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Why Obama Should End the Bailouts
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- January 7, 2009
It's time for Uncle Sam to show it can say no.
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Apple: America's Most Fragile Company
By Rick Newman and Steve King -
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- January 5, 2009
A company isn't healthy when the CEO's health drives manic swings in the stock price
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Car Sales: What a Dismal 2008 Means For 2009
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- January 5, 2009
It was a terrible year for automakers. And 2009 could be worse.
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Needed in 2009: More Failure
By Rick Newman -
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- December 31, 2008
A year's worth of bailouts may have prevented a panic, but they also threaten to wreck capitalism.
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Best Move of 2008: Letting Lehman Fail
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- December 30, 2008
The Lehman Brothers collapse might not have been as damaging as Wall Street assumes.
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More Welfare For Really Rich Guys
By Rick Newman -
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- December 30, 2008
One of America's most secretive investing firms gets $9 billion in bailout money.
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9 Reasons This Recession Will Be Good
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- December 26, 2008
It will be painful, but a downturn will help refresh the economy
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How the Feds will Govern GM and Chrysler
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- December 19, 2008
The two automakers get a stay of execution, but the future remains bleak.
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The Chevy Vega: the Worst Detroit Car Ever?
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- December 19, 2008
Bombs from the past are coming back to haunt GM, Ford, and Chrysler.
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The Cars That Drove Detroit's Customers Away
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- December 19, 2008
Why GM, Ford, and Chrysler can’t escape the lemons of the past
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Lose the "Microwave" Mentality
By Rick Newman -
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- December 18, 2008
Instant money, like instant food, turns out to have some distasteful characteristics.
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Is Chrysler Shutting Down for a Month, or Forever?
By Rick Newman -
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- December 17, 2008
In Detroit, the endgame is getting closer
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Why I Deserve a Bailout
By Rick Newman -
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- December 17, 2008
I have plenty of troubled assets—and I only need a few million
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5 Risky Assumptions for 2009
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- December 15, 2008
Be careful what you believe, from blind faith in Obama to thinking gas prices won't go back up.
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The 10 Worst Assumptions of 2008
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- December 15, 2008
From overextended homeowners to billionaire CEOs, 2008 was a year of terrible judgment.
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Why AIG Gets Billions, GM Gets Scorn
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- December 12, 2008
It's easier to get a bailout if your problems are too complex to understand - and your employees wear suits
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How The Smart Money Turned Dumb in 2008
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- December 11, 2008
These 10 financial titans made some of the worst calls of the year—and lost billions.
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Even With a Bailout, Automakers Would Still Be Running on Fumes
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- December 10, 2008
That $15 billion in loans for GM and Chrysler might be a fraction of what they need.
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Bailout Tally So Far: Twice the Entire U.S. Budget
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- December 9, 2008
A new tally shows the government has committed more to rescuing the economy than most people realize
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In Defense of Rick Wagoner
By Rick Newman -
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- December 8, 2008
Unlike some Wall Street bandits, GM’s embattled CEO has actually made his company better, not worse
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How To Grill a CEO
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- December 5, 2008
The automaker hearings in Congress showed us a better way to handle bailout requests
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Grading the Automaker Bailout Plans
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- December 4, 2008
There are many flaws, but GM and Ford have made a plausible case for help.
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Auto Industry: Who Gains From Detroit’s Pain
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- December 3, 2008
If GM or Chrysler fails, a lot of business will be up for grabs.
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The 7 Worst Ways to Rescue Detroit
By Rick Newman -
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- December 2, 2008
The domestic automakers will get a bailout—but it won't help if done wrong.
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Malcolm Gladwell Talks About His New Book, Outliers: The Story of Success
By Rick Newman -
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- December 1, 2008
Author of Blink and The Tipping Point plumbs some familiar sources of success in his new book.
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