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Be ready for the worst: What to do when laid off

CHICAGO - The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job. ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AARP,  Labor Department

Gold at a record $1,119 an ounce

CHICAGO - The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce on Wednesday - confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1 ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Atlanta Journal Constitution,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund

Booming precious metal prices drive gold rush

CHICAGO - With gold futures closing at a new high, commodities investors will be watching the market closely to see if the gold rushcontinues Thursday. ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Goldman Sachs

Golden spike: Boom times for precious metal

The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce on Wednesday _ confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1,00 ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Goldman Sachs

Investors’ fervor making gold an ever more precious metal

CHICAGO - The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce yesterday - confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard of $1,0 ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund

Bank failures cost FDIC, not taxpayers

CHICAGO - With the number of bank closings above 100 this year for the first time since 1992, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says she’s frustrated at perceptions that US taxpayers are on the hook for the costs of those failures. “We ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Boston Globe,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: FDIC,  United States Department of the Treasury,  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,  Sheila Bair,  American Bankers Association

Beating the Street is an easy feat for companies

CHICAGO - More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So, is business that good? No. Are companies gaming the system? Yes. Corporate America has a habit of lowballing the ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, AZ Central.com,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Standard Poor's,  Thomson Reuters,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Northwestern University

FDIC frustrated with perception of bank failures

CHICAGO - With the number of bank closings above 100 this year for the first time since 1992, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: FDIC,  United States Department of the Treasury,  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,  Sheila Bair,  American Bankers Association

Beating the Street is easy: Companies game the system to surpass earnings estimates

CHICAGO — More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So is business that good? No. Are companies gaming the system? Yes. Corporate America has a habit of low-balling the ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Simple Thoughts,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Standard Poor's,  Thomson Reuters,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Grant Thornton International

Canadian colleges may offer biggest bang for the buck

People keep posing that question to Nancy Berkowitz, and no doubt to most other parents who send their children north of the border to college. The answer: good schools, great tuition bargains and a nearby international experience. "There is a lot of ...

From DAVE CARPENTER, Chicago Sun-Times,  17 Oct 2009

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