S&P 500 Ends The Year Essentially Unchanged

Friday, December 30, 2011 S&P 500 Ends The Year Essentially Unchanged NEW YORK, Dec 30 - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, the last trading day of a turbulent year, with the broad S&P 500 index on track to end 2011 barely changed from 2010's closing level. Verizon Scraps Fee After Customer Uproar Community College Budget Cuts Drive Students To For-Profit Schools Debt Crisis An Unwelcome Backdrop On Euro's Anniversary Daily Deals Sites Offering Cheaper Healthcare For Uninsured Americans Young People More Likely To Favor Socialism Than Capitalism BLOG POSTS Jeff Reeves: The Only Thing That Will Save the Economy in 2012 Yes, we have big problems -- both macro-economically and micro-economically in our personal household budgets. But unless we have the confidence and courage to face these issues and get on with our lives, we are doomed to the status quo. Mahendra Ramsinghani: A 2011 Venture Capital Year In Review For venture capital, 2011 was a year of recovery. But even as the asset class climbs from its depths and ten-year average returns move into the black, investors continue to shun VCs. David Miles: Europe's Dance of Death Ever since euro zone banks snapped up almost half a trillion euros in very low interest three-year loans last week, the question was to what extent these banks would do the sovereigns a favor by buying the bonds of euro zone governments. The answer is not encouraging. Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Occupy Heaven If it doesn't take too much imagination to conceive of a Hell of our own making, then maybe we can imagine a Heaven that's crafted by human hands as well. Janet Tavakoli: 2011: The Year 60 Minutes Misled Americans About Municipal Bonds I was (at first) happy to see 60 Minutes highlight fiscal problems of states and municipalities. It explained how Illinois was late on payments to service suppliers, and it's a huge problem for people doing business with the state. Then 60 Minutes went completely off the rails.

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