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OPINION

Glenn Beck's Paranoia
Is a Gold Mine

Gold to guns, scribe says there's profit to be made off right wingers

Oct 20, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over Jim Cramer. When it comes to possibly unhinged investment gurus, Mike Madden of Salon says he’s going with Glenn Beck and G. Gordon Liddy. Ever since advertisers began boycotting Beck, gold sellers have been grabbing space. The weirdest ad features G. Gordon Liddy mocking Fed policies that... More »

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investment • Glenn Beck • gold • commodities • right-wing media • paranoia • G. Gordon Liddy

 2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC 

Regulators are responsible for victims' losses, suit claims

Oct 14, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two investors who lost a combined $2.4 million to Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme have sued the SEC for negligence. The lawsuit argues that the commission should reimburse the plaintiffs for their losses because it failed in its duty to protect investors. Regulators had "countless opportunities" to catch... More »

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fraud • SEC • lawsuit • investment • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

INTERVIEW

Buffett: 'We
Are Not Out of Problems Yet'

Investor looks to
clean up on crisis, but
is moving out of stocks

Sep 8, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even Warren Buffett had a bad financial crisis: The Omaha sage personally lost $25 billion in 2008, enough to put him behind Bill Gates on the worldwide rich list. But while many investors hunkered down as markets tanked, Buffett recalibrated, pouring billions into companies—Goldman Sachs, GE, BofA, Amex—that... More »

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stock market • Goldman Sachs • Warren Buffett • General Electric • American Express • investment • Berkshire Hathaway • investor

 US Reaps Profit as 
 Banks Pay Back 
 TARP Funds 

Fed pulls in $14B from loan programs

Aug 31, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the government spent some $240 billion last year to help avert financial disaster, the idea of making a profit from the TARP funds invested in teetering banks looked like a long shot. Now, however, profits from eight banks who’ve paid back the cash have totaled some $4 billion,... More »

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Goldman Sachs • Federal Reserve • profits • Morgan Stanley • loans • American Express • investment • Treasury Department • taxpayer money • Northern Trust • TARP

 Exxon to Invest $600M 
 in Algae-Based Fuel 

Will partner with famed genome expert Craig Venter

Jul 14, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exxon Mobil, the biggest oil company in the world, will invest $600 million in turning algae into fuel, the New York Times reports. Known for blowing off concerns about global warming and dismissing biofuels—its CEO famously called ethanol “moonshine”—Exxon Mobil has in fact been researching alternative... More »

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biofuel • investment • Craig Venter • alternative fuels • Rex Tillerson • Exxon Mobil • algae biofuel • algae

(AP) - Facebook is getting a $200 million investment from a Russian Internet investor that values the social networking company at $10 billion. The investment gives Digital Sky Technologies a nearly 2% stake in the Palo Alto, California-based company's preferred stock. More »

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Russia • social networking • Microsoft • Facebook • investment

(Newser) - Wall Street and Washington financial gurus may be seeing “green shoots” of economic recovery, but small businesses are still stuck in the mud, Kevin Kelly writes in Newsweek. Kelly, the CEO of a bag manufacturing company, says too many colleagues' businesses are losing sales, laying off workers, or shutting... More »

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debt • recession • recovery • investment • small business • economy • Jay-ZTV


 Scientists 
 Bet There's 
 a Gambling 
 Gene 

Study suggests genetics behind taking money risks

May 6, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Genetics might be behind your betting habits, researchers have found. People with a “short” type of a certain gene were more likely to take risks than those with the “long” type, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a study, 30 volunteers were, for example, given cash and allowed to... More »

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London • science • gambling • investment • genetic research • risk-taking

OPINION

Cap-and-Trade Could Help —Not Hurt—the Economy

Fighting climate change can be profitable: Krugman

May 1, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Washington finally has the political will to combat climate change, opponents of environmentalism are pushing a new line: limiting emissions would do further damage to a battered economy. For Paul Krugman, those claims are "junk economics" to go with climate change deniers' "junk science." A... More »

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climate change • environment • cap and trade • economics • investment • green business • carbon emissions

 Today's Hot Investment: Guns 

or: Fearing New Laws, Buyers Stock Up on Guns

Apr 16, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guns sales are booming as buyers, fearing an Obama administration crackdown on the sale of assault weapons, are looking to safeguard their homes—and their retirement, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some gun enthusiasts see semiautomatic weapons as a smart investment that’s sure to gain value if new restrictions... More »

