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Americans make up half of the world’s richest 1%

Americans make up half of the world’s richest 1%

Americans make up half of the world's richest 1% NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The United States holds a disproportionate amount of the world's rich people. It only takes $34,000 a year, after taxes, to be among the richest 1% in the world. That's for...
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Europe’s debt deal is falling flat

Europe's Debt Crisis Europe's debt deal is falling flat By Aaron Smith@CNNMoneyMarketsDecember 15, 2011: 7:52 AM ET Germany's Angela Merkel is trying to instill Teutonic-style fiscal responsiblity throughout Europe, but bonds, stocks and the euro ar...
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Insider Selling Spree

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks may have put up their best performance in years last month, and it looks like company insiders decided to cash in. Insider selling accelerated in October to the most aggressive pace since February. That follows the S&...
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Older Americans are 47 times richer than young

Older Americans are 47 times richer than young

Older Americans are 47 times richer than young NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- One of the most basic tenets of the American Dream is being called into question by recent economic data. Can each new generation do better than the one before it? So far, t...
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Did big banks leave TARP too soon?

Did big banks leave TARP too soon? By Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney September 30, 2011: 5:35 AM ET Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair pushed for the big banks to be held to tougher capital standards before they exited TARP. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Regulato...
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Debt After Death: Banks Chase Down Mourners

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Nobody wants to remember a deceased family member by the debt they left behind, but many creditors certainly make it difficult to forget. Denise Townley was appalled when she received a letter from her mother's credit card i...
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Michelle promises $2/gallon gas

By divine intervention? Excerpt: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Michele Bachmann has a promise: $2 gas. "Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again," Bachmann told a crowd Tuesday in South Carolina. "That will...
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Postal Service asks Congress to allow 120,000 layoffs, overhaul benefits

Postal Service asks Congress to allow 120,000 layoffs, overhaul benefits By Laurie Segall @CNNMoney August 11, 2011: 8:52 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hundreds of thousands of postal workers could soon lose their jobs, or face drastic changes to their...
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Most Americans Can’t Afford a $1,000 Emergency Expense

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- When the unexpected strikes, most Americans aren't prepared to pay for it. A majority, or 64%, of Americans don't have enough cash on hand to handle a $1,000 emergency expense, according to a survey by the National Foundatio...
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Squatter Nation: Stayin’ Without Payin’

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Charles and Jill Segal have not made a mortgage payment in nearly five years -- but they continue to live in their five-bedroom West Palm Beach, Fla. home. Lynn, from St. Petersburg, Fla., has been living without paying for th...
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Never Buy Stocks Again? Seriously?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Want to know what the hot new trend in investing apparently is? Not investing. Even though the S&P 500 (SPX) has more than doubled from its March 2009 bear market lows, many investors still don't trust the rally according to ...
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The Coming Millionaire Boom

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Despite the Great Recession, which wiped out $15.5 trillion in household wealth in the United States alone, the number of millionaires in this country and abroad will grow rapidly over the next decade. In the U.S., the total...
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CNN – Senate Report Blasts Goldman

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April 14, 2011

The Senate recognizes those who dedicate their lives to Doing God's Work. This would be the God of the Church of Unfettered Greed. I think the solution to this fiasco is to give all GS employees bonuses to keep the talent happy. From CNNMoney: "NEW...
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China bumps rates again, from 6.06% to 6.31%

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April 5, 2011

CNN Money How'd you like to get a guaranteed 6% on your cash? Excerpt: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For the fourth time in six months, China's central bank is hiking interest rates to combat rising inflation in the country. The People's Bank of China sai...
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13 Percent of ALL U.S. Homes Are Vacant

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March 29, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- High residential vacancies are killing many housing markets, as foreclosed homes sit on the market and depress sale prices and property values. And it's only getting worse: The national vacancy rate crept up to just over 13%...
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What Has Economists Most On Edge: Oil Prices

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March 21, 2011
What Has Economists Most On Edge: Oil Prices

What has economists most on edge: Oil prices NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. economy faces numerous obstacles that threaten to derail the recovery. But economists are most fearful of one major headwind: oil prices. More than two-thirds of ...
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Alan Greenspan: Stimulus Hurt Recovery

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March 16, 2011

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- Massive government intervention to save the economy is to blame for the lagging recovery, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday. Greenspan argued for less government intervention to get the recovery...
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My credit card had a 79.9% APR

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February 8, 2011

My credit card had a 79.9% APR By Blake Ellis, staff reporter February 7, 2011: 10:46 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Toni Riss had a credit card with a 79.9% interest rate. The 58-year-old woman from Texas thought she struck gold when she found the F...
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Oil Demand To Hit Highest Level Ever

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December 10, 2010

Talk about "an inconvenient truth"...... NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Worldwide oil demand hit its highest level ever on the back of explosive growth in the developing world, according to preliminary figures in a recent report. But the world's thirst...
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Tax cuts: Small biz fact check

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September 20, 2010

Tax cuts: Small biz fact check NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Republicans say raising taxes on the wealthy would cause small businesses to pull back on hiring. Many leading Democrats say that's nonsense. Who's right? The answer isn't black and white, de...
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Still Waiting For Evidence of Recovery

Still Waiting For Evidence of Recovery

By Heritage Ray FDIC leases almost 151,000 square feet in Schaumburg (Now here’s a growth business) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has signed a short-term office lease for almost 151,000 square feet (more than half the building) in Schaumburg, Illinois to handle receiverships and asset sales for its growing roster of failed Midwestern banks....
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