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- ukit
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/2…
Fascinating article, raises all sorts of questions about technological advantage and what is fair in a free market.
- freeskihp0
saw that the other day, seemed incredibly cool and innovative. But at some point you either have to separate the market into people who are able to practice high-speed trading and people who can't, or just scrap the whole system and level the playing field.
- ukit0
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- organicgrid0
Houses passes bill easing rules regulating Wall Street
Propelled by its enlarged Republican majority, the House has moved to ease a landmark law reining in banks and Wall Street, more than six years after a financial crisis brought on the Great Recession.
- utopian0
Inversion...Is this how U.S. companies cheat on taxes!
- 20020
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- utopian0
Bad Bank
The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes.
http://m.thisamericanlife.org/ra…Our crack economics team—the guys who explained the mortgage crisis, Alex Blumberg and NPR's Adam Davidson—are back to help all of us understand the news. For instance, when we talk about an insolvent bank, what does it actually mean, and why are we giving hundreds of billions of dollars to rich bankers who screwed up their own businesses? Also, two guys go to New Jersey to look at a toxic asset.
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http://www.thisamericanlife.org/…