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Women With Finance Skills Have A Much Easier Time Landing Board Seats
Almost half of female executive directors are financially qualified, while 65 percent have a financial background, the study shows. This compares to just 26 percent of their male colleagues being...
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TED TALK: Everything You Need To Know About How Algorithms Are Controlling...
In an insightful TED Talk, by tech entrepreneur Kevin Slavin on how algorithms have reached across industries (from finance to Hollywood) and into every day life (h/t dailymotion).Problem is, we may be...
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Here's What Markets Did On Christmas Day While You Weren't Paying Attention
While much of the world went into shutdown mode on Christmas, markets stayed open in many places.Here's a quick rundown of how markets did in some of them: The big standout: China was up over...
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Holiday Retail Sales Growth Comes At Just 0.7% — Weakest Since 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and...
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And Now Comes A 'Tense' Final Few Days Of The Year
And now that life is returning to normal: Constant attention to the Fiscal Cliff.Here's what UBS's Anthony Ip wrote earlier this week: In a statement on Friday, Obama described his plan as an...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS: Chinese Credit Ratings Agency Dagong Puts The US On Negative...
Not that it affects anything at all, but Chinese credit rating agency Dagong used Christmas to put the US on negative watch.Here's the full release.----------------------------------------Dagong Global...
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Everyone's Trying To Figure It Out: Is This Really Julian Robertson On Twitter?
A slightly interesting mystery on Twitter.Is this really famed hedge fund manager Julian Robertson joining twitter?Everyone's trying to figure it out.Here's his profile:And here are some sample...
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Bernie Madoff Sent A Letter To CNBC On Christmas Eve [Full Text]
The recent rash of insider trading cases may be a shock to some on Wall Street, but not to one long-time market player: Bernie Madoff.In a Christmas Eve letter from the medium security federal prison...
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The Yen Is Sliding Again...
The big currency story continues: The yen is weakening.New minutes from the Bank of Japan are out, and suggest that some members favored more easing at the last meeting.USD vs. JPY is now above...
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Japan Has Another HUGE Day — Yen Continues To Tumble
Most of Europe remains off, and US futures won't be trading for a bit, but the big story is Japan, which had another HUGE day.The Nikkei rallied 1.49%, on top of another similar gain from the day...
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The 10 Most Important Economic Questions For 2013
Here are some questions I'm thinking about ... 1) US Policy: This is probably the biggest downside risk for the US economy in 2013. I assume some sort of fiscal agreement will be reached soon, but how...
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The College Textbook Bubble Is Out Of Control
Anyone who has purchased college textbooks knows that they're expensive.However, it might be surprising how quickly prices are rising.Professor Mark Perry of the Carpe Diem blog has been following this...
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MASTERCARD: The Media Created The Negative Trend In Consumer Confidence And...
U.S. holiday sales growth was just 0.7 percent this year, missing expectations, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.There was a drop in consumer confidence and it was primarily due to the...
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Today's Snow Is Just A Teaser For The Rest Of This Week
A blizzard warning spanning over 730 miles from New York to Arkansas has been issued by the National Weather Service, it's headed through the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, and Northeast.Total snowfall in...
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Boob Grabbing Study Is Getting Men All Excited
Teenage boys have been waiting for this news for years. According to a new study, squeezing breasts can prevent cancer. Yes, really.More specifically, the, ahem, fresh research from UC Berkeley and...
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Here Are The States Where People Are Leaving, Moving To, And Having Lots Of...
The Census Bureau just unveiled the latest updates to state by state population trends.The data looks at what happened to the United States between July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2012. There have been some...
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UNVEILED: Morgan Stanley's 10 Smartest Trades For 2013
Morgan Stanley's global cross-asset strategy team, led by Greg Peters, is out with its Top 10 Asset Allocation Trades for 2013.The trades sum up investment bank's macro views and are fairly...
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Germans Are 'Exporting' Their Elderly And Their Sick Because Of Rising Costs
Growing numbers of elderly and sick Germans are being sent overseas for long-term care in retirement and rehabilitation centres because of rising costs and falling standards in Germany.The move, which...
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STOCKS FALL, APPLE SLIDES, YEN GETS CRUSHED: Here's What You Need To Know...
Stocks started the day up, but then they grinded lower.First the scoreboard:Dow: 13,114, -24.4, -0.1 percentS&P 500: 1,419, -6.8, -0.4 percentNASDAQ: 2,990, -22.4, -0.7 percentAnd now the top...
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Beached New York Whale Won't Be Rescued
Some sad news via Kevin Deutsch and Joseph Mallia at Newsday: The whale that beached itself in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens in New York City earlier this morning won't be rescued.Kim Durham,...
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