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    qe2 no new lending , just speculation
    Updated about 15 years ago
    <a rel="nofollow" href="http://pragcap.com/the-speculative-boom-in-borrowing-continues">http://pragcap.com/the-speculative-boom-in-borrowing-continues</a> Wow!...
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    when did ATM cards become debit cards
    Updated about 15 years ago
    We've been able to pay for goods with our ATM/Debit cards for some time. Seems they were always known as ATM cards. Are the banks re-branding? Seems that that way to...
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    the false inflation boost
    Updated about 15 years ago
    inflation hits consumers, and boosts profits first.. ----------- By this time, though, retailers are running out of ways to avoid passing on the higher expenses. An...
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    Borrowing from customers lending to the gov't
    Updated about 15 years ago
    Households are earning so little from their bank accounts that Bank of America, the largest U.S. lender, has pocketed about twice as much cash this year parking money...
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    States to Business: Give Our Cash Back
    Updated about 15 years ago
    "Some states and cities are moving to recoup money from businesses that received tax breaks and other incentives but didn't create lasting jobs, and are taking a...
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    The Park Millennium
    Updated about 15 years ago
    Anybody know what's going on with the Post Office downstairs? The condo has just filed a lien against the USPS for $72,000 in unpaid CCs from September 2010. Not good...
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    Risk is back on!!
    Updated about 15 years ago
    Commodities at highs, Stocks at highs not seen since 2008, high yield bonds at highs. Does it seem that the Fed has engineered a new bubble? Feels like the 8th inning.
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