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China's $2.5 trillion dilemma

Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:38
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Oh, the trials and tribulations of sitting on $2.5 trillion. That's how much China holds in foreign currency reserves. And in this period of market turmoil and economic uncertainty, what would you do with it? I can't figure out where to put my far more meager earnings. I couldn't begin to guess where I'd invest [...]
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House Prices Down, Property Taxes . . .Up?

Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:38
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One of the worries as house prices began their now three-year plunge back in 2007 was the affect of falling values would have on budgets of cities and other local governments, which rely heavily on property taxes. Well it turns out, property tax revenue is far more resilient than people thought. The strength of the [...]
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Does more immigration mean less crime?

Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:38
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Brace yourself for the backlash. University of Colorado sociologist Tim Wadsworth has a study out in Social Science Quarterly suggesting that more immigration leads to less crime. During the 1990s, the incidence of serious crime dropped in many places in the U.S.—but fastest in the cities with the largest increase in immigrants. That conclusion comes from studying [...]
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A feel-good moment with hedge funds

Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:38
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Is it wrong to be relieved that some white-collar crime is still old-fashioned and easy to understand? Today authorities arrested two people charged with trying to sell information about upcoming Disney earnings to hedge funds. According to the SEC complaint, Bonnie Jean Hoxie, an assistant to a Disney executive (who Dow Jones identifies as corporate [...]
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Mad Dow Disease is Back

Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:38
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The Standard & Poors 500 vs. The CBOE Volatility Index Volatility Mad Dow disease is back, baby. The Dow Jones industrial average started the day with a bang, down 300 points. It then rose most of the day. The result: The Dow was down just 20 points by the end of the day. The Standard & Poors [...]
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