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On Friday, as I pulled together thoughts for my syndicated column, I pinged Scott Reamer to ask him a question. He informed me global central banks and government agencies have thrown upwards of $30

A consultant is a jerk from out of town with slides.-- a CEO who prefers to remain unnamed (in case he needs to hire another consultant)You need to get something done and you can’t get it done

It’s a small shot in the arm, but it could mean big money for pharmaceutical companies around the world. With flu season upon us and swine flu threatening to reach pandemic proportions, Big Pha

FOMC Day The Federal Open Market Committee’s interest rate policy decision is due out at 2:15 p.m. EST later today.Officials are likely to signal the economy has been improving but pledge to ke

Editor's Note: This content was originally published in real-time on the Buzz & Banter. It's being reposted here for the benefit of the Minyanville community.Bebe (BEBE) has slid some 25% to $6.1

President Barack Obama knocks Wall Street for being “motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses.”One result of this mindset is US Treasury Department “pay Cz

The late Jesse Livermore is considered one of the best traders of all time. His exploits have been chronicled in several books, with the most widely read being Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Ed

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