Top Tweets Major stock indexes record first weekly loss in month
The Denver Post:Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 0.91 of a point to close at 1,649.60. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.
Sources: The Denver Post, The Boston Globe, CBS News, LA Times, CNN.
Tornado loss estimate: $2 billion to $5 billion
CNN:The 79 tornadoes that hit over three days in 10 states caused billions in losses, with most of damage concentrated in...
Everything you know about employers and Obamacare is wrong
Washington Post:Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American...
Obama's six-point plan to wind down the "war on terror"
Washington Post:Like all presidential speeches, President Obama's Thursday address at the National Defense University was...
Off the Charts: S.&P. Has More Than Doubled Under Obama
NY Times:The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has more than doubled since Barack Obama took office, an accomplishment achieved by only four other presidents.
Growth in Options Trading Helps Brokers but Not Small Investors
NY Times:Brokerage firms say that options, traditionally used by professional traders, can be profitable for ordinary investors, but this does not square with many investors’ experiences.
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Washington Post:-- "A multimillionaire president nominated a billionaire who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his campaigns, and he sent her to be...
China's Consumers Fight Back
Wall Street Journal:Chinese households are signaling impatience with government controls, finding alternatives to high cellphone costs and low interest on their savings, hurting state firms' profits in the process.
Durable Orders Bounce Back, but Shipments Decline
Wall Street Journal:Orders for long-lasting goods rose in April, largely fueled by aircraft purchases, but other signals suggested the nation's manufacturing sector remains sluggish.
Sources: Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, CBS News, LA Times...
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An end to perpetual war?: Excellent NYT Comment on Obama's belated pledge: nyti.ms/ZgNsah
Cleantech Investing: We Are Just Getting Started
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Huffingon Post Business Blog
Co-authored by Noah Walker, Joint MBA/MEM Candidate at Yale University Americans are voting with their stock portfolios like never before. And they are investing in...
It's Still the Economy, Stupid
Scott Paul
Huffingon Post Business Blog
Sooner or later, these spectacles will lose their excitement and Capitol Hill will come back to this reality: The economy is still broken. So why not start fixing it now?
How Can I Pay Off Old Debts Safely?
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Huffingon Post Business Blog
Huffington Post Reader Question I owe around $15,000 in debt for repossession and bank account from 15 yrs ago. Even a cell phone company plus...
These 31 charts will destroy your faith in humanity
Earlier this week, Rob Wile of Business Insider posted his graph-heavy opus: "31 Charts That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity." Naturally, we here at Wonkblog were all eager to see the results.
Tornado Alley should build shelter from the storms
Kurt Hochenauer
Washington Post Opinions
EDMOND, Okla. When disaster hits, Oklahomans bask in helping others. We’re good at it. Some call it the “Oklahoma spirit.” But even as we’re cleaning up the debris and mourning those killed by the...