Highly recommended Economist article: finance regs

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Finance is not a fundamental human need like food, water and energy. If it’s so essential to a modern state, then the state must have control, including limitations on profits just like they do for electricity. …

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Couples Finance Round Up

Hi All, My latest trolling of the internet has yielded the following: Caroline Overfield talks about balancing romance and money. Ember talks about the changing landscape of sex tourism in Africa. Not exactly the kind of money and …

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Finance exec predicts long and deep recession

Jerry York, a man with strong finance credentials in the business world, is predicting a “very ugly recession.” He adds it will be lengthy and deep. In a speech he specifically mentions the derivatives market, the problems private …

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US indictment charges Puerto Rico’s governor and 12 others with campaign finance crimes (Los Angeles Times)

Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila indignantly denied wrongdoing Thursday and gave no sign he would abandon his re-election effort after being charged with campaign finance violations that carry a penalty of 20 years in prison.

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U.S. charges Puerto Rico governor in campaign finance probe (CNN.com)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila has been charged with 19 counts in a long-running campaign finance probe.

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British pubs want to bar taxing finance minister (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

British pub landlords have launched a campaign to bar finance minister Alistair Darling from every pub in the land for raising taxes on alcohol in his March 12 budget.

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G7 finance ministers will meet in April (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven industrial nations will meet in Washington on Friday, April 11, for their regular spring gathering as they try find a solution to the credit crunch, a G7 source told Reuters.

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British finance minister outlines plans for whistleblower law (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Finance minister Alistair Darling outlined plans on Friday to equip Britain’s financial watchdog with powers to give individuals whistleblower protection in return for evidence in investigations.

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OC real estate/finance jobs at 4-year low

Orange County real estate and finance jobs in February fell to their lowest level since March 2004 as bosses slashed 18700 jobs (7.5%) in the past year. Jobs in these niches have declined, on a year-over-year basis, for 10 straight …

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NYC School Finance At the Peak

A quick look at the website of the Fiscal Policy Unit of the New York State Department of Education shows the school finance data for the 2005 to 2006 school year has been released. That year, and the following year, was probably as …

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