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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:51:53 GMT

It's true! It's true. The One has made it clear. That Wall Street must be dead within a year. A Kenyan was elected this time last year. The left wing thought he really hit the spot.
Source: Grouchy Old Cripple

The Gimlet Eye: Interlocking Relationships

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:51:36 GMT

It is interesting to note that when our presidents want to score political points, they often rail against “Wall Street.” Yet they never explore or disclose THEIR OWN cozy, INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIPS with many of those same “Wall Street” types who now...
Source: Town Hall

Stronger housing, weaker dollar boost Wall Street

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:48:02 GMT

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose to their highest level in more than 2-1/2 years. That helped to ease concerns about the housing recovery generated last week when another report showed housing starts fell sharply in October.
Source: International Business Times

Pelosi Eyeing Global Tax on Financial Transactions

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14:35 GMT

Imagine if the government got to pick your pocket every time you engaged in a financial transaction?
Source: Cato@Liberty

The new AIG report reveals how Geithner—and U.S. taxpayers—were fleeced by Wall Street banks.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:13:05 GMT

Barofsky's report reads like a case study in failed negotiation.
Source: Slate

Doing too little in the fear of doing too much

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:06 GMT

A funny thing happened on the way to a new New Deal. A year ago, the only thing we had to fear was fear itself; today, the reigning doctrine in Washington appears to be “Be afraid. Be very afraid”. What happened?
Source: Times of India

Apparently That Hope And Change Thing Doesn't Include Wall Street Predators

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:07:31 GMT

American president's, regardless of party, usually pick an economic team friendly to Wall Street. In fact, key Wall Street players usually are the heart and "soul" of presidential economic teams.
Source: Down With Tyranny!

Employees in Recession Are Eyeing Your Top Secrets

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:05:15 GMT

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Almost half the financial sector workers in London and New York say they would take sensitive company information with them if they were fired, according to a new transatlantic survey.
Source: ABC News

Quoted in 'With rent prices down, gold opportunities abound for retailers'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:16 GMT

Stuart Elliott said in The Real Deal: New York:

Since the fallout on Wall Street last year there's been a big decline in rents so that's really given a lot of new retailers opportunities to open up in the city and come in for the first time

Quoted in 'The Biggest Rip-off of All Time'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:55:01 GMT

said in iStockAnalyst:

Since the fall of 2009. That's when SIGTARP — the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program — revealed the mistakes we made with the giant AIG bailout. And that's also around the time the public began to react to the enormous contradiction between massive unemployment on Main Street and the monster we helped to create on Wall Street.

Wall Street's Sad Panda, Revealed

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:08:17 GMT

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:57:13 GMT

The Wall Street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange, October 8, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:54:11 GMT

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: New Zealand's Prime MInister John Key (C) arrives on Wall Street to ring the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, September 24, 2009, in New York City. Stocks fell today for the second straight day of trading.