCredit Gaining Investor Support for $9.6 Billion Rights Issue Kazakhstan: President Fires Son-in-Law European Finance Ministers Approve Billions in Loans for Greece Wall St. Giants Seek a Piece of Nigeria's Sovereign Fund China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Buys Shares in Major Banks Qatar Shows Faith in Europe As Trading Week Ends, Investors’ Concerns Do Not Giving Up a Dream, Citadel's Founder to Sell Investment Bank Western Funds Are Said to Have Managed Libyan Money Poorly
NYT > Currency In Iran, Rising International Tensions Take a Toll Ahmadinejad Relents on Interest Rate Increase Insider Trading Accusations Against Swiss Banking Head Clemson Fans Hold Fast to a Tradition Worth More Than the Paper It’s Printed On Currencies in Asia Won't Settle Down Soon Egypt’s Military to Lend $1 Billion to Bolster Currency China and Japan in Currency Agreement Anti-Semitic Artifacts, New York History and Greek Coins The Lure of the Hedge Fund, Despite Poor Performance Currency Plunge Roils Iran as Further Sanctions Loom	NYT > Company Reports H.P. Reports Lower First-Quarter Revenue and Profit Kingfisher Cuts Flights as Financial Problems Multiply Medtronic Earnings Continue to Slide in Weak Economy Rising Costs Cut Profit at Barnes & Noble Dell Earnings and Forecast Fall Short of Wall St. Views Top Retailers Report Strong Profit, but Walmart Shoppers Struggle Kraft Foods’ Profit Increases by 54% Looking Ahead to Economic Reports This Week DirecTV’s Profit Helped by Gains in Latin American Subscribers G.M. Reports Big Profit; Europe Lags
NYT > Corporations Tax Break for Manufacturers Offset Elsewhere H.P. Reports Lower First-Quarter Revenue and Profit Kingfisher Cuts Flights as Financial Problems Multiply Medtronic Earnings Continue to Slide in Weak Economy Dell Earnings and Forecast Fall Short of Wall St. Views Rising Costs Cut Profit at Barnes & Noble Top Retailers Report Strong Profit, but Walmart Shoppers Struggle Kraft Foods’ Profit Increases by 54% China Official Visits Investment-Hungry Ireland Looking Ahead to Economic Reports This Week	NYT > Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues Microsoft Files Complaint Against Motorola in Europe T-Mobile Files Request to Block Verizon’s Planned Spectrum Deal Europe Clears Google Acquisition of Motorola William J. Baer Nominated to Lead Antitrust Division DEALBOOK; Shelving Merger Deal, Exchange Giants Look to Next Move Japanese Auto Suppliers Are Fined, and Executives Agree to Prison, in a Price-Fixing Case Thwarting Scalpers DEALBOOK; An Antitrust Chief at Justice Is Leaving Who Owns My Ticket? DEALBOOK; New Hurdle In Europe To a Merger Of Exchanges
NYT > Private Equity BC Partners Raises $8.6 Billion Fund Billabong Shares Crest After TPG Bids $824 Million DEALBOOK; Private Equity Industry Attracts S.E.C. Scrutiny Private Equity Industry Attracts S.E.C. Scrutiny DEALBOOK; K.K.R. Profit Drops 68% In Quarter K.K.R.'s Profit Fell 68% in 4th Quarter $800 Million Chinese Fund to Back Film Projects British Private Equity Executive Dies DEALBOOK; After Months of Grumbling, Private Equity Fights Back DealBook Online	NYT > Bonuses DEALBOOK; Barclays Caps Bonuses As Profit Declines 16% Dealbook Online RBS Chief Will Skip Politically Charged Bonus DealBook Online DEALBOOK; Former Dresdner Bankers Sue for Unpaid Bonuses DEALBOOK; Bad Year for Wall St. Not Reflected in Chiefs' Pay A New Era of Lower Pay on Wall Street - Common Sense Dealbook Online The Invisible Hand Behind Wall Street Bonuses DEALBOOK; Lloyds Chief, After Medical Absence, Turns Down Bonus
