Wall Street
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The cost of Occupy Wall Street, and more
feature The movement has cost municipalities at least $13 million in police overtime and other services.
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A linguistic success for Occupy Wall Street, and more
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Issue of the week: Wall Street on trial
feature The insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam of the Galleon hedge fund involves some of the biggest names in the financial world.
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Why New York City is writing Occupy Wall Street a six-figure check
feature A high-profile police raid is proving quite costly
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Issue of the week: The Ponzi scheme that’s shaking Wall Street
feature In what may be the largest investment scam in history, Bernard Madoff was charged last week with securities fraud after confessing to running a $50 billion “Ponzi scheme.”
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Occupy Wall Street: Will the crackdown end the movement?
feature As the police continue to dismantle the tent cities of the Occupy movement, its future as a political force is in question.
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Issue of the week: A ‘flash crash’ shakes Wall Street
feature The Dow Jones industrial average and other major market indices went into free fall last Thursday, and no one can explain why or how the plunge occurred, or what reversed it.
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Wall Street schools the Ivies
feature All the deans deploring finance’s irresistible pull should wake up to their own responsibility to better prepare their students for employment, said Ezra Klein at The Washington Post.
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Briefing: Wall Street’s hidden time bombs
feature The financial meltdown engulfing Wall Street would not have happened without the advent of complex financial contracts known as derivatives. Why were they created, and why were so many supposedly smart people fooled?
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Wall Street: The good times are rolling again
feature The big banks are flush with money and plan to give out billions of dollars in annual bonuses to their employees.
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A Wall Street Fairy Tale
feature Now that the danger appears to have passed, Wall Street honchos, with support from some in Congress, are telling themselves that the financial system was perfectly sound all along. We can’t afford their delusion.
By Brad DeLong Last updated
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Two years later: Did Occupy Wall Street make a difference?
feature Protesters no longer camp out in Zuccotti Park. Does that mean the movement didn't accomplish anything?
By Keith Wagstaff Last updated
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Wall Street discourages drug R&D
feature When Pfizer announced this year that it was slashing spending on research and development, its shares rose more than 5 percent, said Dan Primack at Fortune.
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Issue of the week: Does Wall Street need speed limits?
feature High-frequency trading now accounts for as much as 70 percent of market volume.
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