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America is running fasionably late to the Western World's debt party...

March 30, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: CAL.DL , NY , GS

but don't worry, we're on the way.  [more]

Looking for that safe stock for the long haul? It may not be AT&T...

March 26, 2010 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: T , VZ , S

Or Verizon.  Or Sprint.  (not that Sprint was a good stock to begin with...)  [more]

Alcoa to try their luck in alternative energy...

March 18, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: AA

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/aluminum-maker-eyes-solar-industry/  [more]

Corporate Debt 'Day of Reckoning' looms...

March 16, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: DEB.DL.DL , T

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/business/16debt.html?pagewanted=2&hpw&adxnnlx=1268751939-ET0hj5SsSOrgiBTARl%2047A  [more]

B of A to stop charging overdraft fees on debit card users....

March 10, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: BAC

...so expect some new type of fee to crop up in your debit accounts in the not-too-distant future.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/10overdraft.html?em

China and India finally join the international climate change agreement...

March 09, 2010 – Comments (0)

Even in light of the negative press that climate change/global warming/global weirding has received over the past several months, "China and India join nearly 200 countries that have signed up under the accord."  [more]

How High Can Chinese Real Estate Go?

March 05, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: FXI , R , E

"Everyone agrees China is in the middle of a spectacular real estate boom. The question is whether it is in the middle of a rapidly growing real estate bubble."  [more]

If someone gave my failing company $45B, I'd express gratitude too!

March 04, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: C

Citigroup Chief Expresses ‘Gratitude’ to Bailout Panel  [more]

Financing Renewable Energy (Why the US won't be getting any Offshore Wind Farms)

March 03, 2010 – Comments (0)

This opinion piece on Project-Syndicate, by Richard Robb, is a few months old, but very interesting...  [more]

Can policymakers prevent a China Bubble?

March 02, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: FXI

It appears that China's policymakers may have learned from the US's mistakes, and in turn, Beijing University economist, Fan Gang, provides his thoughts on why there will be no "China Bubble."  [more]

China's version of Detroit experiences a different kind of economic hiccup: Underemployment.

March 01, 2010 – Comments (2)

"As American workers struggle with near double-digit unemployment, unskilled factory workers here in China’s industrial heartland are being offered signing bonuses.   [more]