<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Bernard Condon 's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-1009326.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:51:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Q&amp;A on surprise $2B trading loss at JPMorgan</title>
<description><![CDATA[How can a bank lose $2 billion in six weeks?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664378-qa-on-surprise-2b-trading-loss-at-jpmorgan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664378-qa-on-surprise-2b-trading-loss-at-jpmorgan</guid><category>us</category><category>loss</category><category>us-news</category><category>morgan</category><category>qa</category><category>jp</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:50:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bernanke says lending spigots are more open now</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that many businesses and consumers are finding it easier to borrow as banks shore up their balance sheets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11636991-bernanke-says-lending-spigots-are-more-open-now</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11636991-bernanke-says-lending-spigots-are-more-open-now</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>bernanke</category><category>us-news</category><category>federal-reserve-chairman-ben-bernanke</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why 'Sell in May' doesn't work for investors</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's simple to understand, and has a nice ring to it. It's made some investors look like geniuses recently. Say it enough and you might even believe it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11431107-why-sell-in-may-doesnt-work-for-investors</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11431107-why-sell-in-may-doesnt-work-for-investors</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:03:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why investors aren't impressed with profits</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to happy surprises on Wall Street, it's hard to get better than this.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11312854-why-investors-arent-impressed-with-profits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11312854-why-investors-arent-impressed-with-profits</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earnings</category><category>us-news</category><category>low</category><category>hurdle</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:24:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Wall Street heretic who called Apple's swoon</title>
<description><![CDATA[He calls himself an "Apple fanboy," owns four iPads and two iPhones, follows the company obsessively and predicts it will keep turning blockbuster profits. But whether you should own the stock is another matter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252342-the-wall-street-heretic-who-called-apples-swoon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252342-the-wall-street-heretic-who-called-apples-swoon</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>analyst</category><category>apple</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:01:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2979d5b2-0944-448c-b6e4-74111f465397.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2979d5b2-0944-448c-b6e4-74111f465397.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 5, 2012 photo shows the company logo at the Apple Store in London. No one is sure why Apple's stock finally stopped rising last week, but you might point a finger at Walter Piecyk, a veteran analyst who apparently has uncanny timing when it comes to issuing critical reports on hot companies. (AP Photo/dapd, Martin Oeser)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>For stocks, a stable and impressive climb in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[The bulls weren't bullish enough.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10945652-for-stocks-a-stable-and-impressive-climb-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10945652-for-stocks-a-stable-and-impressive-climb-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>stocks</category><category>start</category><category>us-news</category><category>strong</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:50:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b5633f93-3298-4b35-8b43-9d912371f9fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b5633f93-3298-4b35-8b43-9d912371f9fc.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 27, 2012 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European markets recovered some ground Friday, March 30, 2012 after sharp losses this week, as finance ministers from the 17 euro countries discussed whether to increase the amount of resources at their disposal for future bailouts.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Apple's next hot release: The dividend check</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple made computers sexy. Can it do the same for the musty old dividend?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10768788-apples-next-hot-release-the-dividend-check</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10768788-apples-next-hot-release-the-dividend-check</guid><category>technology</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>apple</category><category>dividend</category><category>us-news</category><category>redefined</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:02:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9583141c-7b8d-4810-b523-8d3e89a37571.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="435" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9583141c-7b8d-4810-b523-8d3e89a37571.jpg" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during the introduction of the iPhone 4S, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple Inc. is finally using its $98 billion pile of cash to reward shareholders, saying it's instituting both a dividend and share buyback program. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Low credit, no problem: Americans pile into junk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Americans have a thing for junk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722939-low-credit-no-problem-americans-pile-into-junk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722939-low-credit-no-problem-americans-pile-into-junk</guid><category>business</category><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:03:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stocks double in 3 years, but it's a lonely party</title>
