Saturday, October 15, 2011
NYTimes: Financial Planner’s Red Flags
The country's largest employer of certified financial planners is accused of putting its own employees' 401(k) money into underperforming funds.
NYTimes: Foreclosures Empty Homes, and Criminals Fill Them Up
The police say that boarded-up homes in parts of Queens are being taken over by addicts, dealers, prostitutes, gang members and thieves.
Friday, October 14, 2011
NYTimes: Consumers’ Right to Sue
In CompuCredit v. Greenwood, the Supreme Court should rule that a statute explicitly creating a right to sue trumps a contract allowing only arbitration.
NYTimes: Bank Rules That Serve Two Masters
A Congress that wants to have it both ways is creating a muddle of the regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
NYTimes: How to Stop the Drop in Home Values
The only real solution to plummeting home values is to permanently reduce the mortgage debt hanging over America.
NYTimes: Whose Jobs Are at Risk in Free Trade
A report from the Joint Economic Committee of Congress finds that the American workers most likely to be hurt by free-trade agreements are also those likeliest to have a hard time finding new jobs.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
NYTimes: Online Game Challenges You to Live On $1,000 A Month
An online game called Spent lets you see what it's like to live on $1,000 a month.
NYTimes: Fed Oversight of Nonbank Financial Companies Is Weighed
The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted to seek public comment on a proposed rule that laid out the standards by which some financial companies could fall under stricter regulation.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
NYTimes: Your Economic Outlook: Mixed Up
On the whole, contributors to an interactive project about the economic outlook seemed slightly more hopeful about their own prospects than about the overall economy.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
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