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R.I.P. Paul Samuelson

Paul Samuelson, America's most eminent and influential twentieth century economist, died this week at 97. Samuelson was the first American recognized with a Nobel Prize for his contributions to economic...

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Recession: What is it and How did we get there?

Second quarter 2008 First of all, it hasn't yet been determined that the United States is currently in a recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research, the major (and supposedly unbiased) research...

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Say No To Recourse Loans

Update: Short sellers are being required, in some instances, to sign a promisory note in order to be liable for the difference between the short sale price and the money owed on the loan. Bankers will stop at...

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Real Estate76

How to become a Real Estate Agent

Despite the irregular shifts in the global economy, the real estate industry is good business. Statistics from The Economist shows that residential property assets in the developed economies amount up to 48...

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Project Management - Cost Estimation

Teach two words to a parrot, Demand and Supply, and get a brand new half-economist. Another two words ‘Planning and Control’ would raise the parrot to the level of a half-administrator. Planning and...

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Economical and Financial Jokes

A chemist, an engineer and an economist are stranded on a deserted island. They carry with them some canned food but have no ordinary means of opening the cans. The chemist suggests gathering some wood and...

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What is Microcredit?

Muhammad Yunus, an economist educated in the United States, although originally from Bangladesh, introduced the world to the notion of micro-credit in the 1970's. At the time he was an economist at a...

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Intro to Global Macro Trading

As of this writing (Spring of 2009) Global Macro Trading is making a huge resurgence as most other hedge fund strategies have fallen by the wayside and vastly underpreformed. Global macro on the other hand...

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Study MBA in Singapore

Doing an MBA degree in Singapore is a good idea. Postgraduate studies are very competitive and of high standards amongst the schools. As more and more programs are being set up for postgraduate students....

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A Simple Neural Network63

Neural Processing

A Simple Neural Network Neural ProcessingHow do you recognize a face in a crowd? How does an economist predict the direction of interest rates? Faced with problems like these, the human brain uses a web of...

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