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Battle for women's votes: 6 flash points
The uproar over the Obama campaign’s 'Life of Julia' Web infographic – which made #Julia big on Twitter – highlights just how fiercely both parties are fighting for the women’s vote. The economy is by far the most important issue in November for both sexes. But there are other areas with special significance to women. Here are the main flash points.
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Mitt Romney's top 5 attacks on President Obama
Mitt Romney has yet to nail down the Republican presidential nomination, but he’s already attacking President Obama. Here's a look at five of Mr. Romney’s charges – and whether they’re true.
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Election 101: Where the GOP candidates stand on the economy
With more than 13 million Americans out of work and wage increases so modest they’re failing to keep up with inflation, voters have put the economy and jobs at the top of their checklist of presidential issues.
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Getting bin Laden and five other boosts to Obama's reelection bid
"Yes We Can” was so 2008. Now President Obama is the incumbent, with a record to defend. Here are his top six accomplishments, including the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Six big achievements of a surprisingly 'do something' Congress
The 111th Congress, which adjourned Wednesday, is one of the most productive in US history, its 13 percent approval rating notwithstanding.
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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year
The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. The typical American worker would have to labor for 244 years to make what the typical boss of a big public company makes in one.
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Robert Reich
Obama and Cory Booker: Fairness is essential to growth
Fairness isn’t inconsistent with growth; it’s essential to it. The only way the economy can grow and create more jobs is if prosperity is more widely shared.
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Chamber of Commerce president: don't overreact to JPMorgan losses
US Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue, at a Monitor breakfast Monday, advised a wait-and-see approach after JPMorgan's $2 billion in trading losses.
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Robert Reich
Obama's disappointing response to JPMorgan Chase
Even if he didn't want to criticize Jamie Dimon, the president could have used the occasion of JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss to come out squarely in favor of tougher financial regulation. He didn't.
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JPMorgan Chase trading fiasco: What to do about big banks?
JPMorgan's loss of $2 billion shows that the forces that unleashed the recession remain partially untamed – and that Congress is still struggling to get a handle on the solution.
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Decoder Wire
Obama on 'The View': Were hosts too easy on him? (+video)
The format of 'The View' may allow a skilled politician a lot of control over the message. President Obama skirted around some questions about gay marriage and financial-markets reform.
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JP Morgan loss: Did US regulators know what CEO Jamie Dimon apparently didn't? (+video)
Federal regulators embedded at JP Morgan are supposed to get the reports that CEO Jamie Dimon gets. But in the case of JP Morgan's $2 billion loss, that might not have been much help.
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The Daily Reckoning
The financial industry's growth is stunting everything else
The financial industry was 2.5 percent of the economy when World War II ended. Now, it is 8.5 percent. How did it get so big, and what are the costs?
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Saving Money
What is arbitration? You sign away rights. Is that OK?
Cellphone and credit card applications typically contain an arbitration clause that keeps you from suing the phone carrier or bank if a dispute arises. Often, the bank gets to pick the arbitrator. The federal government is looking to see if arbitration clauses give companies too much power.
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JP Morgan losses send Wall Street back to Capitol Hill (+video)
Congressional critics plan hearings to probe how America's largest bank posted $2 billion in trading losses – and whether new financial regulations, still being implemented, go far enough to rein in Wall Street abuses
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: I was 'dead wrong' about trading concerns
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he was 'dead wrong' when he dismissed concerns about the bank's trading last month. The bank disclosed a $2 billion loss last week.
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JPMorgan CEO 'dead wrong' about $2 billion loss
JPMorgan's Dimon says he didn't know the extent of the trading losses when he called them a 'tempest in a teapot' in April. The loss came from trading to limit JPMorgan's risk, he says, not make a profit.
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What next for JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon after $2 billion loss
The JPMorgan Chase $2 billion loss again shows why big banks pose a big risk – as seen in the admission of mismanagement by Jamie Dimon. The selfless purpose of a financial system in the economy must override the selfish risks of giantness in banks.
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JP Morgan $2 billion loss stirs memories of 2008 crisis (+video)
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon dubs losses 'egregious,' but market analysts expect that, this time, the damage would be contained and not spread to the entire financial system.
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Battle for women's votes: 6 flash points
The uproar over the Obama campaign’s 'Life of Julia' Web infographic – which made #Julia big on Twitter – highlights just how fiercely both parties are fighting for the women’s vote. The economy is by far the most important issue in November for both sexes. But there are other areas with special significance to women. Here are the main flash points.
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The Reformed Broker
Morgan Stanley's turnaround
Morgan Stanley should be commended for their earnings in the first quarter, even at a loss, but investors should still beware of Morgan Stanley.
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Robert Reich
Citigroup shareholders revolt. Will CEO pay drop?
Citigroup's shareholders have said no to an exorbitant pay package for the bank's CEO, and why shouldn't they? Executive pay across American companies has ballooned to unacceptable levels, without the performance to back it up.
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CitiGroup shareholder revolt: golden-rule capitalism
A shareholder revolt at banking giant CitiGroup that rejected a pay package for top executives marks a chance for a healthier relationship between investors and managers. It might also reduce the nation's income inequality.
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The Circle Bastiat
Friends of Traditional Banking: A Super PAC for bankers
Frustrated by their lack of political power, the nation's bankers have set up their own campaign donation fund
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Robert Reich
Dallas Fed: Break up the big banks
According to the Dallas Federal Reserve, one of the nation's most conservative regional banks, taxpayers will be on the hook for another giant Wall Street bailout, and the economy won’t be mended, unless the nation’s biggest banks are broken up.
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Mitt Romney's top 5 attacks on President Obama
Mitt Romney has yet to nail down the Republican presidential nomination, but he’s already attacking President Obama. Here's a look at five of Mr. Romney’s charges – and whether they’re true.
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Robert Reich
Gas prices rising: Why GOP won't address real cause
Gas prices are rising not because of increased demand but because Wall Street is betting on higher gas prices.
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Robert Reich
The GOP is confused about public morality
The real threat to American morality is what's happening in corporate board rooms, not people's private lives.
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SEC's Schapiro: Budget undersized to fulfill new market-watchdog duties
The Securities and Exchange Commission has new duties under the 2010 financial reform law, but SEC chairwoman Mary Schapiro says the agency's budget is not 'appropriately sized' to do the job.
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Lifting Africa from a mineral 'curse'
The US and Europe are moving towards rules that would require their oil and mining industries to reveal all payments to foreign governments. Resource-rich but poor Africa will benefit from such transparency.
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