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Election 2012: top seven super PACs
Decoder profiles the seven top super PACs, the organizations that have spent the most trying to influence the elections – and still have the most money in the bank.
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Glenn Beck leaving Fox: his 10 most controversial statements (so far)
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The Monitor's View: A hand up, not a handout, for young black and Latino men
Blacks and Latinos were hit hard by the Great Recession, and governments are cutting social programs. Can private giving step in? Two billionaires are showing how.
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Can George Soros, Michael Bloomberg save New York's troubled young men?
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $127.5 million plan Thursday to help young black and Hispanic men. The effort includes money from financier George Soros and his philanthropy.
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Hedge funds regulation: It's not working out
Hedge funds by Stanley Druckenmiller and George Soros would rather push out outside investors than adhere to new rules. Will more hedge funds follow?
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Glenn Beck ends his run with Fox News. What's next?
Glenn Beck has departed the Fox News roster: his final show for Fox aired Thursday night. Next up for the political commentator: a three-sided chalkboard and a line of clothes.
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Follow Jim Rogers? Why this dollar 'bear' is buying greenbacks now.
Investor and author Jim Rogers is known for his pessimism about the dollar, given high levels of US debt. But he said Friday that he's buying them now in the short term. What gives?
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Guinea defends its riches, but will that scare investors?
The nation's mining reforms are poised to set a new precedent for working with foreign investors.
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Gold is up, but still not near peak
How long will monetary policy from the Fed and the Bank of England send the price of gold up?
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Silver's plunge spreads to oil prices, copper
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel. Silver, down 27 percent since Friday, is leading the charge down for oil and other commodity prices.
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Glenn Beck leaving Fox: his 10 most controversial statements (so far)
With the news of Glenn Beck leaving Fox officially announced, it's time to reflect. The host has packed a lot of wallop in just two-plus years at Fox News. Conspiracy theories, apocalyptic predictions, and just plain eyebrow-raising statements have kept the folks at Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group, busy. They track his show (along with many others) and take notes. Now that the show “Glenn Beck” is ending later this year, Media Matters has opened its files and shared some of the most noteworthy moments. We’ve whittled the list down to the 10 most controversial things Mr. Beck has said on Fox – so far, at least. It bears noting that Beck has a lot of followers, who admire his populist conservative critique of the Obama era. His Facebook page has more than 1.8 million fans -- coincidentally, the same number of viewers he had as of January (down from 2.9 million in January 2010). Whether those fans believe his every word is hard to tell. But, like any good showman, he knows how to draw a crowd.
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Why is Glenn Beck leaving his Fox News show?
Glenn Beck, a Fox News fixture since January 2009, announces that his daily talk show will end this year. Analysts suggest viewers and advertisers tired of his conspiracy theories and antics.
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Why did Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker take a call from 'David Koch'?
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker thought he was having a friendly chat with David Koch, a billionaire industrialist and major funder of conservative causes. It turned out to be a liberal prankster.
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Huffington deal: 10 ways AOL will change
Huffington deal brings AOL and Huffington Post together at last—but will they make an odd couple?
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National debt: Whom does the US owe?
The US is indebted mainly to ... Americans. Still, foreigners hold about 47 percent of the national debt, with China and Japan owning the biggest chunks.
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The politics of being really, really rich
A recent article in The Atlantic about the world's super rich makes it clear that it's an interest in humanity binds the poor to the rich.
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Sour economy could put Sarah Palin in the White House
Sarah Palin's presidential strategy depends on channeling white working class anger over the economy.
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What's with Glenn Beck's fascination with Nazis?
Fox News' Glenn Beck says liberal philanthropist George Soros was complicit in "sending Jews to the death camps" – even though Soros escaped the Holocaust as a young Jewish teenager.
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George Soros gives $1M toward Calif. marijuana legalization
George Soros, a high-profile liberal, was one of the top financial backers of the 1996 measure that made California the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for medical use.
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NPR vs. Fox News: Juan Williams firing reveals deeper media fight
NPR’s firing Juan Williams comes just as controversial figures connected to NPR and Fox News – philanthropist George Soros and commentator Glenn Beck– are in a harsh rhetorical fight.
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When at first printing money doesn't succeed, should Fed really try again?
Fed easing hasn't worked any better than it did in Japan in the '90s. It makes little sense for Bernanke to fire up the money printing presses.
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Christine O'Donnell: OK to use $20,000 in campaign funds to pay her rent?
Christine O'Donnell, the Republican party candidate for a senate seat in Delaware, used campaign money to pay half her rent, according to a Federal Elections Commission filing. Christine O'Donnell denies doing anything wrong.
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Bond funds, gold targets of big investors
Bond funds have netted an estimated $170 billion this year, while the price of gold has more than quadrupled.
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Barack Obama: The last European?
President Obama, who was so keen to emulate the now broke European model, suddenly stands as the last European spendthrift.
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G20 summit: an economic clash of civilizations
This weekend's G20 summit pits President Obama's stimulus efforts against European calls for austerity budgets in what is shaping up as an economic clash of civilizations.
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Government spending and the façade of a successful economy
May's dismal consumer spending numbers could be an early sign that the government's stimulus funding has been unsuccessful in boosting the economy.
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The Monitor's View: Marijuana legalization? A White House rebuttal, finally
White House 'drug czar' Gil Kerlikowske lays out his most thorough arguments yet against marijuana legalization. They help clear up confusion over White House drug policy, and can serve as talking points for parents and officials.
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