NYT > Budgets and Budgeting Illinois Budget Calls for Cuts Christie Offers Tax Cut in New Jersey Budget Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges The Gay Marriage Halo Effect Cuomo’s Efforts to Expand Authority Raise Alarm in Albany Britain Defends Austerity Despite Moody’s Debt Warning Portugal’s Debt Efforts May Be a Warning for Greece Cities Turn to a Crop for Cash: Medical Marijuana Michigan Must Decide What to Do With an Unexpected Surplus Restore a Homeless-Prevention Program	NYT > Accounting and Accountants With 7 Arrested, a Widening Inquiry Into the Olympus Scandal Entrepreneurs Must Consider New Tax Matters DEALBOOK; In Finance, Past Hints At Future Olympus Clears Auditors in an Accounting Cover-Up Olympus Panel Clears KPMG and Ernst & Young in Fraud DEALBOOK; PricewaterhouseCoopers Is Fined In Britain DEALBOOK; Corzine Denies Knowing That MF Global Was Tapping Client Funds Contractor’s Work for U.S. Pension Guarantor Was Flawed, Audit Says Ahead of Woodford Meeting, 3 Olympus Executives Resign Michael Woodford, Former Olympus C.E.O., to Press Board on Fees
NYT > Taxes Tax Break for Manufacturers Offset Elsewhere Indian Tribes Make Own Cigarettes to Avoid N.Y. Tax Obama Introduces Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28% Christie Offers Tax Cut in New Jersey Budget Obama’s Tax Policy Targets Slice of His Base: The Affluent Identifying Tax Cheats The Gay Marriage Halo Effect In San Jose, Budget Woes Take a Toll Whitney Houston and Alcohol’s Toll	NYT > Federal Taxes (US) Obama Introduces Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate Obama’s Tax Policy Targets Slice of His Base: The Affluent A Third Voice for 2012 Working All Day for the I.R.S. - Common Sense Congress Passes Tax Cut Extension and Jobless Aid White House Sees Buffett Rule More as a Guide Military Cuts and Tax Plan Are Central to Budget Proposal Obama Budget’s Dueling Priorities: Stimulus and Deficit Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It Entrepreneurs Must Consider New Tax Matters
NYT > Income Tax Christie Offers Tax Cut in New Jersey Budget Obama’s Tax Policy Targets Slice of His Base: The Affluent Working All Day for the I.R.S. - Common Sense White House Sees Buffett Rule More as a Guide A Proposal to Tax Stocks Annually Military Cuts and Tax Plan Are Central to Budget Proposal Diversified Portfolios Can Complicate Tax Planning I.R.S. Steps In for Nonfilers, at a Potentially High Price Tax Software Is Put Through the Paces - Review ‘Innocent Spouses’ Get More Relief From I.R.S.	NYT > Alternative Minimum Tax Working All Day for the I.R.S. - Common Sense White House Sees Buffett Rule More as a Guide Military Cuts and Tax Plan Are Central to Budget Proposal Tax Code Faces Another Year of Reckoning A Guide to Preparing an Income Tax Return Looking to 70 1/2, a Magic Number in Retirement Plans Obama Budget Lessens Focus on Deficit Tax Uncertainties Make 2012 a Year to Stay Flexible in Planning The Zuckerberg Tax At 102%, His Tax Rate Takes the Cake - Common Sense
NYT > Capital Gains Tax Diversified Portfolios Can Complicate Tax Planning New Rules for Reporting Capital Gains Kick In - Tax Tips Double Taxation Sunday Dialogue: Time for Tax Reform? Turning the ‘Buffett Rule’ Into Law Invitation to a Dialogue: Taxing Capital Gains Administration's Talk of Taxing Rich More Faces Political Realities in Election Year THE CAUCUS; Americans Divided Over Tax Policy Investment Income Hasn’t Always Had Tax Advantages Taxes at the Top	NYT > Appraisals and Valuation Choosing Experts to Appraise Collectibles and Valuables Decoding the Wide Variations in House Appraisals Tech Firms’ Workers Sell Shares, Fearing a Bubble Will Burst The Appraisal: Holding On Has Its Benefits, and Then Some In Queens, Appraisal of Co-ops Elicits Protests Renren May Skew Facebook’s Value Jasper F. Cropsey Paintings of the Hudson River School Turn Up In Facebook and Twitter, Shades of a Tech Bubble Oil Companies Would Be More Highly Valued if Broken Up Promise for Apollo in New Prospectus
