A little Wall Street bailout humor from John Stewart and The Daily Show.
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Help Your Fellow Americans
Hat tip to that blogging genius over at PharmaGossip for turning me on to Michael Moore’s teaser trailer for his still-untitled documentary.
Weekly Wrap
Instead of writing about economic indicators and stock market movements for my weekly wrap this week, I thought I would take a look at how political involvement is helping to improve the bailout situation.
According to The Wall Street Journal:
The Obama administration plans to appoint a “Special Master for Compensation” to ensure that companies receiving federal [...]
GOP Hypocrisy?
Via the Arizona Republic, Benson’s View:
Fear-Driven Markets
Wow, a lot of economic fears driving the markets today. Wall Street doesn’t like the uncertainty surrounding the new stimulus package and panic has ensued. The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 were all down almost five percent at the end of the day.
I don’t think most of us want to see it, but it wouldn’t [...]
FRONTLINE: The Warning
Think Harry Markopolos is an American hero for continuously warning SEC regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s record breaking Ponzi scheme, which eventually defrauded investors out of about $50 BILLION dollars?
Then you’ll be even more impressed with Brooksley Born, an American heroine and former head of the CFTC, who put everything on the line in [...]