http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:18 -0700 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:17:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Healthcare-reform-leaps-first-major-hurdle--Senate-Finance-Committee-votes-to-pass-bill?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner AP Photo - Sen. Baucus (D-Mont.) shakes hands with Sen. Snowe (R-Me.)   The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday, by a 14-9 margin, to pass its health care reform bill. This was the first major hurdle for President Obama’s main domesti... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:17:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Healthcare-reform-leaps-first-major-hurdle--Senate-Finance-Committee-votes-to-pass-bill?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Bank-of-America-CEO-Ken-Lewis-a-victim-of-his-own-success-announces-retirement?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here   In a year that has been marked by financial crisis and industrywide scandals, the soiled reputations of many of his peers, and ultimately accusations of his own professional misbehavior, Ken Lewis, th... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:18:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Bank-of-America-CEO-Ken-Lewis-a-victim-of-his-own-success-announces-retirement?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d3-8307--Stocks-gain-on-solid-manufacturing-SP-Breaks-1000-Nasdaq-above-2000-9--10-month-highs?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Good news in the manufacturing sector set the stage for a solid day of gains in the equity markets Monday. The U.S., UK and Eurozone showed improvements in manufacturing data, causing optimism among investors and driving markets higher.In the U... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:25:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d3-8307--Stocks-gain-on-solid-manufacturing-SP-Breaks-1000-Nasdaq-above-2000-9--10-month-highs?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d7-7709--Market-Moving-News--Obamas-adviser-calls-for-2nd-stimulus-consumer-defaults-reach-record?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereThe Stock Markets started the day lower after reports that an economic adviser to President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States should plan for a possible second round of fiscal stimulus in order to boost... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d7-7709--Market-Moving-News--Obamas-adviser-calls-for-2nd-stimulus-consumer-defaults-reach-record?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Free-this-weekend-Steak--Lobster---Also-ice-cream-wings-more--Click-for-coupons-EVERYDAY?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Most of my articles are written about economic news or the financial markets, but as a Personal Finance writer, I wouldn’t be doing the best service possible for the everyday consumer if I didn’t tell you about all of the free deals... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:10:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Free-this-weekend-Steak--Lobster---Also-ice-cream-wings-more--Click-for-coupons-EVERYDAY?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d2-7209--Waking-Moneymakers--Market-Moving-News-Unemployment-in-US-reported-95-stocks-down-2?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Thursday, July 2, 2009 that the Unemployment Rate in the United States increased in the month of June to 9.5% of Americans up from 9.4% in May. The unemployme... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d2-7209--Waking-Moneymakers--Market-Moving-News-Unemployment-in-US-reported-95-stocks-down-2?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Bernie-Madoff-sentenced-to-150-years--will-this-help-restore-confidence-in-our-financial-system?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Bernard Madoff shocked the World on Dec. 11, 2007, when he admitted that his well respected hedge fund was, in fact, a $50 billion ponzi scheme responsible for swindling investors worldwide, including corporations, individual investors, many wh... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:12:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Bernie-Madoff-sentenced-to-150-years--will-this-help-restore-confidence-in-our-financial-system?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Corporate-Execs-are-expecting-stocks-to-drop--Insider-Sales-of-shares-22x-more-than-buys?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereThe stock market has jumped 40% off of its March 6 lows amid talk that the economy is nearing a bottom and that signs of stabilization and even increased consumer activity may be leading equities higher. Financial s... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:34:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Corporate-Execs-are-expecting-stocks-to-drop--Insider-Sales-of-shares-22x-more-than-buys?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d16-61609--Experts-debate-the-shape-of-economic-recovery--V-bottom-or-double-dip-into-W?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner From Borev.netInvestors are trying to keep their footing in an uncertain economic environment. Bulls are finding silver linings in a cloud of bad data. While bears are growling about the stubbornly high level of jobless claims and foreclosures and th... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:02:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d16-61609--Experts-debate-the-shape-of-economic-recovery--V-bottom-or-double-dip-into-W?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d16-61609--Wake-the-Moneymakers--Market-moving-news--good-data-good-morning?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner   Reports of better than expected housing starts and tamer than expected wholesale inflation gave buyers some comfort in the pre-market, as stocks hold onto early gains following yesterday’s selloff of 187 points by the Dow Jones Indu... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:33:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d16-61609--Wake-the-Moneymakers--Market-moving-news--good-data-good-morning?