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Merrill Nears Deal To Sell Bloomberg Stake: Report
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by Forbes Markets  7-4-2008   
 Merrill's stake is thought to be worth between $5 billion and $10 billion.
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Biofuel Caused Food Crisis
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by Forbes Markets  7-4-2008   
 This leaked report will put the cat amongst the pigeons, coming just ahead of the G-8 leaders meeting in Hokkaido where food prices will be a main topic of discssion.
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New York Mulls Insurance Exchange Revival
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by Forbes Markets  7-3-2008   
 Idea has got to working group stage.
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School Ties And Mutual Fund Success
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by Forbes Markets  7-3-2008    1
 So, its who they know, not what they know that marks out a mutual fund manager for success, according to this academic research.
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More Firms Scrap Asian IPOs As Markets Slide
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by Forbes Markets  7-3-2008   
 Asia's IPO volumes totaled $23.3 billion in the first half, a 40% drop from the year-ago period. Second quarter volumes totaled just $9.1 billion, the worst quarter since 2005.
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Grasso To Keep $187M NYSE Pay Deal
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by Forbes Markets  7-2-2008   
 Gordon Gekko will be smiling in his grave.
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U.S Gets Court Order For UBS Records Of Suspected Tax Dodgers
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by Forbes Markets  7-1-2008   
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AIG Pays Sullivan $47 Million Severance Package
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by Forbes Markets  7-1-2008   
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BNP Head Sees Worst Of Global Crisis Over
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by Forbes Markets  6-29-2008   
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Banks To Trample Growth In Rush To Deleverage
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by Forbes Markets  6-28-2008   
 The slow recovery school.
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Fed Mulled Risks From Dealer Window, Minutes Show
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by Forbes Markets  6-27-2008   
 Note, too, minutes showing Fed concern that investment banks other than Bear Stearns might have been in trouble.
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U.S. M&A Slumps, But Strategic Deals Help Fill Voic
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by Forbes Markets  6-27-2008   
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Merrill May Take $5.4B In Q2 Writeoffs: Lehman
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by Forbes Markets  6-27-2008   
 More ouch.
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A SECret Worth Sharing
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by Forbes Markets  6-26-2008   
 How secret is a secret once we know it exists?
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LSE And Lehman Start European Dark Pool Platform
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by Forbes Markets  6-26-2008   
 Latest attempt by LSE to arrest its loss of market share to new trading platforms.
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Citigroup Faces $8.9B Writeoff, Capital Need: Goldman
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by Forbes Markets  6-26-2008   
 Ouch!
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Illinois To Sue Countrywide And CEO Mozilo
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by Forbes Markets  6-25-2008   
 This is the first known case of a state authority charging Countrywide, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, for actions related to the housing crisis. It also comes on the same day the company's shareholders are expected to vote on its sale to Bank of America.
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NYSE Euronext Beats LSE To Doha Deal
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by Forbes Markets  6-24-2008   
 The deal with NYSE Euronext is part of Qatar’s master-plan for revamping its financial architecture as it aims to raise the standards of its stock market and banking system in anticipation of windfall from gas exports in the coming years that will double government revenues.
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SEC Proposals May Diminish Credit Ratings Role
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by Forbes Markets  6-24-2008   
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Healthcare Markets: The NHS At 60 Is Not Fit For Purpose
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by Forbes Markets  6-23-2008   
 The U.K.'s Institute of Economic Affairs has published a devastating critique of Britain's national health care system which holds lessons for those iseeking to reform health care in the U.S.
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Jeddah Starts Oil Price Dialogue, But No Quick Fixes
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by Forbes Markets  6-22-2008    1
 Transparent and efficient markets, not talk, is what is needed to bring down oil prices.
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Market Power, Asset Allocation And Oil Prices
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by Forbes Markets  6-20-2008   
 An alternative explanation for why oil prices are where they are.
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Solar M&A Seen Ramping Up
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by Forbes Markets  6-20-2008   
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Blowback Intensifies
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by Forbes Markets  6-19-2008    1
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Paulson Urges Stronger Fed Role On Wall St.
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by Forbes Markets  6-19-2008    1
 Reiteration of the thrust of the Treasury's blueprint from earlier this year as Washington's tries to work out how to get out of the situation the Fed created by flooding the banks with lifeboat liquidity.
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Proposal For A New IMF Role: SWF Manager
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by Forbes Markets  6-18-2008   
 This column argues that an appropriate new role for the IMF would be to manage a significant part of the new surplus countries’ sovereign wealth funds. Nothing if not an imaginative idea.
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California Economy To Withstand Housing Drag
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by Forbes Markets  6-18-2008   
 Two of the state's old school industries will prop up incomes and employment, containing the downturn to a large scale correction of an overheated property market.
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Big Three Central Banks Tone Down Rate Hike Threats
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by Forbes Markets  6-17-2008   
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Saudi Oil Production Long-Term Chart
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by Forbes Markets  6-16-2008   
 "NYT Report" refers to latest announced proposed increase.
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Lower Q2 Earnings Seen For Investment Banks
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by Forbes Markets  6-16-2008   
 Evidence of the second shoe dropping.
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Will U.S. Banks Remain Addicted To Japan-Style Life Supprt Indefinitely?
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by Forbes Markets  6-13-2008   
 It is the Term Auction Facility that is becoming the banks' crack.
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NYSE Plans To Revise Specialist-Trader Rules
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by Forbes Markets  6-13-2008   
 Another nail in the coffin of the hybrid model.
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Exxon To Exit U.S. Retail Gas Business
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by Forbes Markets  6-13-2008   
 Exxon an Mobile service stations may be the most public aspect of the company's business, but they account for a small part of profits.
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Mismeasuring The U.S. Unemployment Rate
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by Forbes Markets  6-12-2008   
 A proposal to fix it.
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Dollar May Steal Show At G8 InflationTalks
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by Forbes Markets  6-12-2008   
 Investors are detecting a shift in view in Washington about putting some muscle behind all the talk of wanting a strong dollar.
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Are China's Stock Set For A Long Post-Bubble Sideways Run?
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by Forbes Markets  6-11-2008   
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Did AT&T Give Too Much For iPhone?
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by Forbes Markets  6-11-2008   
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Natinal City Confirms Regulatory Agreements
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by Forbes Markets  6-11-2008   
 Are there more secret deals with the Fed out there?
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Chinese Stock Markets Tank
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by Forbes Markets  6-10-2008   
 Last time the Shanghai market plunged like this it triggered a global sell off of equities. Certainly markets everywhere are increasingly worried by inflation.
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IEA Trims World Oil Demand, Cuts Supply Forecast
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by Forbes Markets  6-10-2008   
 High oil prices and a start to cutting subsidies are starting to take effect on demand, but the demand/supply balance remains tight.
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