NYT > Automobile Insurance and Liability Car-Sharing Companies Link Owners With Renters Want Better Car Insurance Rates? You Have to Make the Call - Your Money Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium BUCKS; Texting, Driving and Insurance Esurance Campaign Equates Trust With Efficiency Indifference as a Mode of Operation at China Schools Before Driving a Zipcar, Consider Liability Insurance Car Insurance Rate Forecast: Cloudy, Chance of Rises More Consumers Are Letting Insurers Monitor Their Mileage Cars You Can Insure Cheaply	NYT > Bankruptcies Jefferson County, Ala., Falls Off the Bankruptcy Cliff DEALBOOK; Federal Investigators Gain Access to Thousands of Internal MF Global Documents Rangers' Turmoil Is a Warning Sign for All of Soccer Kodak Says It Will Stop Making Digital Cameras DEALBOOK; Barneys, Debt-Laden, Is Weighing Restructuring Hungary’s Malev Airline Halts Flights Milwaukee Archdiocese Angers Many By Contesting Abuse Claims American Airlines Seeks 13,000 Job Cuts U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines
NYT > Certificates of Deposit Banks Flooded With Cash They Can’t Profitably Use Rethinking Investments After a Flight to Security BUCKS; A Trick to Earn More Interest LETTERS; Retirees at the Mercy of the Bankers How Retirees Saved the Banks At Tiny Rates, Saving Money Costs Investors 2 Regulators List Lapses on Madoff and Stanford Financier Wins a Transfer After Having a Fight in Jail Stanford Points Fingers in Fraud Case Not All Certificates of Deposit Are Plain Vanilla or Safe	NYT > Gasoline Prices In Georgia, Gingrich Campaigns on Guns and Gas Keeping Low-Income Mainers Warm in Winter Energy Spurs a Recovery in Houston Real Estate Higher Oil Prices Raise Earnings at Exxon Mobil Heating Oil Costs Surge, and Many in Northeast Can’t Switch Nigeria’s Latest Frustration Nigerians Protest Oil Price Rise as Subsidies End Oil Price Would Skyrocket if Iran Closed the Strait of Hormuz Oil Prices Predicted to Remain Above $100 a Barrel Next Year OPEC Agrees to Raise Its Production Target
NYT > Foreclosures (2012 Robosigning and Foreclosure Abuse Settlement) Florida Bill Would Ease Way to Foreclosure Foreclosure Story Untold in Hollywood New York Courts to Intensify Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures Some Doubt a Settlement Will End Mortgage Ills Loan Modifications Two Cheers for the Settlement How Kamala Harris Finessed a Foreclosure Deal for California Mortgage Settlement Leaves Much to Be Desired - Fair Game The Foreclosure Settlement: What Homeowners Need Now The Foreclosure Deal: Unanswered Questions and Little Relief	NYT > Derivatives DEALBOOK; U.S. Banks Tally Exposure to Europe's Maelstrom Europe Leans Toward Blocking NYSE-Deutsche Borse Merger DEALBOOK; New Rules On Swaps Will Protect Big Traders Morgan Stanley and MBIA Reach Deal on Insurance Claims Wall St. Groups Sue Regulator to Challenge New Trading Rule Judge Blocks S.E.C. Settlement With Citigroup Slipping Backward on Transparency for Swaps Credit Default Swaps as a Scare Tactic in Greece DEALBOOK; Reform Adds More Twists to Convoluted Derivatives World Reform Adds More Twists to a Convoluted Derivatives World
NYT > Futures and Options Trading Mets Owners’ Witness Facing Scrutiny Again An S.E.C. Settlement, Challenged, Is Approved DEALBOOK; F.B.I. Looks Into Firm For Reverse Mergers DEALBOOK; Insiders Call For Oversight Of Futures DEALBOOK; After a Legal Setback, Commodity Traders' Complaint Is to Be Heard by a Lower Court Probation for a Former Galleon Group Employee S.E.C. Charges Alan Levan with Misleading Investors DEALBOOK; New Rules On Swaps Will Protect Big Traders Materials Companies Lift Indexes to 5-Month High S.E.C. Changes Its Policy on Firms’ Admissions of Guilt	NYT > Mortgage-Backed Securities Fed Ends Its Purchasing of Mortgage Securities Loan Pools That Need Some Sun Fed Board Diverged on Timing of Policy Shift, Minutes Show Program to Buy Bad Assets Nearly in Place, U.S. Says Troubled Assets Still on Books Could Pose Risk, Panel Says HIGH & LOW FINANCE; Findings, But No Final Word Banks Are Set to Receive More Leeway on Asset Values Mathematical Model and the Mortgage Mess Declining Exports Weaken Once-Powerful Asian Economies Savings and Loan Crisis May Be Guide for Bank Bailout
