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Ditch the dollar greenback
EVERY TIME YOU'RE handed a dollar bill, that sound you hear is our government saying, "You're not smart enough." It's also saying, "I can't believe you're going to touch that and not wash your hands afterward." Seriously, think about who gets tipped...Tags: Edward M. Kennedy, Trent Lott, Millard Fillmore, Metal and Mineral, Economy, Business and Finance
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Buy Chimerican
CHAOS THEORY proposes that, by merely flapping its wings in the Amazonian jungle, a single butterfly can cause a hurricane in Manhattan. Something similar can be said of financial markets, as we saw last week. The butterfly in this case was the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Financial Markets, Stock Broking, Economy, Business and Finance
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Time to tax carbon
IF YOU HAVE KIDS, take them to the beach. They should enjoy it while it lasts, because there's a chance that within their lifetimes California's beaches will vanish under the waves. Global warming will redraw the maps of the world. The U.N.'s...Tags: Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Al Gore, Consumers, European Union
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Wise shopping should make home buy 'bubble-proof'
Tribune Media ServicesQ: I live in the Tampa, Fla., metropolitan area and am planning to buy my first house. I've been hearing a lot of talk about the real estate bubble and have a couple of questions. Should I wait to buy a house until the bubble has burst? To reduce the...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Real Estate, Condos, Mortgages, Glencoe
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America's economic meltdowns
To listen to the pundits, one would think that today's banking crisis and financial meltdown is something rare and exotic. But those who stayed awake in their history classes know that financial panic is a familiar "plot device" in the drama of modern...Tags: History, Death, Casino and Gambling Industry, Great Depression (1929), Federal Reserve
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A new Great Depression? It's different this time
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDysfunctional capital markets, frantic central banks, stressed-out consumers, fear and uncertainty -- all are alarming echoes of the global economic cataclysm of the 1930s. Which raises the inevitable question: Could another Great Depression be lurking...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Economic Policy, Career and Workplace, University of California, Berkeley, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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McCain or Obama: Who's best for the economy?
Today's question: What polices have Obama and McCain presented that would help fix the financial mess? Would any of their plans damage the U.S. economy? Previously, Foster and Kuttner debated the state of the economy and Congress' rejection of the bailout...Tags: Health, Social Security, Financial Markets, Economic Policy, Productivity
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This is a test article
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Office of the President of the United States is the head of the executive branch of the government. Actor Ronald Reagan occupied the office during the 1980s, which began with a recession after the stagflation of the late 1970s under Jimmy Carter. Nell...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Nell Carter, Meghan McCain, Elton John, Ed Koch
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Romancing the source
++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++ It was an affair between Laura Foreman, a New York Times reporter, and Henry J. "Buddy" Cianfrani, a Pennsylvania state senator, that prompted A.M. Rosenthal, executive editor of the Times, to utter his...Tags: U.S. Senate, Media Industry, Television Industry, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), CNN (tv network)
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An outsider splurges his way through L.A.
Chris Ayres' "Death by Leisure" is a memoir of financial foolishness.
It is also, sadly, an obituary for our late, great city of Los Angeles.
Felled by the burst of a real estate bubble, a victim of mass greed and self-delusion, it is mourned, alas,...Tags: Daniel Defoe, Entertainment, Television, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Minority Groups
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Letters to the editor
Shades of 1972? Re "As vote nears, chief warns of terror risk," Oct. 23 Notwithstanding Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton's preemptive precautions and thoroughness, his warning may have precedent. Shortly before the 1972 election,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Vietnam War (1955-1975), White House, George W. Bush, Justice and Rights
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Subprime meltdown culprits
As the cost of Wall Street's credit crisis has mounted, the hunt for villains has intensified and the accusations of fault have widened. At first the focus was on greedy profiteers among lenders and investment bankers, who were an easy (and deserving)...Tags: Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Social Issues, Justice System
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