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Fairholme portfolio scores big on AIG stake

Bruce Berkowit, president of Fairholme Capital Management has a huge stake in bailed-out insurance company American International Group (NYSE: AIG) which has just about doubled in price year-to-date (from just under $30 per share to just under $60).

How will China's economy perform in 2011?

A customer looks at laptops at a Dell outlet in Beijing December 13, 2010.
As the global economy is entering arguably another tumultuous year, spotlight is sharply on the prospects, policies and risks of China's economy, which has all but sailed past Japan's as the world's second largest after the United States.
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European equities to fare well in 2011: Bloomberg survey

European equities will beat 2010 gains by the end of next year, as companies get some help from better earnings and record-low interest rates that will overcome the sovereign debt crisis, Bloomberg said, citing a survey of 13 strategists.
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Morgan Stanley set to cut bonus payouts: report

Morgan Stanley is planning to pay out 10 to 25 percent less bonus this year to its employees, owing to volatile market conditions, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar with the situation.
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US stocks open higher after tax cut deal

U.S. stocks advanced in early trade on Tuesday as sentiment was buoyed by President Barack Obama's announcement of an agreement with Republicans on a plan to extend income tax cuts for all Americans.
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Morgan Stanley may cut bonus payouts: report

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman plans to take on the firm's top-paid bankers and may play hardball with bonus payouts this year, the New York Post said, citing people familiar with the plans.
Lithuanian President Grybauskaite, German Chancellor Merkel and Irish Prime Minister Cowen talk together

Why the Irish bailout failed to calm the markets

The Irish bailout package, so far, has not achieved its two main goals. It failed to restore private investors' appetite for Irish government bonds and stop the debt crisis from spreading to other countries. What went wrong?
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Attachmate To Buy Novell In $2.2B Deal

Attachmate Corp, an investment group owned by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo, said it will buy networking solutions company Novell, Inc. for about $2.2 billion.
A GM sign is seen outside the Medved General Motors car dealership in Arvada, Colorado

GM shares soar after landmark IPO

Shares of automaker General Motors opened at $35 in its first trading day on the NYSE after recovering from a government funded bailout. The opening price was an increase of 2 percent from its IPO price of $33.
General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens speaks in Baltimore, Maryland

GM's IPO could be the world's largest

General Motors Co is inching closer towards returning to the U.S. market in one of the biggest IPOs in the U.S. history and could even become the world's largest.
Level 3 To buy Global Crossing

US Tech M&A Booming

The stage is set for another wave of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. technology sector as the big players, who are flush with cash and looking to expand their horizon, are acquiring aggressively in quest for new products and technology.
U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. economic policy stuck in pre-1970s era

U.S. economic policy is stuck in the pre-1970s era, which had higher population growth. Before 2008, this outdated policy caused boom-and-bust cycles. Now, it is failing to boost economic growth and possibly endangering the world financial system.
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Silver outshining gold is old story, technicals project

A study on charts shows that silver may not continue to enjoy the status of being better investment alternative over gold in the short-to-medium-term period. And not only that, any correction in both the metals will happen with the white metal falling much steeper than its yellow counterpart.
New York City cab driver fills his taxi up with gas at Hess station in New York

QE2 inflates commodities, threatens 70s-styled malaise

QE2 is a rising tide that lifts all boats. The boats, in this case, refers to asset prices. Unfortunately, some asset rallies, particularly those in consumer and industrial commodities, are bad for the real economy,
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Continous money printing will drive gold ever higher: An Interview with Mr. Rose, CEO of Capital Gold Group

With our debt coming to maturity in the next ten years, which we cannot afford to pay, printing money seems to be our only option, which we feel is going to spur inflation, if not hyperinflation. We also feel if we adjusted gold for the inflationary highs of the 80's, gold bullion should already be at $2,200 an ounce, so we feel very strongly about a further drive up in gold over the next five years.

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