Council of Economic Advisors - Leaders of Wall Street, Stagflation and Unemployment

The most influential leaders in the world economy come from the Federal Reserve, Treasury and the little known Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). These brilliant minds including past and present Council people advise the president on the course of economic affairs. Some notable past and present advisors include Ben Bernanke, Harvey Rosen...
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Free Online Games

If you haven't found enough ways to social network, Skype, blog or Plurk your time away online, here is the update on phenomenal online games that are free to play. This is a big update for online gaming and the game model. In a short generation, we've gone from uninspired two dimensional text games, to fully three dimensional, massively multiplayer, online worlds...at no direct cost to the gamer.
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Checkmate - Viswanathan Anand Wins World Chess Championship in 11 Games Beating Vladimir Kramnik

Anand triumphs over competitor Vladimir Kramnik to retain his World Champion title after a crushing defeat in Bilbao tournament. Shortly after the World Computer Chess Championship was held in Beijing, China the human World Chess Championship was held in Germany. Anand won the Championship in the eleventh grueling game with a score of six and a half to four and a half. The match was held at the Art and Exhibition hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany, October 14 to October 29, 2008.
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America's Pastime - Philadelphia Phillies Win a World Series Title in Game 5

enduring rain, wind and cold temperature the Philadelphia Phillies triumph over the Tampa Bay Rays to win game 5 of the World Series, Wednesday. Amid postponement, mohawks and questionable calls by the umpires, it was a hallmark World Series. The Major League Baseball (MLB) game's official final score was 4-3 and the series was won 4-1. The Fall Classic this October was a grueling battle between the traditional power style of the Phillies and the unusual strategy of the Rays.
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Alexa Space - The Cream Doesn't Rise to the Top, it Works its Way Up

In the early days of the Internet, it was a wild frontier, with Usenet, BBS and FTP, I even remember dialing into other computers via the phone lines. Those days are gone, and the new Net has become wilder than before. It now requires a new site to start at the bottom and work its way up. With an ever increasing scope, depth, and variety of unique information it's surprising that we can still find what we need, enter Alexa Internet Inc. This San Francisco company is far from a silicon startup.
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Prevent Acne - Clear Skin Guide to Prevent Blemishes, Whiteheads and Blackheads

This is a comprehensive acne program for any age and all skin types wanting a natural and progressive acne system. We use words like pimple, cystic, blackhead, whitehead and zit to describe acne, but most acne has the same primary cause. The cause of acne is dead skin, soap and makeup, building up and clogging pores.
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Electric Cars - Simplicity and Options in Car Design

This is the rise of the electric compact vehicle (EV). Average growth of electric cars in the United States is 28.5% and growing. Electric cars are expected to be mass produced and sold into the US market by the end of 2010 with the GM Volt leading the trend. Predecessors to the electric car include, already available, hybrid vehicles produced by Honda and Toyota, and fully electric car by Tesla. The electric car is expected to have a game changing impact on the global auto markets.
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke

Following the successful Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke began the job of Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve in 2006. Governing during the credit meltdown and bank crisis of 2008, his expertise on the economic and political causes of the Great Depression will certainly be useful. He graduated from Harvard University in 1975 and received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. His thesis was titled "Long-term commitments, dynamic optimization, and the business cycle."
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TED Spread - Inflation and Confidence in the Market

Sophisticated investors, bank managers and government regulators use various metrics to measure and monitor the state of world finance. One such metric is the Treasury-Euro-Dollar spread or "TED spread." The TED spread is the difference between the interbank lending rate or London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the rate on 3 month Treasury Bills. This difference is used by many "in the know," like chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke and bank managers, of the credit risk in the general economy.
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Web Information and Ranking with Alexa

With billions of web documents, directories and search engines it can be difficult to find reliable sources of quality information. Some companies, like Google and Alexa, have undertaken the daunting task of giving ratings to web pages. The web information and website ranking company Alexa was founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat. It is currently run by Chief Executive Officer Niall O'Driscoll.
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Mad Maverick Warren Buffet - Gambling or Arbitrage

On the brink of a massive stock market crash third quarter, the maverick investor Warren Buffet announced plans to buy $3 billion General Electric (GE) preferred stock as part of a $15 billion effort by General Electric to raise capital. The deal will allow Berkshire Hathaway the option of buying an additional $3 billion of GE common stock at $22.25, which may be exercised within the next five years. This deal comes just weeks after Buffet invested more than $5 billion in a deal with Goldman Sachs investment bank.
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New $700 Billion Bailout - Options

After the initial bailout plan was rejected Thursday by the United States House of Representatives, Secretary Paulson, Chairman Bernanke, President Bush, Senator McCain, Senator Obama and Senate lawmakers have initiated a new rescue plan. The vote comes at the end of the Jewish holiday to celebrate the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. The plan includes extensions of the capital gains tax reduction and Alternative Minimum Tax reduction (AMT) and an increase in FDIC coverage from $100,000 to $250,000.
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Bank Rating List

With the impending doom espoused by secretary Paulson and chairman Bernanke, it's very likely that congress will come to terms over a plan to create liquidity and solvency during this banking crisis. But, one reason the $700 Billion bailout didn't pass is because it's difficult for anyone to know where banks stand and where they are headed without a consistent way to rate them.
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Wachovia Sell Off To Citigroup

In a press release delivered September 29, 2008, Wachovia (WB) the fourth largest bank in America, reported its sell off of $812.4 billion in assets to behemoth Citigroup (C) for an estimated $2.1 billion. The deal, only a short time after the WaMu buyout and AIG bailout, includes Wachovia's investment banking, corporate and retail banking and wealth management group. Citigroup will assume $53 billion in Wachovia debt. This comes only a short time after showing major losses, a cut in dividends, and over exposure to sub-prime mortgages.
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Sleep Well, the Official Guide to Better Sleep, Beat Insomnia Program

More than 64 million Americans' suffer from insomnia and other sleep disorders in the US alone. Sleeping problems lead to many, seemingly unrelated, diseases and conditions. Considering the stresses on people in industrialized nations, having a problem with sleep could be the number one health problem in the world.
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Eastern Influence - Shogi, Mahjong, Go and Xiangqi

Whether Asian Americans or globalization trends are causing this flux of Eastern influence, it is clear that the Far East has become firmly entrenched in the Western melting pot. To begin this series on Eastern influence we will give an introduction to some of the popular Eastern board games that mainstream Americans might have already experienced.
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AIG, American International Group, Megacap Failures

the Federal Government has agreed to loan as much as $85 billion to the depressed company in exchange for an ownership stake of 79.9%. This agreement has found great opposition from stakeholders whose shares would be significantly diluted. There is a shareholder meeting planned for tomorrow, September 23, 2008 to discuss alternatives to the Government bailout.
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Inside the Banking Crisis, Too Big to Fail and CAMELS

Time doesn't discriminate. It is insanely fair. Everyone receives the same amount of time each day - 24 hours. Not a millisecond more or less is allotted to each of us. We spend it as we wish. Some may disagree with me, but I believe time is our most precious asset. Once it has passed...it is gone. We can only hope we will be given more time tomorrow, but time plays no favorites
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7 Ways to Lose Weight and Keep it Off

After trying new diets, cutting calories, and diet pills, here is the definitive way to lose weight and keep it off. With obesity being the number two leading cause of preventable death in America, there is more than "looking good" at stake. You will need to make some serious lifestyle changes to achieve your weight loss goals, but these 7 steps give the greatest chance of keeping pounds off.
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