Sonders: Inflation risk low

Dec 9 – Market Strategist Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab says the chance of inflation is “very, very, very low” during a panel discussion with Bill Miller of Legg Mason and private finance expert Jean Chatzky on the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.

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Committee to probe 2G scam

December 10 – Newly appointed Telecom Minister, Kapil Sibal in New Delhi said that the ministry has decided to establish one man committee to probe 2G spectrum scam.

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Stocks tick up on deals, tax vote talk

U.S. stocks pushed higher Monday as investors mulled over a slew of corporate deals and awaited resolution at the tax-cut deal from Washington.

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Where to speculate in 2011

In a post-recession world, you will have serious experience to lead your portfolio. So we sat down with five pros who’ve the appropriate guidance for these troubled times.

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Can the euro survive austerity

Former Salomon Smith Barney strategist and onetime policy adviser on the International Monetary Fund Desmond Lachman has been saying for greater than a year that the heart can’t hold in Europe.

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Madoff lawsuit flurry

Dec 10 – A summary of the business headlines: The trustee for Madoff’s victims sues Austrian bank owner; a brand new iPad is expounded to be inside the works and consumers are more upbeat. Jill Bennett reports.

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Clearing the air on electric cars

Ever since electric cars began commanding headlines many years back, some have questioned whether the vehicles are really better for our environment.

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What happens when the jobless admit defeat

What happens to a nation’s collective psyche when millions of once-productive people remain out of labor for months or maybe years? What happens when unemployed husbands resign themselves to counting on a wife’s income, when unemployed wives feel trapped at home, when twenty- and thirtysomethings calculate that they’d rather live off their parents than face a cut-throat job market, when middle-aged humans stop in search of jobs after realizing they’re hopelessly lost in a haze of rapid-fire technological change?

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What the net knows about Poppy Harlow

Two simple pieces of information — your name and e-mail address — can unlock a surprising variety of information about you, despite the fact that you concentrate on yourself to be a really private one who carefully guards your online identity.

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Billionaires pledge fortunes

Dec 9 – Another 17 U.S. billionaires, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, pledge to provide away in any case half their fortunes, in a campaign led by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Jill Bennett reports.

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