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USA Today: Proving that there’s almost limitless potential for new versions of its iconic pony car, Ford Motor is reaching back 42...

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Janet Tavakoli is the president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, and has more than 20 years of experience in senior investment banking...

The Aug Nat’l Assoc of Home Builders index was 13, 2 pts below expectations, down from 14 in June and at the lowest since March...

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The 1st August industrial figure out, the NY manufacturing survey was about in line with expectations at 7.1 vs the consensus of 8.0 and...

Here’s a stat that seems all but inevitable: China’s GDP has just passed that of Japan, to become the 2nd largest...

Our monetary policy soul mate (zero rates, QE) Japan, reported a much weaker than expected Q2 GDP gain of .4% annualized vs the consensus...

Peter Demirali Managing Director and Portfolio Manager BAB vs. JNJ August 14, 2010 > The Build America Bond (BABs) program continues...

In an interview with WSJ’s Kelly Evans, Gluskin Sheff’s Chief Economist David Rosenberg warned that the chances of a...