Housing

Four reasons the housing recovery isn’t boosting the economy yet

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Sony may actually be considering Daniel Loeb's spin-off plan

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Broker pitchbooks are exactly as sleazy as you expect them to be

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Apple isn't the only one using effective tax avoidance strategies

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Bloomberg is already comparing the EU oil trading scandal to Enron

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Linkfest.com: Enron No Lesson to Traders as EU Probes Oil-Price Manipulation - http://t.co/IuKjQEW4HB - Bloomberg
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China is running out of ways to grow

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Quartz: As overcapacity builds, China is running out of options to keep its economy growing http://t.co/0thcIQM24P
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CNBC viewership at 8-year lows

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Linkfest.com: CNBC Viewership Plunges To Eight Year Lows - http://t.co/zm0nO9MkwB - ZeroHedge
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If you've ordered mutton in China recently you may have eaten rat

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How retirement fees cost you, a scrolling explainer

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Ryan McCarthy: RT @agolis: How Retirement Fees Cost You, a scrolling explainer from @FRONTLINEpbs: http://t.co/o6R9ZRS65G
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The battle over a dead NFL player's brain

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Jared Keller: “@erikmal: A Frontline/ESPN investigation reveals the insane power struggle over Junior Seau’s brain: http://t.co/3DHHV4qW9q”
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Ties to a Russian mob-run poker ring may have cost Marc Lasry the ambassadorship to France

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danprimack: An alt theory for why Marc Lasry isn't becoming ambassador to france http://t.co/emurg8KvWE (credibility disclaimer: NY Post story)
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Wherein The Economist describes how your money can vanish

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Hussman: "I continue to expect the U.S. economy to join a global recession that is already in progress"

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Downtown Josh Brown: .@hussmanjp: "the realistic case for a sustained economic expansion here remains terribly thin." http://t.co/29P0p9HFv9 $SPY
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Nasdaq is executing trades at a loss

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