By RON CHERNOW Published: October 22, 2009

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Cap and trade legislation may be one of the biggest issues facing the oil and gas industry according to Dr. Daniel Fine, Associate of Policy, Strategy and Development at New Mexico Tech.

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HOBBS, N.M. September 14, 2009 – New Mexico Tech's Center for Energy Policy will present a special presentation about the future of energy in the 21st century at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13.

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Sergio Masvidal says he just wants the Justice Department to give him back his name. Good luck with that, Sergio. American Express has hung many former employees out to dry.

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And Goldman Sachs... and so on and so forth.

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A recent analysis of the 2007 financial markets of 48 countries has revealed that the world's finances are in the hands of just a few mutual funds, banks, and corporations.

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The unemployment rate at the end of July was 9.4 percent and is expected to reach 10 percent by year's end. If part-time workers who want full-time jobs and those who have given up hope for a new job are included, the current jobless rate jumps to 16 percent.

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A recent analysis of the 2007 financial markets of 48 countries has revealed that the world's finances are in the hands of just a few mutual funds, banks, and corporations.

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My Monday is pretty much planned out. Aside from a natural disaster or other altering event, assuredly my Monday will be much better than these 5,000 UBS offshore banking customers. Hopefully there's enough to cover back tax in each.

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A lonely entry sits in a security database about the employee data theft at American Express in Phoenix. Phoenix houses most of the technology workers, contractors and is home to the primary data center.

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Thousands of top traders and bankers on Wall Street were awarded huge bonuses and pay packages last year, even as their employers were battered by the financial crisis. More Articles

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Expert blames speculation for price volatility, supports regulation The sudden crash in oil prices might be the smoking gun that shows speculation, rather than supply and demand, drove the huge run-up in oil futures last year.

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Isn't that nice when the former parent company owner leaves you in a lurch and you get stuck with the bad karma? That's exactly what has happened to Ameriprise.

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There were inklings and hints of Madoff connections to American Express, whether it be former or present. The iceberg is melting, folks.

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to release his administration's proposal to revamp supervision of financial markets on Wednesday.

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...some analysts said the banks' reluctance to clean up their balance sheets meant they were merely postponing their day of reckoning. Indeed, some analysts said government policies had made it easier for banks to gloss over their bad loans. More Articles

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the Bush administration should have let General Motors go bankrupt instead of bailing out the troubled auto giant, according to The Hill.

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On Consumers and Credit

Not so long ago we experienced one of the biggest financial expansions in American history. Credit was not only easily and readily available; it was also cheap.

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Fed days are always great fun.

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In the same manner we handle toxic waste, we will handle toxic assets: we will bury them in a bad bank for 20 years and forget about them until better times arrive. This is the current world plan to jump-start our economies and credit markets; however, this plan has no future.

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I'd like to see an itemized list that falls into the "other expenses" category.

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Warren acknowledges that some Wall Street CEOs keep acting as if the old rules apply.

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Credit Card Debt: With unemployment rising and home equity loans unavailable to most Americans, this is a "major problem that's going to take down major lenders."

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I concur that magical mathematics and twisting accounting rules like Geller bending metal are giving the smaller investors a little too much optimism.

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""Although I have been in compliance with the rules, my public service motivated continuation on the Reserve Bank Board is being mischaracterized as improper," he said in a letter of resignation to New York Fed President William Dudley.

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