<description><![CDATA[The stock market is missing you.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10612948-stocks-double-in-3-years-but-its-a-lonely-party</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10612948-stocks-double-in-3-years-but-its-a-lonely-party</guid><category>us</category><category>market</category><category>anniversary</category><category>us-news</category><category>bottom</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 19:59:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why some investors are worried about Dow 13,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[What's not to like about Dow 13,000?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10564383-why-some-investors-are-worried-about-dow-13000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10564383-why-some-investors-are-worried-about-dow-13000</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:16:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why David Stockman isn't buying it</title>
<description><![CDATA[He was an architect of one of the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history. He spent much of his career after politics using borrowed money to take over companies. He targeted the riskiest ones that most investors shunned &#8212; car-parts makers, textile mills.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10561865-why-david-stockman-isnt-buying-it</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10561865-why-david-stockman-isnt-buying-it</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>qa</category><category>david-stockman</category><category>stockman</category><category>but-reagan</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:17:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64761c0a-ab23-4cfc-aa44-696e1e78b107.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64761c0a-ab23-4cfc-aa44-696e1e78b107.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 23, 2012 photo,  David Stockman, wunderkind of the Reagan administration and a key architect of the biggest tax cut in U.S. history, poses for a portrait at the Associated Press in New York.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/354a0607-61a2-4cf2-977d-ed7a51801516.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/354a0607-61a2-4cf2-977d-ed7a51801516.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 23, 2012 photo,  David Stockman, wunderkind of the Reagan administration and a key architect of the biggest tax cut in U.S. history, poses for a portrait at the Associated Press in New York.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why the big talk about small business is wrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney says they're "job creators" and vows to come to their aid as president. Newt Gingrich visited them on his "jobs and growth" bus tour. President Barack Obama calls them "the engine of our economy."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10426949-why-the-big-talk-about-small-business-is-wrong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10426949-why-the-big-talk-about-small-business-is-wrong</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>jobs</category><category>small-business</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/db05b50d-7687-4c3f-b441-620f4bdfda9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="273" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/db05b50d-7687-4c3f-b441-620f4bdfda9f.jpg" width="120" height="225" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows change in small business job growth&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dow average closes within 50 points of 13,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dow has edged teasingly close to 13,000, a marker it hasn't reached since before the financial crisis brought the U.S. economy to its knees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christina Rexrode]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10376230-dow-average-closes-within-50-points-of-13000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10376230-dow-average-closes-within-50-points-of-13000</guid><category>business</category><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>street</category><category>dow-jones</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:16:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/501e74c7-7f35-491a-8f9d-5c0c50ffcd7a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/501e74c7-7f35-491a-8f9d-5c0c50ffcd7a.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 8, 2012 photo, specialist Michael O'Mara, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock markets fell Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, after Greece's crucial international bailout was put on hold by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone, a day after it seemed that the country's tortuous journey to pacifying its creditors had reached a conclusion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d0e5acb-e147-466c-ab6a-cb51140e9f2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d0e5acb-e147-466c-ab6a-cb51140e9f2f.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, specialist Paul Cosentino, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global markets rose on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, after Greece's parliament approved a new set of austerity measures required by international lenders in exchange for a bailout that would save the country from bankruptcy next month. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e477c521-925d-486c-86d4-4f6ebed17934.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e477c521-925d-486c-86d4-4f6ebed17934.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Specialist John J. Ohara works his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 13,2012. U.S. stocks rose Monday after Greece's parliament voted for spending cuts so it can get a bailout to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/91dbd508-58bd-4381-8709-1a5f16de3a72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/91dbd508-58bd-4381-8709-1a5f16de3a72.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. U.S. stocks rose Monday after Greece's parliament voted for spending cuts so it can get a bailout to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22e24e6a-603e-4e10-9184-7f93b50c04d7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22e24e6a-603e-4e10-9184-7f93b50c04d7.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Specialist Gerard E. Farco works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. U.S. stocks rose Monday after Greece's parliament voted for spending cuts so it can get a bailout to save the country from bankruptcy.  (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3a32b05c-479e-4457-b2de-bb78f81b0f8d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3a32b05c-479e-4457-b2de-bb78f81b0f8d.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Specialist Edward T. Zeller, left, and Broker Edward G. Schreier, right,  work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. U.S. stocks rose Monday after Greece's parliament voted for spending cuts so it can get a bailout to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/50ec1a4a-c1df-4b90-8b31-07bbd9e2eda4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/50ec1a4a-c1df-4b90-8b31-07bbd9e2eda4.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 13, 2012 photo, trader Edward H. Radzienwicz works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Another mass downgrade of the creditworthiness of European countries had little market impact Tuesday, Feb. 14, as investors continued to predict that Greece would soon get its hands on vital bailout cash to avoid a ruinous bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/070f34f6-a291-409b-b838-eb6243c20a43.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/070f34f6-a291-409b-b838-eb6243c20a43.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 13, 2012 photo, trader Michael Capolino works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Another mass downgrade of the creditworthiness of European countries had little market impact Tuesday, Feb. 14, as investors continued to predict that Greece would soon get its hands on vital bailout cash to avoid a ruinous bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Karp)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/57d985a8-b9f1-4c37-9f42-ae5a83d74062.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="435" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/57d985a8-b9f1-4c37-9f42-ae5a83d74062.jpg" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, trader Jeffrey Vazquez, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.  World stock markets rose Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, after Greece indicated a willingness to commit to spending cuts to secure its bailout and moves by Japan's central bank to support the economy lifted its powerhouse export sector. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/552dba6e-8874-4e4e-9eaa-5999babd4638.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/552dba6e-8874-4e4e-9eaa-5999babd4638.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets were in a jittery mood Thursday as uncertainty escalated over whether Greece will get vital bailout cash to avoid defaulting next month. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/577c8044-7191-43f1-b048-d84ce53117e5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/577c8044-7191-43f1-b048-d84ce53117e5.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2012 photo, traders Mario Innella, left, and Anthony Riccio work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock markets advanced Friday, Feb. 17, on hopes that Greece would soon get its crucial second bailout and following another batch of upbeat U.S. economic news. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Corporate profits aren't what they seem</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is the great profit engine of corporate America running out of steam?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10333677-corporate-profits-arent-what-they-seem</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10333677-corporate-profits-arent-what-they-seem</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>where</category><category>profits</category><category>us-news</category><category>are</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:15:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c63be092-1b33-44f8-8419-2d127bc5ad22.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c63be092-1b33-44f8-8419-2d127bc5ad22.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 25, 2011 file photo, customers wait outside the Apple store in Munich before the start of sales of the iPad2. While the economy has struggled to recover over the past two years, big U.S. companies have not only generated profits but grown them, quarter after quarter. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/05de3aa7-740b-4475-b898-af752e805f49.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/05de3aa7-740b-4475-b898-af752e805f49.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, the AIG logo is shown in New York. While the economy has struggled to recover over the past two years, big U.S. companies have not only generated profits but grown them, quarter after quarter. companies have not only generated profits but grown them, quarter after quarter.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Down the Apple food chain, profits and some worry</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you like Apple's stock, you're going to love its suppliers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10237152-down-the-apple-food-chain-profits-and-some-worry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/25/10237152-down-the-apple-food-chain-profits-and-some-worry</guid><category>us</category><category>apple</category><category>us-news</category><category>universe</category><category>the-apple</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:48:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Markets are calm &amp;#8212; too calm. Why pros are spooked</title>
<description><![CDATA[After wild price swings that left investors bewildered and not a cent richer last year, stocks are rising again, and calm has settled over the market like blue skies after a storm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10151195-markets-are-calm-too-calm-why-pros-are-spooked</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10151195-markets-are-calm-too-calm-why-pros-are-spooked</guid><category>business</category><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:38:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How much is Yahoo worth? The case for buying</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's losing business to Google and Facebook. Its stock has gone nowhere since 2008. It just announced its fourth CEO in five years. It's enough to make investors replace the exclamation point in the logo with a question mark.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9955897-how-much-is-yahoo-worth-the-case-for-buying</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9955897-how-much-is-yahoo-worth-the-case-for-buying</guid><category>technology</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>stock</category><category>yahoo-stock</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:43:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pros see stocks up in 2012, but big risks, too</title>
