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Protected by Washington, Fannie and Freddie Grew
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 7:50pm EDT by By JULIE CRESWELL
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Helped by their lobbying, the imperiled mortgage finance companies resisted stronger oversight as they expanded.
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Warning: Habits May Be Good for You
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:33pm EDT by By CHARLES DUHIGG
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Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising.
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Digital Domain: So the iPhone Has Problems. What About the Stock Options?
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:27pm EDT by By RANDALL STROSS
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Straightening out the new iPhone’s systems problems will surely be accomplished more quickly than will fully banishing the problem of Apple’s stock options imbroglio.
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Spotlight: In Search of Better (and Greener) Building Blocks
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:21pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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As energy prices have skyrocketed and concerns have mounted about greenhouse gas emissions, there is a new urgency in developing alternatives to traditional building products.
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Letters
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:17pm EDT
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Missed Chances.
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The Count: Watching That Balance Grow . . . and Grow
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:07pm EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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It’s a tried-and-true piece of financial advice: try not to make too many purchases on credit.
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Fair Game: The Fannie and Freddie Fallout
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 5:58pm EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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The advantages that the mortgage giants gained from their unique arrangement with the federal government were huge. Now it looks as if the bill is coming due.
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Preoccupations: Expressing Passions (Just Not Your Own)
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by By CHRISTINE LARSON
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When I mention that I’m writing a book for a doctor or an executive, I sense a certain discomfort, as if I’d said that I write term papers for a living.
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Data Bank: Fannie and Freddie Skid, and Markets Slide
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:41pm EDT by By JEFF SOMMER
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Concern about the stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage-lending giants, weighed on the markets and sent stocks down again last week.
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The Boss: Money Isn’t Everything
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:40pm EDT by By DEBORAH C. WRIGHT; As told to AMY ZIPKIN
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Ms. Wright is the chief executive of Carver Bancorp in New York.
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Fresh Starts: Baby Cries at 2 A.M.? No Need to Get Up
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:29pm EDT by By EILENE ZIMMERMAN
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For some dual-income parents, the arrival of the night nanny is making the late-night slog with a newborn a thing of the past.
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Everybody’s Business: Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:16pm EDT by By BEN STEIN
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If economics is the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services, what could be scarcer or more precious than love?
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The Feed: The Man Who Dared to Question Ethanol
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 3:09pm EDT by By ANDREW MARTIN
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Has the push for ethanol led farmers to grow more corn and less of other food crops and how much has that influenced rising prices for commodities like wheat?
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Strategies: The Prescient Are Few
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:49pm EDT by By MARK HLBERT
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How many mutual fund managers can consistently pick stocks that outperform the broad stock market averages — as opposed to just being lucky now and then?
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Economic View: What if the Candidates Pandered to Economists?
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:37pm EDT by By N. GREGORY MANKIW
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Imagine that those running for office tailored their economic positions to attract the experts in the field. What would it take to put the nation’s economists solidly behind a candidate?
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Slipstream: On a Small Screen, Just the Salient Stuff
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:24pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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It seems counterintuitive, but small really is beautiful; and stripping down to basic functions helps remove distractions.
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Travel Bug: Fewer Flights to America’s Playgrounds
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:10pm EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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Orlando and Las Vegas are facing alarming reductions in commercial air service as airlines whack away at markets where fares are traditionally cheap.
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Suits: Living in Houses Fit for a Museum
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:06pm EDT by By JANE L. LEVERE PHYLLIS KORKKI PATRICIA R. OLSEN ELIZABETH OLSON
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Exhibition on Modernist architecture; GE’s plan to invest in wind farms; Charming Shoppes expands its board; diversity monitor to oversee Morgan Stanley; and taste testers sue sweetener manufacturer.
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The Silence of the Lenders
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 1:32pm EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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While big lenders and loan servicers maintain that they’re doing all they can to help imperiled borrowers, critics contend that homeowners routinely meet roadblocks.