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3 Reasons Netflix CEO Shouldn't Be Fired Yet

Topix - Business News  Fri, 10/21/2011 - 16:22

Not-so-fondly dubbed "Greed Hastings," investors and consumers alike are calling for the CEO's head after several strategic blunders in recent weeks.


 

Demonstrators here target Wall Street

Topix - Business News  Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:06

Louis and said they plan to be there "as long as it takes to get the point across." Their point, as they see it, is that it's time for 99 percent of the population to speak out and act against the greed and corruption of the richest 1 percent.


 

Best Business Quotes From The Silver Screen

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:54

We all know "Greed is good." Here is a host of other memorable movie lines.


 

A Gene Patent Purely About Greed

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 03/29/2010 - 18:50

No one invented our genes, and no one should be given exclusive rights to any gene, or to all the drugs that might depend on a gene – by inhibiting or facilitating its action.....


 

Apple offering laughable bulk 10 pack discounts to schools

Topix - Business News  Sun, 03/21/2010 - 15:33

Apple is offering iPad bulk discounts to educational institutions. Sadly, the discounts are so small as to make commenters on some sites use the "g" word (greed).


 

Lord Myners calls time on 'greed is good' bank culture

Digg - Business & Finance  Sun, 01/24/2010 - 23:20

City minister tells industry it cannot rely on taxpayers' 'charity' and calls for independent review of investment banking arm.


 

Union Chief Leads Protest of Wall St. ‘Apostles of Greed’

NYT > Business  Tue, 09/22/2009 - 13:35

The new president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. warned bankers that they face a battle if they do not do more to help homeowners and create jobs.


 

Credit Crisis Is a Big Draw for Finance Museum

NYT > Business  Fri, 08/21/2009 - 20:21

At the Museum of American Finance, the “greed, recklessness and arrogance” of Wall Street is on display.


 

Subprime Sequel: Mortgage Fraud Now Holding the Market Back

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 07/23/2009 - 14:10

Just when you thought the story of the U.S. housing crisis couldn't get any uglier, it has. The subprime disaster hasn't stopped the unbridled greed that created this mess.

It has simply forced those looking for an angle to find new ways to get rich quick. Mortgage fraud has doubled since 2007 and are keeping the housing market down.


 

An Anthropologist on What's Wrong with Wall Street

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 07/22/2009 - 17:00

Wall Street's problem isn't greed so much as an obsessive short-term focus. What's worse, says author Karen Ho, is how Wall Street's perspective has become America's too