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d11-61109--Wake-the-Moneymakers--Market-moving-news?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereJobless claims Decline by 24,000The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report of Initial Jobless Claims Thursday, June 11, 2009, indicating that first-time claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 24... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:57:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d11-61109--Wake-the-Moneymakers--Market-moving-news?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d10-6909--Is-government-giving-banks-a-handout-after-the-bailout-shortchanging-taxpayersAGAIN?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner berthold_2008Read beyond the recent headlines, Banks to pay back $68BTen leading banks received approval to repay money they received from the government's $700 Billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) regulators said Tuesday. The banks are expec... Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:05:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d10-6909--Is-government-giving-banks-a-handout-after-the-bailout-shortchanging-taxpayersAGAIN?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d5-6509--Unemployment-rate-94-worst-since-1983-yet-analysts-cheer?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Friday, Jun 5, 2009 that the Unemployment Rate in the United States increased in the month of May to 9.4% of Americans up from 8.9% in April 2009.Still the report ... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:00:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d5-6509--Unemployment-rate-94-worst-since-1983-yet-analysts-cheer?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d4-6409--621000-unemployed-ask-government-for-assistance-this-week-Corps-cheer-productivity-gains?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereThe U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report of Initial Jobless Claims Thursday, June 4, 2009, indicating that first-time claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 to 621,000 for the week ended... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:07:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d4-6409--621000-unemployed-ask-government-for-assistance-this-week-Corps-cheer-productivity-gains?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Aviation-stocks-survive-Air-France-plane-crash?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Air France Airbus A330Airline stocks often take a beating in the wake of an air disaster, but those stocks were generally higher today despite word that debris had been found from an Air France flight that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean on Sun... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:13:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Aviation-stocks-survive-Air-France-plane-crash?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d1-GM-files-for-Chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-from-creditors?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereGeneral Motors (GM), the world’s largest automaker for the past 77 years, began filing for government protection from its creditors today by putting a New York affiliate into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Chevro... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:36:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d1-GM-files-for-Chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-from-creditors?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d29-After-18-months-of-recession-the-housing-market-may-be-poised-to-get-WORSE?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner  U.S. existing home sales for April 2009, were reported Thursday to be slightly better than expected as sales rose by 2.9% month (m/m). Despite the increase in sales, the supply of homes continued to increase in April, from 9.6 months of invento... Fri, 29 May 2009 14:24:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d29-After-18-months-of-recession-the-housing-market-may-be-poised-to-get-WORSE?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d28-Investors-try-to-find-silver-linings-in-a-cloud-of-bad-data--Jobless-claims-home-sales?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Jobless Claims were down, yet they still show labor market’s strain.The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report of Initial Jobless Claims before stock markets opened Thursday, May 28, 2009, indicating that first-time claims for stat... Thu, 28 May 2009 14:31:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d28-Investors-try-to-find-silver-linings-in-a-cloud-of-bad-data--Jobless-claims-home-sales?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d28-GM-reaches-deal-with-bondholders--Company-still-expected-to-file-bankruptcy?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner  General Motors (GM) reported Thursday that the company has reached a deal with bondholders on terms of a stock for equity swap where owners of GM debt will exchange their $27 billion in bonds for 10 % of the restructured company’s stock, ... Thu, 28 May 2009 11:22:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d28-GM-reaches-deal-with-bondholders--Company-still-expected-to-file-bankruptcy?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d27-May-27-2009--Financial-Market-Daily-Stocks-down-Bonds-in-freefall-GM-bankruptcy-seen-inevitable?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner Investors focused on talk Wednesday, that General Motors (GM) will soon be forced to file for bankruptcy protection against its creditors, following a failed offer to bondholders of 10% of the company’s stock for their $27 billion in unsecured ... Wed, 27 May 2009 16:28:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10356-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d27-May-27-2009--Financial-Market-Daily-Stocks-down-Bonds-in-freefall-GM-bankruptcy-seen-inevitable?cid=exrss-Miami-Personal-Finance-Examiner