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Mad Money: When Paulson Plan Passes, Who Wins? - Mad Cap Recap - CNBC.com

Good explanation on the beneficiaries of the passing of 'The Plan'

French government vowed Tuesday to fight off any hostile takeover

PARIS (AFP) - The French government vowed Tuesday to fight off any hostile takeover bid for Societe Generale as the bank\\\\\\'s chairman faced mounting pressure to stand down over multi-billion-euro rogue trade losses.

Finding Hope In A Dismal World

For so many, hope is down the drain. Hard to fault them. Abundant evidence shows our insane world sliding down a global cheese grater. But I found hope and so can you.

Economic Armageddon Is Coming

Don't delude yourself. Economic armageddon is really coming.

From Economic Apartheid to Political Revolution

Americans have always accepted a certain level of economic inequality as the inevitable consequence of an open capitalist society where some people through their own efforts do better than others. The presumption is that there is fairness in the marketplace and economic system. What a quaint, outdated belief.

Economic Inequality Is Real (Bad)

Rising economic inequality has received attention by Senator Jim Webb, presidential candidate John Edwards, CNN's maverick Lou Dobbs, and others. The middle class has not shared in rising national prosperity, because the nation's wealth has been siphoned off to the richest Americans. Some Democratic elites are nervous.

The disconnect: business vs ordinary folk

A new study reveals profound disconnect between the business, government and media elites and ordinary wage and income earners and that might explain why trust in business is heading south. The study also shows that both the Right and the Left are out of touch with ordinary wage and income earners.

Nastier Deeper Recession May Be Coming

Writing on his blog on Wednesday, Roubini repeated his call that the U.S. would be in a recession in 2007, arguing that the collapse of housing will bring down the rest of the economy. ... Krugman has been saying this for years now.