NYT > Mortgages and the Markets Legal Fees for Fannie and Freddie Near $50 Million New York Courts to Intensify Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures Some Doubt a Settlement Will End Mortgage Ills Two Cheers for the Settlement Mortgages - A Fixed-Rate Alternative How Kamala Harris Finessed a Foreclosure Deal for California Mortgage Settlement Leaves Much to Be Desired - Fair Game The Foreclosure Settlement: What Homeowners Need Now Mortgages - Loan Terms Made to Order The Foreclosure Deal: Unanswered Questions and Little Relief	NYT > Collateralized Debt Obligations An Investment Wipeout That Didn’t Have to Happen DEALBOOK; U.S. Expected To Charge Ex-Traders With Fraud Did You Hear the One About the Bankers? In Fight Against Securities Fraud, S.E.C. Sends Wrong Signal The Late-Mover Advantage in Citigroup's Settlement Citigroup Now in the Clear? The Curious C.D.O. Bankruptcy Conflict of Interest S.E.C. Tackles Conflicts in Securitization Deals 5 Wisconsin School Districts and 3 Ill-Fated Securities
NYT > Credit Default Swaps Moody's Warns Big Banks of Possible Credit Rating Cuts As Greece’s Debt Plan Nears, Concerns About Bond Holdouts 6 European Nations Get Downgrades DEALBOOK; Settlement By S.E.C. In Subprime Fraud Case DEALBOOK; Wall Street Places Big Bets on Troubled Securities S.E.C. Reaches Settlement in Bear Stearns Fraud Case As Talks in Greece Continue, Investors Now Worry About Portugal Portugal Suffers as Investors Flee Bonds Morning Take-Out DEALBOOK; U.S. Banks Tally Exposure to Europe's Maelstrom	NYT > Economic Crisis and Market Upheavals Hungary Could Lose European Union Subsidies Shares Close Down First Time in 4 Trading Days In Latest Greek Bailout, Warning Signs for Europe Keeping the Poorest in Housing Dow Hits 13,000, a Mark Last Reached in 2008 New Bailout Is a Reprieve for Greece, but Doubts Persist Greece Opts to Open the Bailout Box Growing Air of Concern in Greece Over New Bailout Some Doubt a Settlement Will End Mortgage Ills Permira Sifts For Bargains, Even at Edges Of Europe
NYT > Municipal Bonds Meredith Whitney Lands Book Deal Municipal Bonds Are Sometimes Still Lost in the Fog Jefferson County, Ala., Falls Off the Bankruptcy Cliff For Bond Investors, a Year to Tread Carefully Analysts and Advisers Review 2011 Investment Predictions - Wealth Matters CDR and David Rubin Plead Guilty in Fraud Case In Alabama, a Test of the ‘Full Faith and Credit’ Pledge to Repay Bonds Buying Municipal Bonds Calls for Caution Mutual Funds Dragged Down by Global Economic Unease Municipal Bonds Are on a Tear, but for How Long?	NYT > Mutual Funds RAFI, an Alternative Strategy to Avoid Overpriced Stocks As the Market Lurches, New Options to Avoid Getting Seasick As Asia Slows Down, Investors May Still Want to Dive In Dividend-Paying Stocks Have Become More Expensive For Mutual Fund Investors, a Bright End to a Murky Year Turnover Can Be a Quandary for Mutual Fund Managers For Bond Investors, a Year to Tread Carefully Money Market Funds May Soon Face More Changes Three Mutual Funds at the Front of a Late 2011 Rally New Investment Books Aim to Right Your Wrongs - Review
NYT > Commercial Paper When Law Obscures the Facts Bank of Japan Steps Up Effort to Ease Credit Fed Adds $21 Billion to Loans for A.I.G. Fed Adds to Its Efforts to Aid Credit Markets Bold Pledges From Leaders, but Investors Await Details Fed Announces Plan to Buy Short-Term Debt Fed Considers Plan to Buy Companies’ Unsecured Debt Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans Think First, Bail Out Later Whole Class of Debt in Canada Is Bankrupt	NYT > Durable Goods (Economic Indicator) Economy Ended 2011 With More Energy Than Expected U.S. Consumer Spending Rise Is Slim Durable Goods Orders Fall, and Jobless Claims Rise Businesses Increase Investment Spending U.S. Durable Goods Orders Rose in July Durable Goods Orders Dropped 2.1% in June Demand for Long-Lasting Goods Falls the Most in 6 Months Orders for Manufactured Goods Fell Unexpectedly Last Month Claims for Jobless Benefits Fell Again Last Week New Jobless Claims Rise, and Factory Orders Fall
