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Faced with the imminent collapse of Bear Stearns Cos., leaders of the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department used taxpayer guarantees to persuade JPMorgan Chase & Co. to scoop up the troubled investment bank. Similarly,...
By: Christian Science Monitor
David R. Francis
Some 77 percent of Americans polled last year felt that corporate executives "earn too much." Most corporate boards apparently disagree. Last year, although the nation's economy was already in trouble, they gave the chief...
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the Monitor Editorial Board
Voters aren't likely to hear much before the election about plans to end government support for two giants in home finance, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Yet like house prices, the federally backed entities are on the skids - as...
By: Christian Science Monitor
G. Jeffrey MacDonald Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
When skyrocketing food prices triggered riots in more than a dozen countries from Haiti to Egypt earlier this year, investors committed to pursuing social justice weren't sure what to do.
"It's hard to figure out who to blame...
By: Los Angeles Times
Andrew J. Bacevich, Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, is the author of the new book "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism."
On inauguration day, a new U.S. president is a demigod, the embodiment of aspirations as vast as they are varied. Over the course of the years that follow, the president inevitably fails to fulfill those lofty hopes. So the...
By: Los Angeles Times
Richard P. Sloan, Richard P. Sloan is a professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
Earlier this week, the California Supreme Court ruled against two physicians who allegedly denied -- based on their religious opposition -- a legal medical treatment to a patient based on her sexual orientation. The decision was...
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At least in the gold medal count and as an Olympics host, Beijing has pulled it off. The world will remember China for its athletic prowess and glorious stadiums in the 2008 Games. But after Sunday's closing ceremony - which...
By: Investor's Business Daily
Energy: Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia has revealed the West's major weakness: Our dependence on questionable governments around the world for oil, the very lifeblood of our prosperity. So what do we do?
Rather than...
By: Investor's Business Daily
Socialism: Venezuela's seizure of Cemex assets Monday is more than a typical nationalization of resources. Its vindictive manner has much to do with the firm's Mexican headquarters. It's a message to others in the region.
Like a...
By: Los Angeles Times
Most people would agree that doctors, like everyone else, should be able to live according to their religious principles, and that gay and lesbian people, like everyone else, should have access to medical care. But which takes...
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