finance + investing

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Currencies, Carbons and the CFTC

BY Shawn BaldwinTue Oct 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM

Shawn Baldwin from CMG dicusses the commodities markets and opportunitiesREAD»

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Shawn Baldwin with Congressman Curt Weldon and Aamir Rehman from the 2009 CMG Conference in Chicago

BY Shawn BaldwinSat Oct 17, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Shawn Baldwin discusses Middle East finance and policies with Congressman Curt Weldon former Vice Chairman of Homeland defense and special envoy to Libya along with Aamir Rehman author of Dubai & CoREAD»

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG discussing finance with David Solomon, Head of Investment Banking Goldman Sachs at the Global 50

BY Shawn BaldwinSat Oct 17, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Shawn Baldwin of CMG discusses finance with Larry Bossidy and David Solomon, Head of Investment Banking of Goldman SachsREAD»

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Dow 10,000! Sellout or Dig in? Is the Market poised for a fall?

BY Shawn BaldwinMon Oct 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the market opportunities at Dow 10,000 and Goldman SachsREAD»

ECONOMY | Comment

On Investing and Speculating

BY jose RoncalSun Aug 23, 2009 at 3:48 PM

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comIf you've read our bookThe Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, you may have made the connection between passages of our book and a recent Forbes.com article entitled, Benjamin ...READ»

ECONOMY | Comment

By Any Other Name, it's Still the Same

BY jose RoncalSun Aug 23, 2009 at 3:42 PM

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comNationalization. The word makes one shudder! It might even drudge up old images of the hammer and sickle or Mao's men marching in khaki uniforms! We've already mentioned the ...READ»

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In Search of the Bottom

BY jose RoncalSun Aug 23, 2009 at 3:39 PM

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.com Instead of jumping on the bandwagons of the latest hot trends and letting irrational exuberance push prices up to the unsustainable levels that create financial bubbles, everyone now ...READ»

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG with RFL Award winner Don Peebles and wife Katrina

BY Shawn BaldwinMon Jul 13, 2009 at 6:55 AM

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG with World War II Ace Lee A. Archer at the RFL Memorial Event in East Hampton

BY Shawn BaldwinMon Jul 13, 2009 at 6:54 AM

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG at the 12th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference

BY Shawn BaldwinMon May 4, 2009 at 2:27 AM

Shawn Baldwin from CMG (Chicago) coverage of the 2009 Milken Global ConferenceREAD»

TAXES | Comment

Does H&R Block Do Well by Doing Badly?

BY Anya KamenetzTue Apr 7, 2009 at 2:58 PM

Fast Company likes to cover businesses that do well by doing good. But sometimes the opposite is equally true. Earlier this year, the nation's leading tax-preparing company paid $4.85 million to settle a class-action lawsuit ...READ»

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Investing with integrity

BY Dion FlemmingTue Jan 27, 2009 at 2:34 AM

"Our mission is to provide innovative products to our customers and clients, we believe in being trustworhty, honest, and professional in all that we do. To be there when you need us and to depend on us always." Flemming Investment ...READ»

ACCESSING CAPITAL | 1 comment

How to Get Financing in Today's Economy

BY David GassWed Sep 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM

Today hearings are going on in Washington to decide how to clean up the financial mess that has been building over the last decade or more. They are trying to figure out how to bail out big businesses so they don’t fail and cause ...READ»

FINANCE + INVESTING | 2 comments

BofA Goes Green

Fri Mar 9, 2007 at 1:05 PM

It looks like Bank of America (BofA) is trying to be the bank of Al Gore. America's largest retail bank has already cast its vote in the illegal immigration issue, and on Tuesday BofA weighed in on the global warming debate, ...READ»

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The Google Stock Exchange

Wed Dec 13, 2006 at 6:23 PM

A few years ago, back when shares were a modest $200 a pop, I was debating whether or not to buy stock in Google. A friend encouraged me to do it, challenging my hesitation by asking, "Who can stop them?" The answer, as it turned ...READ»

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Investing Far and Wide

BY Heath RowMon Jul 24, 2006 at 5:58 PM

A recent interview with K. V. Kamath, CEO of the second largest bank in India, in the Wharton Leadership Digest indicates that part of ICICI's growth strategy is to focus on rural market development -- and move into the 600,000 ...READ»

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Banking on Universities

BY Heath RowThu Jul 20, 2006 at 12:26 PM

In the university setting, technology transfer can be a major challenge. Students, researchers, and professors regularly discover and develop new technologies and innovations, but most universities don't have the staff or resources ...READ»

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Immelt, Insolvent?

BY Heath RowTue Jul 18, 2006 at 4:30 PM

Not too long after a Wall Street Journal article about how a CEO's public persona can help temper and weather public perception of a company's performance, GE chief Jeffrey Immelt takes a hit today for bouncing a $2,000 ...READ»

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Everyday Economic Indicators

BY Heath RowMon Dec 5, 2005 at 3:20 PM

In today's New York Times, accompanying an article on economic forecasts, there's a wonderful graphic offering up a handful of interesting and insightful workaday economic indicators -- anecdotal ways to gauge the state of the ...READ»

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Breakthrough Budgets

BY Heath RowMon Nov 21, 2005 at 4:58 PM

Late last week in the Wall Street Journal, writer Kate Kelly considered Twentieth Century Fox's recipe for its recent successes with such projects as "Walk the Line" and "In Her Shoes." (Subscription required.) Apparently, leaders ...READ»

FINANCE + INVESTING | Comment

Stock Response

BY Heath RowTue Oct 11, 2005 at 5:39 PM

Thanks to FC Now reader "Dave" for pointing us to the Spam Stock Tracker. Writes proprietor Joshua: On May 5th, 2005, I set out to determine just how much money I could lose by trusting SPAM. What if I purchased 1000 shares of stock ...READ»

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TV... &L Statement

BY Heath RowThu Sep 22, 2005 at 2:43 PM

Now, I'm not suggesting that any Fast Company readers face financial difficulty, but a new reality TV show project piqued my interest today. Production companies behind programs like "Modern Marvels" and "Joe Somebody" have teamed up ...READ»

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Death and Taxes

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Aug 17, 2005 at 2:48 PM

It's a hot button issue, the Estate Tax, also known as the "Death Tax." The political sides are fairly well defined -- republicans want the Estate Tax abolished and are pressuring democrats to make this happen. Should this happen, ...READ»

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No Accounting for...

BY Heath RowTue Aug 2, 2005 at 9:29 AM

Talk about taxing! H&R Block overstated its earnings by more than $90 million. Where to turn come tax time? How can a business overcome such a situation -- something that comes at the very core of what you do?READ»

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Money, Meaning, Motivation

BY Heath RowWed Jul 27, 2005 at 9:36 AM

In the past, Fast Company has considered money and the meaning of life, how new wealth can change your career, and whether money can buy happiness. In a new Slate essay, Henry Blodgett takes a look at the financial profile of John ...READ»

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