Nov 8 2010

Rattner Says Economy Not a ‘Basket Case’

When it comes to the American economy, things are not all doom and gloom as some forecasts suggest. At least according to Steven L. Rattner. “The U.S. economy might be struggling but it is not quite the basket case that dominates the public consciousness,” Mr. Rattner (pictured) said in an opinion piece in The Financial [...]


Nov 5 2010

Federal Reserve to Buy Billions in Treasury Bonds to Boost Economy

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would buy up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an effort to trigger investment and economic growth. At the end of a two-day meeting, Fed officials said the $600 billion purchase, the second of its kind in two years, is [...]


Oct 25 2010

The Economy: Let’s Get Ready to Tumble!

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Oct 14 2010

From Rand Paul to Barbara Boxer: The Cliches of Campaign Debates

The economy may be reeling, but these are boom times for lectern manufacturers. Every night, over-rehearsed candidates square off in televised campaign debates and battle questions from doggedly serious local reporters and painfully earnest “ordinary” voters. In a political season dominated by 30-second attack ads, stealth candidates who rarely campaign outside TV studios (yes, Christine [...]


Oct 14 2010

Poll: Mortgage Industry, Wall Street and Bush Most to Blame for Economy

The mortgage industry, Wall Street financial firms and banks, and former President Bush top the list that Americans say did most to hurt the U.S. economy, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Oct. 7-10. Bloomberg asked the question this way:The U.S. avoided what many experts said could have been a major economic collapse in [...]


Oct 13 2010

Florida Governor’s Race Being Shaped by the Economy and a Battle Over Ethics

Polls of Florida’s gubernatorial race have bounced back-and-forth between having Democrat Alex Sink or Republican Rick Scott in the lead, but what the recent ones have in common is that this is a very close race. A new survey by Quinnipiac University underlines that point. Scott, the former chief executive of Columbia/HCA, had led Sink, [...]