Where Investors Are Running, The Jobs Crisis Continues, Companies Accused Of Withholding Pay And More

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bond Buyers Throwing Cash At Uncle Sam

The next time you hear somebody freaking out about U.S. government debt, you can remind them that there has never been a better time for the government to borrow money -- ever.

The interest rate on 10-year Treasury notes fell on Wednesday to 1.63 percent, breaking a record low set in 1946, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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BLOG POSTS

	Robert Teitelman: The Complexity of the Simplicity Solution If JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s big ugly trade managed to escape the bank's internal risk management operation -- not to say regulators -- how would that have found its reflection in the bank's overall risk number? It's a rule: It's the stuff we don't know, or don't want to know, that tends to kill us.
	Megan Berry: 5 Tips for Turning a New Signup Into a Power User In the first experience, your users decide how much of their time or money they will invest in your company. Will they become a lifelong devoted fan, sharing your company with all their friends or will they drop off after the first signup?
	Stephen Herrington: It Was the Economy in 1992; in 2012 It's Survival 2012 is not a referendum on Obama, it's a referendum on the new Tea Party/GOP, and the survival of the nation, economy, your job and your family depend on which cloud you believe in.
	Daniel Burrus: Can Blackberry Ever Be the Mobility Leader? What should Blackberry do? They should start by looking at their biggest asset (and it's not their device).
	Sen. Fritz Hollings: Jumpstarting the Economy We are offshoring jobs faster than we can create them. We keep stimulating or bailing the economy boat as fast as we can but ignore the offshore hole in the bottom.