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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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Issue of the week: Is JPMorgan’s fine unfair?
feature The CEO of JPMorgan Chase helped to “save the financial system five years ago,” yet the bank now has to pay a $13 billion settlement.
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Business columns: Netflix shows the way on CEO pay
feature As Netflix has prospered, so has Hastings—but in tandem with other shareholders rather than at their expense, said Chris O’Brien in MercuryNews.com.
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Measure results, not hours
feature Too many businesses judge an employee’s performance by hours worked rather than by value created.
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The real victims of Herbalife
feature “It’s been a wild ride lately for Herbalife.”
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The SEC’s losing battle against banks
feature By urging the SEC to punish financial crimes more aggressively, Judge Jed Rakoff “may have inadvertently made the SEC’s job” that much tougher, said Tim Fernholz at The New Republic.
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Issue of the week: Facebook’s new approach
feature Will Facebook's 1 billion active users “like” the first major redesign since 2006?
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Issue of the week: GM’s recall disaster
feature Mary Barra is facing “her first big test” since she took over as GM’s new CEO in January: a recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles.
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Issue of the week: Jamie Dimon’s Whale nightmare
feature The CEO of JPMorgan Chase is in hot water after a Senate report revealed that he had signed off on risky deals made by a London trader.
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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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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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Issue of the week: Is the employment picture brightening?
feature The monthly jobs report was “full of good news,” but some commentators say hiring will remain sluggish.
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In praise of the introvert
feature Brainstorming sessions have been shown to be “one of the worst possible ways to stimulate creativity,” and the bigger the group, the worse the performance, said Susan Cain at The New York Times.
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When 401(k)s make us poorer
feature For the many who can’t afford to defer a portion of each paycheck, 401(k)s are a raw deal, said Stephen Gandel at Time.com.
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