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Congress • gun control • investment • ammunition • assault weapons • Obama administration • guns

Venture Capitalists Start to Regain Their Nerve

Confidence gradually rebounding with stimulus plan

Apr 8, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists are starting to get their confidence back after an exceptionally timid year, the New York Times reports. A key index shows the administration's efforts to stabilize the economy have given investors glimmers of hope. "There is some degree of stability in the financial markets and that allows... More »

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investors • venture capital • investment • startup • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

Google Launches $100M Venture Capital Fund

Investments will be in non-Internet fields

Mar 31, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google will launch a venture capital fund next year with an initial capitalization of about $100 million, reports the Wall Street Journal. Unlike other corporate funds that back companies in their own industries, Google Ventures will look beyond the Internet to also invest in biotech, health care, and environmental technology.... More »

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Google • Silicon Valley • venture capital • investment • investment fund

 Help Jim Cramer—Arcade Style 

New game lets you fend off Mad Money host's critics

Mar 17, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Cramer is facing his share of critics, from Jon Stewart to Fox Business, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Now you can help him defend himself in a new web video game: Jim Cramer’s Crashsteroids. Steer Cramer’s sneering mug as he takes aim at his detractors in... More »

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CNBC • Fox Business Network • investment • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • video games • financial adviser

OPINION

 Spend, Baby, Spend 
 —or We're Sunk 


Mar 15, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our massive economy will remain stuck until hoarders open their wallets and "roll the dice" once again, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek. Investors and consumers alike must regain their "penchant for gain and risk... some of the essence of what makes us American." Until that caffeinated, delirious... More »

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recession • investment • savings • incentives • economy • American • Rockefeller family • risk-taking • thrift

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s alleged mega-fraud and the large number of Jewish investors he apparently snookered is stoking anti-Semitic feeling in tony Palm Beach, ABC News reports. “It is a terrible thing to say, but some of the WASPs are delighted, they take great pleasure in this,” said an... More »

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philanthropy • fraud • Judaism • investment • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • anti-Semitism • scandal • Bernard Madoff • charitable giving

NYC Wants to Turn Laid-Off Bankers Into Entrepreneurs

Bloomberg unveils $45M program

Feb 18, 09 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Wall Street mess taking a heavy toll on New York City's economy, Mayor Bloomberg is launching a program to retrain laid-off investment bankers and make the city a mecca for entrepreneurs and foreign financial firms. The city plans to spend $45 million in federal and city money to... More »

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Wall Street • entrepreneurs • layoffs • Michael Bloomberg • investment • Mayor Bloomberg • financial crisis

 Obama Signs $787B Stimulus 

Liberals grumble over President's compromises

Feb 17, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill into law today, the AP reports. In a Denver science museum chosen to underscore the bill’s investments in green technology and science education, Obama said he hoped the bill "will ignite our imagination once more, spurring new discoveries and breakthroughs that... More »

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Barack Obama • recession • investment • green technology • economic stimulus package

analysis

Watch Out for These Economic Recovery Signs

Keep an eye out for slowing pasta sales

Feb 9, 09 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - We knew the economy was toast when the GDP dropped 3.8% in the last quarter. But such data lags behind the real economy, writes Dan Kadlec in Time, so watch out for these indicators of a turnaround:
  • Home sales. They started the downturn, so any upswing is a
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list • home sales • investment • credit • temporary employment • pasta • interest rates

Divorcé Sues Ex in Bid to Share Madoff Losses

Lawyer wants some of ex-wife's millions now that his are worthless

Feb 5, 09 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s scam isn’t just affecting pockets—now it’s poking its nose into personal matters, too. A New York lawyer who says he lost millions to Madoff is suing his ex-wife in a bid to share the pain, the New York Post reports. Steven Simkin paid Laura... More »

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divorce • New York City • investment • Ponzi scheme • divorce settlement • Bernard Madoff • recession depression

Madoff Scandal Turns Up Heat on Financial Advisers

Loophole lets Madoff types profit from bad advice, they say

Jan 21, 09 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Wall Street advisers and brokers are tussling over the details of a looming regulatory overhaul as Washington takes steps to prevent another Bernard Madoff scandal, Bloomberg reports. Advisers want brokers who counsel clients to be subject to the same oversight they’re under; currently, their brokerage counterparts can profit by... More »

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Wall Street • Merrill Lynch • SEC • oversight • investment • regulation • brokerage • bank regulation • brokers • Obama administration • President Obama • Bernard Madoff • financial adviser

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