Uncommon Money News (Vol. 70)


By: Roshawn Watson

In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy!

Last week, I participated in the Carnival of Financial Planning #103 hosted by: real estate 43. We have the following posts included in this carnival: Have We Stopped Saving Already,The Rich Get Poorer, and Outrageous Law Transfers Parents’ Debt To YOU. Additionally, Have We Stopped Saving Already was also included in the Carnival of Twenty Something Finances hosted at How I Save Money. Please look through the carnivals if you would like to read plenty of other interesting posts in the blogosphere!

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Business

UBS to Give 4,450 Names to U.S.

Banks ‘Too Big to Fail’ Have Grown Even Bigger

Innovation In Motivation or How We In Business Can Change To Survive The Downturn (Thanks for this post Jerry)

Ephren Taylor, the youngest African-American CEO of a publicly traded company (Thanks for this post Financial Dream).

Two brothers, no fears and $1 billion empire (Thanks for this post Financial Dream)

Economy

Federal Reserve loses suit demanding transparency

The Top 10 Things We’re Glad the Recession Killed

Warren Buffet: America Has Hit The Panic Button (Thanks Robin)

U.S. deficit estimate to be trimmed to $1.58 trillion

U.S. government actually making a healthy profit from TARP related investments.

Entertainment Money News

“Inglourious Basterds” aims for more box office glory