In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago

By Mike Caggeso UBS AG (UBS) was at the center of a tornado of crushing news Tuesday, as it announced major changes to its board amidst pressure from ...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 4 days ago

Economist Mom: Obama Speaks of the Virtuous Cycle of Fiscal Responsibility: My favorite part of his speech last night [June 3]... Change...

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In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 4 days ago

The Heritage Foundation takes a look at what Obama promises for taxes should he be elected and what that means:Obama's tax plan has two major componen...

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In Big Picture - Posted 5 days ago

Portfolio has an interesting discussion on what they term the He-Said-She-Said economy: Inflation, energy, home prices, and tax rebates. Ordinary A...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 6 days ago

I received two emails this past week. One from the Carbon Tax Center dishing on cap-and-trade and asking for money and another from Cleanenergy.org as...

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In Greg Mankiw's Blog - Posted 6 days ago

Bob Shiller concludes that the recent fiscal stimulus is not enough:The reality of the subprime situation, augmented by the energy crisis, at least su...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

CNN Money is reporting State, city layoffs: 45,000 and counting.With falling revenue from sales and income taxes, and property-tax declines looming, s...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 1 week ago

Mike Moffat likes the Liberal party's carbon tax but not the Green party's carbon tax:Last week the Liberal Party of Canada and the Green Party of Can...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

Treasuries have been on a bit of a rally recently as the Lehman iShares 20+ year duration treasury fund (TLT) chart shows.click on chart for sharper i...

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In Seeking Alpha - Posted 1 week ago

When oil jumps, you can expect the US stock markets to react badly and the US dollar to succumb to shorting pressure from traders. At one point on Thu...

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