<description><![CDATA[The good news is that Wall Street experts think stock prices will rise more than 10 percent next year. The bad news is that they expected big gains in 2011 and got nearly zero instead.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9661820-pros-see-stocks-up-in-2012-but-big-risks-too</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9661820-pros-see-stocks-up-in-2012-but-big-risks-too</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>2012</category><category>us-news</category><category>ye</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/925936fe-60ab-4893-9e2a-e7d453df6fc9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/925936fe-60ab-4893-9e2a-e7d453df6fc9.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, specialist Patrick King, second from right, and others watch President Barack Obama's remarks on a television monitor the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The good news is that Wall Street experts think stock prices will rise by more than 10 percent in the coming year. The bad news is they expected big gains in 2011 and got nearly zero instead.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d77f6d0c-4915-4a03-845e-49cadf7ad631.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d77f6d0c-4915-4a03-845e-49cadf7ad631.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, works at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The good news is that Wall Street experts think stock prices will rise by more than 10 percent in the coming year. The bad news is they expected big gains in 2011 and got nearly zero instead. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9572849a-e91a-4b2e-a64c-d5f64cfa5f9d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9572849a-e91a-4b2e-a64c-d5f64cfa5f9d.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Aug. 8, 2011 file photo, trader Andrew Stavros reacts after the close of trading in the NASDAQ, 100 Index pit, on the floor of The CME Group in Chicago. The good news is that Wall Street experts think stock prices will rise by more than 10 percent in the coming year. The bad news is they expected big gains in 2011 and got nearly zero instead.  (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stocks close higher on better job market news</title>
<description><![CDATA[Encouraging economic reports pushed stocks higher Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points, its third gain in a row.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pallavi Gogoi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pallavi Gogoi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9476985-stocks-close-higher-on-better-job-market-news</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9476985-stocks-close-higher-on-better-job-market-news</guid><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>street</category><category>dow-jones</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:58:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/11b79595-98a3-47c8-b20d-5a281c1a235f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11b79595-98a3-47c8-b20d-5a281c1a235f.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trader Michael Zicchinolfi, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Strong earnings from FedEx and a sharp drop in claims for unemployment benefits sent stocks higher in early trading Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c0c53522-d318-43d8-8159-16b90a3b1f74.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c0c53522-d318-43d8-8159-16b90a3b1f74.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Strong earnings from FedEx and a sharp drop in claims for unemployment benefits sent stocks higher in early trading Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5941422f-fac4-4093-9a9f-cd93a720da2d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5941422f-fac4-4093-9a9f-cd93a720da2d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Strong earnings from FedEx and a sharp drop in claims for unemployment benefits sent stocks higher in early trading Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b7b5a42f-df16-4d60-905e-6c0c658ab533.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="476" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b7b5a42f-df16-4d60-905e-6c0c658ab533.jpg" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 15, 2011 photo, specialist Patrick Kenny, left, and trader Timothy Pastina work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks were buoyed Friday, Dec. 16, by improving U.S. economic indicators and the expected approval in Italy of an austerity plan intended to get the country's finances under control. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/52339912-f838-411b-9a72-d5dd367a4893.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52339912-f838-411b-9a72-d5dd367a4893.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 20, 2011 photo, Steven Marcus, right, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European stock markets extended gains Wednesday, Dec. 21, on a wave of pre-holiday optimism after the European Central Bank loaned a record amount to the continent's banks in an effort to bolster Europe's stressed financial system. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/87e3b335-b1f2-45c1-b686-c94aa92ad2af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="474" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/87e3b335-b1f2-45c1-b686-c94aa92ad2af.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, traders John Panin, center, and Robert Charmay, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European markets bounced back Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, as the traditional holiday slowdown began in earnest, rising a day after investors were rattled by the European Central Bank's huge loans to bolster the continent's banks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pimco market strategist: Europe still top threat</title>