NYT > Consumer Price Index Consumer Price Rise of Little Concern to Economists Consumer Prices Stay Even Swiss Consumer Price Index Falls 0.1% Signs That the Era of Cheap Chinese Imports Is Ending Food and Gasoline Drove Consumer Prices Higher in September Wholesale Prices Rose 0.8% in September Inflation Slowed in August, Reflecting a Weak Economy New Economic Reports Dash Hopes for Economic Revival Chinese Inflation Jumps Again as Pork Prices Soar Consumer Inflation Showed Small Increase for May	NYT > Producer Price Index Economic Reports Show A Brightening Outlook Factory Production Is Fueling Increased Growth in U.S. Wholesale Prices Rose 0.8% in September Wholesale Costs Rose More Than Expected in July Energy Costs Lift Retail Sales and Producer Prices Higher Energy Costs Push Up Producer Prices Producer Prices Rise in February Points to Higher Inflation U.S. Producer Prices Rose in January on Higher Energy Costs Jobless Filings Rise; Trade Deficit Narrows U.S. Wholesale Prices Rise, Led by Gasoline
NYT > Energy and Power Trade Battles Buffet Europe’s Green Efforts Engineers Take Aim at Efficiency Barrier in LED Technology Drawing the Line at Power Lines Untangling the Hybrid Taxonomy Chrysler Withdraws Energy Dept. Loan Application California’s Clean Car Rules Bataan Nuclear Plant, Never Opened, Now a Tourism Site With SRT8, Chrysler Builds a Brand on Hemi Brawn Energy Dept. Loan Program Needs Oversight, Audit Finds N.R.C. Approves Building of 2 Reactors in Georgia	NYT > Consumer Behavior Coinstar Ventures Beyond Its Redbox Success How Companies Learn Your Secrets Identity Theft Prevention Can Be Cheap and Easy Consumer Borrowing Increases for Second Month Trench Coats, Vacuum-Seal Bags and Other Ways to Avoid Airline Fees Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge Engagement Want Better Car Insurance Rates? You Have to Make the Call - Your Money Spending Was Stagnant in December, Though Incomes Rose Letters: The Burdens on Consumers Not Quite Smart Enough
NYT > Advertising and Marketing Changing Times for Rothmans, a Famous Name in Men’s Wear Google Glasses Will Be Powered by Android Milk Mustache Campaign Puts Focus on Meals Raising BBC America’s Profile, Focusing on New York — Campaign Spotlight Q. and A. With Stuart Elliott Fashion Brands Say Publications Are a Good Investment Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry Sonic Drive-In Brings Back Longtime Spokesmen Campaigns Use ‘Microtargeting’ to Attract Supporters It's the Face That Sells a Watch	NYT > Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Trade Battles Buffet Europe’s Green Efforts Legal Fees for Fannie and Freddie Near $50 Million In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation The Job-Creating Mercury Rule Judge’s Ruling Complicates Hydrofracking Issue in New York Popcorn Sutton Whiskey, Once Moonshine, Is Now Legal China Limits Foreign TV Programs Hip Implant the F.D.A. Rejected Was Marketed Abroad DEALBOOK; At Volcker Rule Deadline, a Strong Pushback From Wall St. Proposal for E.U. Roaming Fees Includes Global Cap
NYT > Investments As the Market Lurches, New Options to Avoid Getting Seasick Low Bond Yields Make Building a Portfolio Harder In Search of an App to Monitor Average Bank Balances Financial Advice for Those With Hummingbird Nest Eggs LearnVest, Merrill Edge and Financial Planning for the Middle Class As Asia Slows Down, Investors May Still Want to Dive In Dividend-Paying Stocks Have Become More Expensive For Mutual Fund Investors, a Bright End to a Murky Year Turnover Can Be a Quandary for Mutual Fund Managers For Bond Investors, a Year to Tread Carefully	NYT > Planning Obama Introduces Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28% Working All Day for the I.R.S. - Common Sense Diversified Portfolios Can Complicate Tax Planning What Business Could Teach the Tax System - Essay Entrepreneurs Must Consider New Tax Matters I.R.S. Steps In for Nonfilers, at a Potentially High Price New Rules for Reporting Capital Gains Kick In - Tax Tips Tax Software Is Put Through the Paces - Review Tax Code Faces Another Year of Reckoning
