Description:Â The Fed raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point. WSJ’s Justin Lahart breaks down what it means in an interview with Simon Constable.
Source: Marketwatch – video report
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Date: 02/18/2010
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Description:Â The dollar has come back against the euro recently but readers of ‘The Buzz’ still see a weak greenback in the future.
Source: CNNMoney – video report
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Date: 02/17/2010
 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/02/17/n_bz_dollar_gold_oil_euro.cnnmoney/
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Description: THE Great Recession has intensified a long-running debate: who is better able to look out for your money, a broker or an independent adviser? Now that the shock of last year’s losses has worn off, many investors are reconsidering what their financial professionals did — or failed to do — for them. At the same time, many brokers are trying to refocus themselves as advisers. Fed by the discontented, the debate has taken on a new urgency.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 02/17/2010
Link:Â http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/your-money/financial-planners/18TRUST.html?em
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Description:  Sears Holdings Corp. has agreed to sell its popular Craftsman tool brand through Ace Hardware stores, as the company turns again to outsiders to help grow its sales.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 02/20/2010
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sears-agrees-to-sell-craftsman-tools-at-ace-hardware-2010-02-20
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Description:Â General Motors chairman and chief executive, Ed Whitacre, Jr. will receive a compensation package worth $9 million, the automaker said Friday.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: 02/19/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/19/news/companies/GM_salary/index.htm
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Description:Â Fortune’s Leigh Gallagher discusses Steve Schwarzman’s op-ed piece and explains why banks are blamed for the financial crisis.
Source: CNNMoney – video report
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Date: 02/12/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2010/02/12/f_sl_blackstone_banks.fortune/
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Description:Â Fortune editors explain how problems in places like Dubai and Greece are affecting U.S. markets.
Source: CNNMoney – video report
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Date: 02/10/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2010/02/10/f_sl_greece_euro.fortune/
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Description: High-yield corporate bonds are being priced as if few of these companies are going out of business, evidence that income-seeking investors are increasingly accepting the greater risks attached to low-rated debt.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 02/14/2010
Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/high-yield-bonds-show-investors-the-money-2010-02-12
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Description:Â Â Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment management co-head Marc Spilker is leaving the firm after two decades and will be replaced by a predecessor.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: 02/13/2010
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aheYV90R253M
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Description: Large financial institutions that engage in speculative activities for profit should be allowed to fail if they get in trouble, White House advisor Paul Volcker said on Sunday.
Source: Reuters.com
Date: 02/014/2010
Link:Â http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1414676420100214?type=marketsNews
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