Fed Links With Finance Industry Raise Conflict Of Interest Questions

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Fed Links With Finance Industry Raise Conflict Of Interest Questions When the Federal Reserve was handing out emergency loans during the financial crisis, some of the money didn't have to travel very far. U.S. 'Misery Index' Rises To Highest Level In Decades #OccupyWallStreet: Essential Twitter Follows Many Would Consider Switching Banks Over New Debit Fees Millionaires Control Surprisingly Large Amount Of Global Wealth Wells Fargo Debit Fee Questioned As Bank Records Record Profit BLOG POSTS Daniel Wagner: Don't Bet Against China The doomsayers and pessimists have been wrong every time they have predicted the Chinese economy's pending demise. David Meerman Scott: Marketing and PR Advice to Occupy Wall Street Protesters If you want the world to take you seriously, then you need to take yourselves seriously -- marketing and public relations matter. Sleeping in parks and chanting will only take you so far. Gemma Godfrey: Stagflation Risk and What This Means for Stocks As the outlook for growth continues to deteriorate, whilst the price for goods and services remain stubbornly high, the risk of stagflation returns. This would be a tough scenario, where policy options tackling one of these issues would only worsen the other. Thomas J. Duesterberg: U.S. Manufacturing Has a Key Role in the U. S. Economy of the Future There is a more positive economic and political case to be made that, instead of accepting a slow decline, we put our shoulder to the wheel and build on the apparently hidden but obvious strengths of U.S. manufacturing. Richard Kauffman: Clean Energy Markets: We've Got the Innovation and Deployment Cart and Horse Backwards China has become the world's largest producer of solar modules. But did you know that these Chinese manufacturers are using technology breakthroughs developed in the United States?

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