NYT > Pensions and Retirement Plans In San Jose, Budget Woes Take a Toll Congress Passes Tax Cut Extension and Jobless Aid G.M. Changes Pension Plans for Salaried Workers Tentative Deal Reached to Preserve Cut in Payroll Tax City Hotel Workers to Be Issued Panic Buttons New Treasury Rules Ease Purchase of Annuity With 401(k) American Airlines Seeks 13,000 Job Cuts Three States Tell Insurers to Disclose Responses to Climate Change U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines	NYT > Retirement Diversified Portfolios Can Complicate Tax Planning New Rules for Reporting Capital Gains Kick In - Tax Tips Looking to 70 1/2, a Magic Number in Retirement Plans New Treasury Rules Ease Purchase of Annuity With 401(k) American Airlines Seeks 13,000 Job Cuts U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines U.S. Pension Agency Pressures American Airlines BUCKS; Out of Work After 50 YOUR MONEY; Laid Off, With Retirement Almost in Sight Financial Tips for the Year Ahead - Your Money
NYT > Credit Advent and Goldman to Buy TransUnion in $3 Billion Deal Collection and Credit Firms Facing Broad New Oversight SpringCoin Aims to Be a Mint.com for the Indebted BUCKS; Loan of a Sort Revives Credit Identity Theft Prevention Can Be Cheap and Easy Credit Builder Loans Can Help Burnish Your Credit Score Identity Fraud Among Dominican Players Worries Baseball Officials Carmona Is Accused of Using False Identity A Credit Nightmare, but Coming Out Better in the End Suze Orman to Offer Her Own Prepaid Debit Card	NYT > Insurance Car-Sharing Companies Link Owners With Renters Want Better Car Insurance Rates? You Have to Make the Call - Your Money BUCKS; Health Plan Costs Rising Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium Hazard Insurance With Its Own Perils - Fair Game Learning to Be Lean Health Sector Takes On Childhood Obesity Epic Systems, Digitizing Health Records Before It Was Cool BUCKS; Texting, Driving and Insurance Big Banks Facing Inquiry Over Possible Insurance Fraud
NYT > Gross Domestic Product Hungary Could Lose European Union Subsidies In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation A Long-Term Slide in Growth for Industrialized Economies Growth Accelerates, but U.S. Has Lots of Ground to Make Up Chinese Economic Growth Slipped Again in 4th Quarter The Other Reason Europe Is Going Broke Unemployment Claims Drop, but Economic Growth Is Slower Rising Markets Push Toward a Positive Year-End Financial Crises’ Impact Varies Widely - Economic View For Companies, the Good Old Days Are Now	NYT > Gross National Product (GNP) Chinese Economic Growth Slipped Again in 4th Quarter FACT CHECK; Government's Share Japan’s Quarterly Output Is Lowered to 1.4% Time Runs Short for Europe to Resolve Debt Crisis In Europe, Even the German Powerhouse Is Losing Steam Economy in Japan Shows Signs of Strength Chinese Economy Cools Slightly in Third Quarter Italy Faces a Long List of Barriers to Growth Japan’s Gross Domestic Product Fell 0.3% at Year’s End Economic Reports for the Week of Dec. 20
NYT > International Trade and World Market Trade Battles Buffet Europe’s Green Efforts Ch�vez Appears to Use Venezuelan Fuel to Help Syrian Leader Cuba’s Housing Revival U.S. Influence in China More 3-D, Less Reality in U.S.-China Movie Pact Iran Halts Oil Shipments to Britain and France Japan’s Trade Deficit Hits Record as Energy Imports Surge On Boeing Stage, Obama Pushes Plan for Exports Chinese Labor, Cheap No More Sudan and South Sudan Fail to End Oil Dispute	NYT > Personal Finances Diversified Portfolios Can Complicate Tax Planning Tax Software Is Put Through the Paces - Review Identity Theft Prevention Can Be Cheap and Easy Making Financial Decisions With a View to Future Public Office Avoiding the Pitfalls of a Windfall As the Market Lurches, New Options to Avoid Getting Seasick BUCKS; Debt Help for Middle Class Advantages and Risks of Gingrich’s S Corporation Want Better Car Insurance Rates? You Have to Make the Call - Your Money Low Bond Yields Make Building a Portfolio Harder
