A decade of slow growth?

By Fareed Zakaria From: Cnn.com: Every year at Davos, people like me try to get a sense of the mood of the place, take the temperature of people in this frosty mountain resort.

Obviously, I will give you a highly impressionistic and personal picture, but it’s one I find useful since Davos does bring together leaders in government, business, media – even the NGO community – from all corners of the world. It is genuinely global in a way that few conferences are... FULL STORY

Bloomberg: The Fiscal Cliff Will Drive the U.S. Into Recession

House Speaker John Boehner says he was "flabbergasted" when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner pitched the White House plan to save the nation from the "fiscal cliff." FULL STORY

6 Ways The Fiscal Cliff Could Affect You

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke used the term "fiscal cliff," it quickly became the newest Washington buzzphrase. As the deadline to avert the cliff nears, it has overtaken the European debt crisis as the most talked-about story in the financial media. The fiscal cliff refers to the enactment of a number of laws that would, if not changed before Jan. 1, 2013, FULL STORY

The U.S. Recovery Has Been Spectacular*

We need a real recovery. That's what Mitt Romney said during the campaign, and he was right. Five years since the start of the Great Recession, unemployment is still far too high. It's not for a lack of optimism among policymakers. As Evan Soltas pointed out, the Federal Reserve keeps predicting that prosperity is just around the corner, only to find it's not. Catchup growth is the new Godot. FULL STORY *Compared to almost every other rich country and almost every other financial crisis.

Asian stocks, euro steady after sell-off

Asian stocks and the euro steadied on Tuesday, but sentiment remained fragile on concerns..

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Killer Charles Manson: “Obama Slave of Wall Street..”

President Barack Obama is "a slave of Wall Street," the diminutive cult leader said by telephone..

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What Happens If Steve Jobs Leaves?

Yesterday, it was announced that Apple does indeed have a succession plan, but it won't be made public, for fear that the company could see executives being..

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Nasdaq Confirms Security Breach

Nasdaq acknowledged Saturday it has been the victim of hackers and said it has notified customers about the problem...

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Madoff Trustee: Mets Owners Ignored Ponzi Warning Signs

The New York Mets' owners, their families and businesses were one of the largest beneficiaries of Madoff's fraud..

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Trustee: J.P. Morgan Abetted Madoff .

J.P. Morgan stood "at the very center" of Bernard Madoff's fraud, according to a lawsuit unsealed..

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Don't Believe Goldman's Rosy Economic Projections

The report from Goldman's Investment Strategy Group, and served up here as evidence of happy times by the credulous folks at Politico's Morning Money..

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The Fed prepares to make another BIG mistake

The Fed's decision to buy $600 billion more of U.S. Treasury debt is setting off a debate...

Judge refuses to dismiss AIG lawsuit

A judge refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc of misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgages, which led to a liquidity crisis and $182.3 billion of federal bailouts...

GM IPO to be open to "all" investors: Treasury

The upcoming initial public offering of General Motors Co will be open to the widest possible range of investors, including both overseas funds and U.S. retail buyers....

AIG repaying nearly $4 billion in federal loans

In its single biggest repayment of bailout loans so far, American International Group Inc. said Monday it is paying back nearly $4 billion....

Prosecutors Eye WikiLeaks Charges

Pentagon lawyers believe that WikiLeaks acted illegally in disclosing thousands of classified Afghan war reports....

P&G Chief Wages Offensive

P&G chief Robert McDonald is mounting an attack on the consumer-products industry....

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Dow Loses Grip on the Year's Gains

Unsettling data and central-bank messages from the U.S., Asia and Europe pushed global growth fears to the fore on Wednesday...

Hewlett-Packard Chief Hurd Quits in Scandal

Mr. Hurd spoke at the dedication ceremony of H-P's customer service and technical support center in Conway, Ark., on March 3, 2010...

Fed Mulls Symbolic Shift in Bond Strategy

The Fed will consider a modest but symbolically important change in the management of...