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Ben Bernanke

Fed Loads Up Balance Sheets, Begins Europe Bailout On Same Week It Promises Not To: Data

Last week Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told federal lawmakers that no bailout of Europe was forthcoming and ended a monthly meeting of the central bank’s top decision-making body by pointedly rejecting a new round of quantitative easing. Data released by the Fed reveals that, at least partially, the organization spent the week engaging in exactly those actions.
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Jackie Mason

Hanukkah 2011: Mason, Limbaugh Slam Obama for Early Celebration [VIDEO]

Comedian Jackie Mason blasted Obama yesterday for celebrating Hanukkah 12 days too early, calling the event a cheap publicity stunt cooked up by Jews in his cabinet. Rush Limbaugh has also slammed Obama for the celebration, joking that the president must have confused Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Here, listen to Limbaugh and Mason's attacks.
U.S. Housing - Mortgage Rates

Mortgage Rates - Can They Drop Even More?

At least in one region of the county at dinner parties, it's the question that's on the lips of prospective home buyers: will home mortgage interest rates fall more? The average fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage for borrowers with good credit has declined to 3.92 percent,
School children look at Nikola Tesla's coreless transformer displayed at the Tesla Museum in Belgrade December 17, 2011.

Insight: How Renewable Energy May Be Edison's Revenge

At the start of the 20th century, inventors Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla clashed in the "war of the currents." To highlight the dangers of his rival's system, Edison even electrocuted an elephant. The animal died in vain; it was Tesla's system and not Edison's that took off. But today, helped by technological advances and the need to conserve energy, Edison may finally get his revenge.
Tourists enjoy the sun on New Year's Day 2011 on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Fake-Tan Lotion Users Tend to Stay Out of Sun

Women who use lotions and gels to produce a fake suntan tend to cut back on outdoor sunbathing and use of tanning beds, with close to 40 percent who use such products saying they limited their time in the sun, U.S. researchers said.
Ron Paul

Ron Paul is a Pirate

Ron Paul's has emerged as the new GOP frontrunner in Iowa with a not-Mitt tag. But political pundits and voters should pay greater heed to his sudden rise. The anyone but Romney title downplays Paul's emergence, writing him off as just the latest in a string of candidates-du-jour. But Ron Paul is more than a fling.

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