Could Ditching Bernanke Crash the Stock Market?
Officials, investors, economists debate importance of Bernanke confirmation to market success
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The Federal Reserve announced the results of its latest all-important Open Markets Committee meeting on Wednesday afternoon, and they're exactly the same as last month's results — but with three important changes. For market watchers, these three sentences mean everything. So how should they be interpreted?
Officials, investors, economists debate importance of Bernanke confirmation to market success
He's been grumbling privately about the plan. Are his days with the Obama administration numbered?
The once-impeccable Japanese automaker recalls another 2.3 million cars
Financial commentators like Obama's proposed bank regulations but warn they don't come cost-free
Will this satisfy Paul Krugman?
In a candid interview, the Oracle waxes bitter on the bank tax and Kraft-Cadbury deal
The Mad Money maven thinks a defeat to Democrats--the "Pelosi proletariat"--would send business stocks surging
Two weekend speeches heat up anti-banker rhetoric, but some pundits are skeptical that reform is on the way
In case you missed it the first time, the New York Times really likes the idea of taxing banks
Obama's proposed bank tax has focused the debate on who will, won't and should pay for the government's losses.
Business bloggers find some big, yawning gaps in the investigation into the financial crisis
Softball questions and "witch-trial" echoes at the first panel hearing on the financial crisis
A White House proposal to tax big banks draws heavy fire
Jokes about "Fed bonuses" aside, hard-to-please business bloggers see good news in the numbers
A less than enthusiastic reaction from bloggers. Will anything short of nixing bonuses appease critics?
Alan Mulally takes a struggling automaker to new heights
Bloggers debate whether Google's energy move is high-minded innovation or a money-grubbing power grab
Prominent biz bloggers argue that neither the government nor predatory lenders caused the blow-up
Surprisingly high job losses portend a stabilizing economy to some, gloomy prospects to others
Many had predicted today's job numbers, which dropped by 85,000, would show growth
Bloggers say we should "assume the worst" from the New York Fed cover up
Econopundits hash out whether tactics to thwart another blow-up
Given his leading role in financial legislation, how will Dodd's departure affect bank regulation?
If an 8,500 word piece titled "What's a Bailed-Out Banker Worth" doesn't generate biz-blogger shockwaves, nothing will
The company's largest shareholder threatens to throw a wrench in the deal
Many top economists see a rough road ahead before full recovery
Fall in jobless claims is good, but how good? Business bloggers debate
Paul Krugman pens a column condemning the aughts, leading to outpouring of (mostly liberal) agreement
The Nobel Prize-winning economist thinks the American economy is likely to shrink in 2010
Just as CEO Lloyd Blankfein is named FT's Man of the Year, biz bloggers pour water on a non-scandal
The strongest of Detroit's big three is ready to sell Volvo to China's largest private carmaker, Zhejiang Geely
Amid numerous warning signs, the Fed failed to protect either consumers or banks. Couldn't we find a better regulator?
Michael Moore was not immediately available for comment
The tech firm is in talks with CBS and Disney. Could the Cupertino innovators overhaul the TV business?
Business experts frantically debate the economic impact of the weekend snowstorm
'Person of the Year' Bernanke leaps over one hurdle on the way toward reconfirmation
Unlike his predecessors, incoming CEO Brian Moynihan is a rugby-playing New Englander
A poorly calculated stock offering prompts the U.S. to delay selling its 34% stake
While the artificial limit is on its way to being raised, topping the debt ceiling is an ominous sign
Progressives don't take a shining to the idea that cutting the minimum wage boosts employment
The government hands Citi a $38 billion tax break for $20 billion in repaid loans
Why everything's riding on the success of Boeing's huge new plane
Critics cast doubt on his pledge to get tough with Wall Street
The world's largest energy company makes an enormous bet on natural gas, to the tune of $41 billion
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