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• Why Democrats Are Winning the Health Care Battle—But Losing the War

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 417
  On the House floor this evening, the health care debate wears on toward a vote. Nancy Pelosi says she has the numbers she needs in her own party to pass the legislation, and we’ll know soon enough whether she’s right. But while Republicans may have lost this battle, they continue to take shots in what’s ...
  2 days ago

• Big 4 Financial Accountant

  
  Jobs in Finance — Authority: 152
  Our Client, a leading Irish food company and a  globally recognised brand seeks a financial accountant to join their expanding finance team. Excellent opportunity for a Big 4 qualified accountant to take their first step in industry and work with the best in the industry Responsibilities: 1. Ensure ...
  5 days ago

• Who Regulates the Regulators? Government Stepping in on Executive Compensation for the Financial Industry

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 629
  By John ComberiateAs we observe the anniversary of the financial crisis, taxpayers and executives have their eyes equally fixed on the government’s plans to regulate executive compensation in the financial industry.  Their decision, after such a catastrophic event with such far reaching consequences, will have to ...
  6 days ago

• Important News - Oct. 29

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  1) “ Why the stock market’s ready to tumble ” By David Stevenson Interest rates are going up. And shares look to be heading down. 2) Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package 3) CIT Bonds Show Bankruptcy Inevitable as Swap Expires Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — CIT Group Inc. bond and credit- default swap ...
  1 week ago

• The Golden Years in America: Can’t Work, Can’t Retire (Unless You’re a Bailed-Out Banker)

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 417
  The National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare reports today on recently released statistics that illustrate the lose-lose situation now faced by many older people, thanks to Wall Street and the recession it spawned. The National Retirement Risk Index  shows that a majority of American ...
  1 week ago

• Building the New Economy

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 651
        The Campaign for America’s Future is hosting a Building the New Economy conference in Washington, D.C., today, and campaign staffer Mike Elk describes what needs to happen to make a new economy work for all of us. Today, the Campaign for America’s Future is holding a “Building the New ...
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• Obama seeks new powers to dismantle nonbank firms (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 165
  AP – A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, helping to trigger the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration is pressing Congress for the power to dismantle other nonbank firms considered so large and influential that they could bring down the entire economy. Go here to see the ...
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• What do you understand by the term Retrocession?

  
  Fair Loan Rate! — Authority: 136
  There are two different ways in which the term “retrocession” is used. In the financial world, retrocession refers to a situation in which one firm which specializes in reinsurance agrees to take on some of the risk for another reinsurance company. This is designed such as to reduce risk by spreading it out, ...
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• Barney Frank’s Financial Stability Improvement Draft Legislation

  
  Logistics Monster — Authority: 543
  I am posting the Press Release and committee meeting information for the 253 page discussion draft of the Financial Stability Improvement bill to regulate the financial industry that we have been waiting for.  I am also currently reading the actual draft, found here , and will post on it when I have something to ...
  1 week ago

• U.S. tsunami evacuation buildings proposed News – U.S. tsunami …

  
  Compare Home Insurance Rates — Authority: 151
  Insurance News – Insurance Industry News – Get up to the minute insurance news & insurance industry news feeds. Syndicate Insurance News Feeds & Insurance RSS Feeds on your website or Post your Insurance News to InsuranceHeadlines.com. Continue here: U.S. tsunami evacuation buildings proposed News – ...
  2 weeks ago

• If a Disaster Hits, Is Your Bank or Credit Union Prepared?

  
  Tech CU Money Savvy — Authority: 106
  Have you thought about what would happen with your credit union or bank should a disaster hit? Hopefully, many of us in the Bay Area have a personal/family emergency plan should an earthquake or other type of major disaster hit, but are you confident that you’ll be able to get access to your money? After all, in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Financial System Is Still Shaky

  
  jobsanger — Authority: 146
  A few months ago, the stock market was cratering and our entire financial system was on the brink of collapse. The federal government pumped billions of dollars into some of the largest financial institutions in an effort to keep them from failing and taking many others with them. Since then, the market has ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Return Of The Financial Industry

  
  prudent investor newsletters — Authority: 133
  The financial industry has been returning to its old status-with a vengeance. According to Bespoke Invest, ``The weighting of the Financial sector in the S&P 500 has made a huge move since the March lows. After being the biggest sector of the market for six years in a row, the weight of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wall Street Wielding Campaign Cash to Fight Off Regulation Efforts

  
  Public Campaign Action Fund blogs — Authority: 108
  The Wall Street Journal reports that after taking a brief respite while receiving government bail-outs, Wall Street is upping their campaign giving and lobbying efforts to fight off finance industry regulation efforts in Congress. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Wall Street to Main Street: Lick My Versaces

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 651
  Given the raging jobless rate in this country, it’s no surprise that only 10 percent of Americans say now is a “good time” to find a quality job, reflecting no improvement since February, and less than the 33 percent who held similar views as the recession began in January 2008, according to a Gallup poll ...
  2 weeks ago

• NYT: Maybe it’s time we flip the rich-get-richer culture on its head

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 590
  “If some company is too big to fail, then it’s too big to exist. Break it up.” New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert • In an article titled “Safety Nets for the Rich,” about the phenomenon of companies “too big to fail.” Herbert argues that much money is being given to the rich instead of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Lofty and Noble Idea

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 531
  Interesting plaque I saw today, which commemorated the buildings grand opening - in 1951! Its a former bank thats currently a downtown high rise apartment building: "This building is dedicated to the principle that only business that will endure is that which is unselfishly devoted to the interests of its country, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obstructing the Obvious

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 122
  Am I just a simpleton, an intellectual featherweight, who looks for patterns and explanations, reasonable justifications, for truly ridiculous situations?  Or perhaps, I am able to see what is so obvious that it takes my breath away to observe how the powers that be and the general population cannot see the forest ...
  2 weeks ago

• HEIT Expecting Record Q4, Fueled By Managed Services

  
  MSPmentor — Authority: 525
  For many companies, focusing on the financial services industry during the recession was a recipe for disaster. But if you take a closer look you can find managed service providers like HEIT — an MSPmentor 100 company — continuing to succeed where others have failed. Here’s the update. First a quick note: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Big 4 Internal Auditor

  
  Jobs in Finance — Authority: 152
  Our Client, a leading Irish food company and a globally recognised brand seeks a financial accountant to join their expanding finance team. Excellent opportunity for a Big 4 qualified accountant to take their first step in industry and work with the best in the industry. Responsibilities: ...
  3 weeks ago

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