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Fed governor calls for summer rate hike
Colin Barr 2010-06-08 07:20Deficit hawk Tom Hoenig says the time to raise short-term interest rates is now.Hoenig (right), president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, ...
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Fed raises emergency funding rate
Colin Barr 2010-02-20 11:17By Colin BarrThe Federal Reserve raised the rate it charges banks that borrow from the central bank when they run short of funds.The Fed said late Thu...
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The Fed's stuck in the penalty box
Colin Barr 2010-03-04 05:46By Colin BarrThe Federal Reserve has enough problems without having to play shorthanded.The Fed's vice chairman, Donald Kohn, said Monday he'll retire...
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The Summer of (IPO) Love
財富中文網 2009-08-27 06:02By Michael V. CopelandWill 2009 go down as the year the tech IPO returned?If you have been an investor in technology IPOs in recent months you’ve done...
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Fed caution favors Buffett over Goldman
Colin Barr 2010-11-18 12:19A cautious Fed is going to mean more money in Warren Buffett's pocket.Regulators have delayed signing off on Goldman Sachs' (GS) request to repay a cr...
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Icahn calls on Motorola (again)
Colin Barr 2010-08-11 01:43Funds run by Icahn bought 10 million Motorola (MOT) shares this week, giving him nearly 10% of the Schaumburg, Ill., cell phone company. The purchases...
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Why the Fed saved AIG and not Lehman
Colin Barr 2010-09-09 01:18Why did the government save AIG after letting Lehman Brothers fail?Bill Thomas, the former congressman who is the vice chairman of the Financial Crisi...
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Fed steers clear of shock and awe
Colin Barr 2010-11-09 12:48The Federal Reserve confirmed Wednesday it will buy another round of long-term Treasury securities in hopes of giving a wheezing economy a shot in the...
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Fed foreshadowing from the Bank of Japan?
Colin Barr 2010-11-10 09:20In a grim preview of what Ben Bernanke may find himself advocating next year, the Bank of Japan this week started loading up on stocks and real estate...
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Taming inflation in China, Brazil, and India
Darius Dale, Hedgeye 2011-01-11 02:20The Fed's quantitative easing will likely lead to rising inflation in these three important countries. With food prices already skyrocketing, how well...
