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Issue of the week: Avoiding corporate tax
feature Americans should be outraged about corporate tax dodging.
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The euro is not so secure
feature When will southern Europeans dump the euro?
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Issue of the week: The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
feature Sen. Elizabeth Warren is gearing up for some “financial rabble-rousing.”
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Issue of the week: More jobs and a skittish market
feature Let’s have some perspective on the latest jobs report.
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Fleecing BP on the bayou
feature Since 2012, the British oil giant has been tied up in litigation over the Gulf Coast oil spill.
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Business columns: The real villains of foreclosure
feature Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own more than half of all U.S. mortgages and pay some of the nation’s largest banks to service them, said Stephen Meister in the New York Post.
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Viewpoint: Devin Leonard and Romesh Ratnesar
feature From Bloomberg Businessweek: “Here’s a message for Wall Street: Heal thyself. The history of American business is rife with examples of industries that failed to respond to public pressure...
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Hold the line on insider trading
feature More importantly, insider trading gives those in the know incentives to hide information from corporate boards, and from the public, to maximize their own trading profits, said Larry Harris at the Los Angeles Times.
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How to fix the housing mess
feature This approach would cost about $350 billion, but it “will be even costlier to do nothing,” said Martin S. Feldstein at The New York Times.
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Why there won’t be a double dip
feature The economy is so lean right now that its only likely course is “continued, albeit slow, growth,” said Neil Irwin at The Washington Post.
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Viewpoint: Noreen Malone
feature From New York: “It’s part of the American way to get a lot of self-worth from your job. One of the reasons there aren’t enough of those jobs out there...
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The BRICs can’t save the West
feature Even if they could settle their disagreements, the BRICs “remain ill-suited to seize the global economic lead,” said Joshua Kurlantzick at Bloomberg Businessweek.
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A generation keen on selling
feature Their “ideal social form” is the small business, and they aspire to launch food carts, techie startups, and socially responsible companies, said William Deresiewicz at The New York Times.
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Consumer debt is not to blame
feature Given the circumstances, in fact, consumer spending is pretty consistent and pretty healthy, said James Surowiecki at The New Yorker.
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