NYT > Social Security (US) Moochers Against Welfare Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It Most Expect to Give More Than They Receive, Poll Finds Benefits for the Elderly Bargaining for a Child’s Love Disagreement Over Payroll Tax Cut’s Impact on Social Security House Passes Extension of Cut to Payroll Taxes Why the Fight Over the Payroll Tax Matters Confronting Poverty House G.O.P. Split on Payroll Tax	NYT > Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index Home Prices Decline Again In Atlanta, Housing Woes Reflect Nation’s Economic Pain Confidence Rises Sharply, but Home Prices Fall Consumer Confidence Falls as Some Home Prices Rise Consumer Confidence Stays Near 2-Year Low Home Prices Edge Up, Report Says Home Prices Edge Up, Report Says U.S. Housing Prices Remain Weak Home Prices Drop to 2004 Levels, or Lower Housing Prices, Still Falling, May Be Nearing Bottom
NYT > Stock Options and Purchase Plans The Zuckerberg Tax Zuckerberg’s Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook For Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches How Options Are Taxed Tax Breaks From Options a Windfall for Businesses Corzine Crashes Like It’s 2008 Clawbacks Without Claws in a Sarbanes-Oxley Tool Executive Pay at Big Companies Rose 23% Last Year Tech Firms’ Workers Sell Shares, Fearing a Bubble Will Burst Incentives Figure in Success of Netflix	NYT > Stocks and Bonds Shares Close Down First Time in 4 Trading Days New Bailout Is a Reprieve for Greece, but Doubts Persist Dow Hits 13,000, a Mark Last Reached in 2008 E.C.B. Government Bond-Buying Program Grinds to a Halt European Stocks Rise as Accord on Greek Debt Nears Treasury Auctions Set for This Week An I.P.O. Process That Is Customer-Friendly Italy Arrests 8 in Fake U.S. Treasury Bonds Scheme Markets, on Balance, Edge Higher on Expected Greek Aid Strong Demand Supports a Spanish Bond Auction
NYT > Superfund E.P.A. Announces Proposals to Clean Gowanus Canal Ruling Lets State Seek Full Cleanup of Superfund Sites U.S. Says Navy Bombings on Vieques, P.R., Posed No Health Risks Hoping Gowanus Canal Cleanup Turns Up Old Treasures Gowanus Canal Tests Underline Severity of Pollution Could Prizes Emerge From the Gowanus Muck? A Great Day for the Hudson River The Setai Hotel Opens, a Kayak Launch Shuts Exxon Mobil Agrees to Newtown Creek Cleanup Pact A Long Wait for a Clean Creek	NYT > Unemployment Tax-Cut Bill Includes Changes to Jobless Benefits Not Poor, but Relying on the Safety Net Congress Votes to Extend Payroll Tax Cuts and Jobless Benefits Congress Passes Tax Cut Extension and Jobless Aid Economics Made Easy: Think Friction Economic Reports Show A Brightening Outlook Congress to Sell Public Airwaves to Pay Benefits Tentative Deal Reached to Preserve Cut in Payroll Tax House Republicans Yield on Extending Payroll Tax Cut Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
NYT > United States Economy Tax Break for Manufacturers Offset Elsewhere Sales of Existing Homes Rise 4.3% Bank Overdraft Fees to Be Scrutinized by Consumer Bureau Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28% Tax-Cut Bill Includes Changes to Jobless Benefits Florida Investor Sues John Paulson's Hedge Fund Cuba’s Housing Revival Not Poor, but Relying on the Safety Net Pain Without Gain Rising Gas Prices Give G.O.P. Issue to Attack Obama	NYT > Venture Capital Using Rap to Teach Pithy Lessons in Business Investor Uses Rap to Teach Pithy Business Lessons John Doerr's Patient Health Care Start-Up Gains Momentum Entrepreneurial Spirit Awaits Its Moment in the Middle East Financing the Stuff of Dreams Through Kickstarter - State of the Art DealBook: Andreessen Is Said to Seek $1.5 Billion in Fund-Raising Andreessen Is Said to Seek $1.5 Billion in Fund-Raising Data Law in Works, But Tech Booms in Europe BITS; Tech Valuations Defy Restraints of Reality S.B.A. Readying Program to Invest in Start-Ups
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