<description><![CDATA[The bond market is said to be populated with worried, glass-half-empty types. And Pimco, the world's largest bond fund manager, is never shy about making the big picture look pretty bleak. The thing is, they keep getting it right.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9371007-pimco-market-strategist-europe-still-top-threat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9371007-pimco-market-strategist-europe-still-top-threat</guid><category>business</category><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:12:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why S&amp;P wields so much power in European crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Until this week, the fate of Europe seemed to hang on the decisions of three power brokers &#8212; the president of France, the chancellor of Germany and the head of the European Central Bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9255912-why-sp-wields-so-much-power-in-european-crisis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9255912-why-sp-wields-so-much-power-in-european-crisis</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>sp</category><category>europe</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:23:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e44956db-9304-4f46-8e0c-8502e5656f68.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e44956db-9304-4f46-8e0c-8502e5656f68.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, smiles as he greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Dec. 5, 2011. The leaders of Germany and France will try to agree Monday on a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. Financial markets signaled optimism that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will unveil a unified plan that tightens political and economic cooperation among the 17 European Union countries that use the euro and sets the stage for more aggressive aid from the European Central Bank. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Correction: Enron-Faith No More story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a Dec. 1 story about corporate scandal and vanished wealth since Enron's collapse a decade ago, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Tyco International filed for bankruptcy in 2002. The company never filed for bankruptcy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9148601-correction-enron-faith-no-more-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9148601-correction-enron-faith-no-more-story</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>more</category><category>enron</category><category>associated-press</category><category>faith</category><category>us-news</category><category>tyco-international</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:33:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec9f7a42-d814-4896-9b0c-2df59f18a208.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="397" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec9f7a42-d814-4896-9b0c-2df59f18a208.jpg" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 2, 2006 file photo, Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay, right, is escorted by Houston police Sgt. K.R. Perkins to the federal courthouse in Houston. People didn't know how Enron made money because it was a nearly impossible given the 3,000 private deals that came to light in its collapse, partnerships with names like Raptor, Condor and Chewbacca. Those allowed it to shunt billions of debt off its books and convince investors it was safe &amp;#8212; as long as they didn't ask too many questions. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3101174e-1896-4ced-96e4-e87edc376790.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="355" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3101174e-1896-4ced-96e4-e87edc376790.jpg" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 16, 2004 file photo, Martha Stewart, flanked by U.S. Marshals, leaves after sentencing at Manhattan federal court, in New York. Stewart, who built her cooking and decorating business on an image of homespun goodness, faced a grilling from regulators that suggested a life more tawdry than tidy: She had dumped shares of a drug company on what appeared to be an illegal tip from her Merrill Lynch broker, and then allegedly lied to cover her tracks. The amount the one-time billionaire saved by selling early was $51,000. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/333b6020-0ebd-4f05-b392-31e2f68a7830.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/333b6020-0ebd-4f05-b392-31e2f68a7830.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 20, 2005 file photo, former Adelphia Communications Corp. CEO John Rigas speaks to the media following his sentencing outside Manhattan federal court, in New York. Rigas, revered for turning a $300 purchase of a small Pennsylvania firm into a cable TV empire in 31 states, was arrested with his two sons shortly after his company collapsed. They were accused of hiding billions of debt off the books of Adelphia Communications, and running it like a personal piggy bank.  (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2f015594-b005-47d7-a1c2-0c7d4f4e3045.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2f015594-b005-47d7-a1c2-0c7d4f4e3045.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 18, 2007 file photo, Kenneth Rice, former chief of Enron Corp.'s high-speed Internet unit, arrives at Houston's federal courthouse where he was sentenced to 27 months in prison. People didn't know how Enron made money because it was a nearly impossible given the 3,000 private deals that came to light in its collapse, partnerships with names like Raptor, Condor and Chewbacca. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad9130e1-02eb-450f-ad1a-846ea73ea789.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad9130e1-02eb-450f-ad1a-846ea73ea789.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 26, 2004 file photo, former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski leaves the Manhattan State Supreme Court, in New York. By the end of 2002, Kozlowski would be indicted for stealing $150 million from shareholders and his Tyco International bankrupt. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22bcc54e-1957-44d2-b112-e684d90085a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22bcc54e-1957-44d2-b112-e684d90085a7.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 3, 2004 file photo, WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers, center, leaves Jacob K. Javitz Federal building escorted by federal agents after turning himself in on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and making false statements to the S.E.C. in connection with the collapse of WorldCom, in New York. Ebbers drove WorldCom into bankruptcy amid allegations he had misled investors in his high-flying telecom company in an $11 billion accounting fraud.  (AP Photo/Masahiko Yamamoto, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5439f420-9d52-4cfe-8a6e-6215d975a3e2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5439f420-9d52-4cfe-8a6e-6215d975a3e2.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2006 file photo, attorney Daniel Petrocelli, right, puts his arm around former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling, left, as they leave the federal courthouse after Skilling was sentenced to 292 months in federal prison, in Houston. People didn't know how Enron made money because it was a nearly impossible given the 3,000 private deals that came to light in its collapse, partnerships with names like Raptor, Condor and Chewbacca. Those allowed it to shunt billions of debt off its books and convince investors it was safe &amp;#8212; as long as they didn't ask too many questions. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fund manager: US Treasurys not worth the risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's bond buyers have turned on Europe's deeply indebted governments and fled to another deeply indebted government across the Atlantic -- the U.S. As a result, U.S borrowing costs have plunged to historic lows while rising rates in Europe have many worried about a catastrophic financial crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Craft]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8913842-fund-manager-us-treasurys-not-worth-the-risk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8913842-fund-manager-us-treasurys-not-worth-the-risk</guid><category>business</category><category>wall</category><category>us</category><category>street</category><category>ahead</category><category>week</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:00:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why that corporate cash pile isn't so impressive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hardly a day goes by without some politician or pundit pointing out that companies are hoarding cash &#8212; roughly $3 trillion of it. If only they would spend it, the thinking goes, the economy might get better.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/17/8859087-why-that-corporate-cash-pile-isnt-so-impressive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/17/8859087-why-that-corporate-cash-pile-isnt-so-impressive</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>corporate</category><category>debt</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:38:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ecd6bd76-7d36-4b93-892c-d136653b8589.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ecd6bd76-7d36-4b93-892c-d136653b8589.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 16, 2011 file photo, the Wal-Mart logo is displayed in Springfield, Ill. Since the start of the recession in Dec. 2007, S&amp;P 500 companies have borrowed an additional 40 cents for every dollar they've hoarded in cash. For many companies, debt has risen more than cash. Drugmaker Pfizer added $3.5 billion to cash from the start of the recession through June. But it added $28 billion of debt, according to FactSet. PepsiCo added $22 billion more debt than cash. Hewlett-Packard added $16 billion more, Wal-Mart $6.5 billion. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c84655e9-6666-4d6e-a084-d771568c7c06.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c84655e9-6666-4d6e-a084-d771568c7c06.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, shows a sign at Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Since the start of the recession in Dec. 2007, S&amp;P 500 companies have borrowed an additional 40 cents for every dollar they've hoarded in cash. For many companies, debt has risen more than cash. Drugmaker Pfizer added $3.5 billion to cash from the start of the recession through June. But it added $28 billion of debt, according to FactSet. PepsiCo added $22 billion more debt than cash. Hewlett-Packard added $16 billion more, Wal-Mart $6.5 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8ed834f-b287-4bd7-982a-81eba6497f5a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8ed834f-b287-4bd7-982a-81eba6497f5a.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, shows the Pepsi logo on a can of Pepsi, in Philadelphia. Since the start of the recession in Dec. 2007, S&amp;P 500 companies have borrowed an additional 40 cents for every dollar they've hoarded in cash. For many companies, debt has risen more than cash. Drugmaker Pfizer added $3.5 billion to cash from the start of the recession through June. But it added $28 billion of debt, according to FactSet. PepsiCo added $22 billion more debt than cash. Hewlett-Packard added $16 billion more, Wal-Mart $6.5 billion. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7bf22dce-867d-428d-aeec-1cd00817d1bf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="492" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7bf22dce-867d-428d-aeec-1cd00817d1bf.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 20. 2010 file photo, the corporate logo for Hewlett-Packard Co., is displayed at an HP Innovation Summit, in New York. Since the start of the recession in Dec. 2007, S&amp;P 500 companies have borrowed an additional 40 cents for every dollar they've hoarded in cash. For many companies, debt has risen more than cash. Drugmaker Pfizer added $3.5 billion to cash from the start of the recession through June. But it added $28 billion of debt, according to FactSet. PepsiCo added $22 billion more debt than cash. Hewlett-Packard added $16 billion more, Wal-Mart $6.5 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/548ae268-298b-49ee-b2ed-59258ed7d96e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/548ae268-298b-49ee-b2ed-59258ed7d96e.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows a measure of corporate debt, assets and cash for select companies&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MF Global's dive shows few changes on Wall Street</title>
<description><![CDATA[After countless new rules designed to make Wall Street safer, it's come to this: Another securities firm has collapsed from risky, poorly disclosed bets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bernard Condon ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8740538-mf-globals-dive-shows-few-changes-on-wall-street</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8740538-mf-globals-dive-shows-few-changes-on-wall-street</guid><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>little</category><category>system</category><category>changed</category><category>banking-system</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:04:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
