Archive for October, 2009

Are ‘too big to fail’ powers too big?

As the U.S. Congress starts debating how to deal with financial firms deemed “too big too fail,” some lawmakers and advocates are worried about giving the executive branch expansive new powers over the financial sector.

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Wall Street takes a big slide

Stocks tumbled Friday, more than erasing the previous session’s gains, as investors dumped a variety of shares at the end of a rough week and choppy month on Wall Street.

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‘Lords of Finance’ wins top prize

A book about the 1929 Great Depression was Thursday named the business book of the year.

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Ron Paul: Let the dollar prove itself

A growing number of Americans are becoming aware of the Federal Reserve System, what it is, how it has precipitated our financial crisis, and how it continues to pursue policies that delay economic recovery and weaken the dollar.

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Haunted houses scare up business

Unused storefronts in suburban malls in Colorado are being converted into haunted houses by a new breed of “hauntrepreneurs.”

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Heidi Klum: Queen of Halloween

A look back at the “Project Runway” host’s most outrageous costumes

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A bloodier Dracula rises again

More than 112 years after he first climbed out of the coffin, the world’s most famous vampire is back.

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You can call him ‘Weird Al’

The master of “Eat It,” “Amish Paradise” and “White & Nerdy” is still making fun.

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Chaz Bono: I love being a man

Chaz Bono said he’s enjoying something that took decades to accomplish.

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Hopper has prostate cancer

The actor and filmmaker has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday.

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