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Who Deserves Credit for GM's Revival?

(Nov. 17) -- Punctuating an astonishing turnaround, General Motors will offer its stock to the public Thursday in what could be the biggest IPO in U.S. history. As investors line up to place their bets, it's striking to think that just 16 months ago the automaker was on its deathbed. With that in mind, who deserves credit...

Why Is the Housing Market Plummeting? 5 Theories

(Aug. 24) -- Sales of existing homes dropped 27.2 percent in July, accelerating the recent decline in the already frail housing market. This brings the number of existing houses sold to an annual rate of only 3.83 million units, the lowest figure since 1999. The number of single-family home sales hit its lowest level since...

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Craig Kanalley: 10 Key Takeaways From The Guardian's Activate Summit 2012

"through the use of technology and the Internet, we can make the world a better place."

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05/25/12 Sorkin's Glass-Steagall Straw Man Source: The Kicker - Columbia Journalism Review Let's see what else isn't a "cure for crisis": There is no single "cure for crisis."
05/24/12 What Happened To Facebook? Source: Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish Regardless of whether anyone committed a crime, much less gets charged for one (don't hold your breath), this ugly episode has shown very clearly how Wall Street, tech companies, and the venture capitalists who back them have been trying to inflate another bubble to enrich themselves.
05/24/12 The Sorry Six-Day History of Facebook, Inc.: A Glitch,... Source: TheAtlantic.com The biggest tech IPO in history is turning into a giant metaphor of greed and hyper-optimism, as bankers and analysts struggle to figure out what went wrong and who to blame.
05/23/12 The Sorry Six-Day History of Facebook, Inc: A Glitch,... Source: TheAtlantic.com It wasn't bad enough for Facebook to see its stock cascade by 18% -- or seven points -- since its delayed and disappointing Friday IPO.
05/14/12 Huge Clumsy Raptor JPMorgan Fails to Be A Tiny Nimble... Source: Balloon Juice or so I am led to believe, having read Felix Salmon's post " Jamie Dimon's Failure " at his Reuters blog.