GEORGE SOROS

Susan Sarandon

Sarandon 'Nazi Pope' Backlash Ignoring Bigger Problem, Used for Political Gain

When Susan Sarandon called Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, numerous religious groups condemned the actress, and rightly so. In a bizarre and disturbing twist, however, Sarandon's notoriety has now spread to her support of Occupy Wall Street, with many grouping her comments and her activism as examples of liberal ignorance and hypocrisy. In the process, we lose the opportunity to condemn the use of rampant Nazi and Hitler comparisons in general, a widespread phenomenon recorded en ma...

George Soros: I'm not Funding Occupy Wall Street

Billionaire financier George Soros speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York
George Soros says he isn't a financial backer of the Wall Street protests, despite speculation by critics including radio host Rush Limbaugh that the billionaire investor has helped fuel the anti-capitalist movement.

Occupy Wall Street: George Soros Understands Protesters’ Pain

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Actually, I can understand [the protesters'] sentiment, frankly, said Billionaire investor George Soros, speaking about the protesters who have camped out near Wall Street in New York and inspired similar anti-corporate demonstrations in other major cities across the United States and Canada.
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Three steps to avoid a global depression: Soros

Policymakers have lost control of the economic crisis and financial markets are forcing the world into a depression, George Soros said on Friday, urging Europe to create a common Treasury, recapitalize its banks and protect vulnerable states.
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Soros hires new chief investment officer

Billionaire investor George Soros is continuing to overhaul the management team of his Soros Fund Management LLC, which is converting from a hedge fund to a family office.
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European treasury needed to avoid Depression: Soros

Billionaire investor George Soros has warned Europe's debt crisis risks triggering another Great Depression unless euro zone leaders adopt a series of radical policy measures, including the creation of a common treasury.
Bubble

5 Reasons Gold May be a Bubble Ready to Pop

The higher gold climbs the more intense the debate between bulls and bears, those who think the yellow metal has a long way to run before it even approachs its 1980 inflation-adjusted high of $2,400 and those who say the latest nominal record of $1,852.20 is just waiting to pop.
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Paulson held onto gold in Q2, Soros cuts further

The largest gold fund players including hedge fund titan John Paulson stuck with their bullion bets in the second quarter, opting not to follow George Soros who further reduced his gold ETF holdings.
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Euro Zone Concerns Lift Gold But Silver Eases

Gold prices rose on Tuesday as concerns over the financial health of the euro zone resurfaced ahead of a summit in Paris between French and German leaders, at which they will try to thrash out a solution to the bloc's debt crisis.
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Gold Prices Hold Gains

Spot gold held onto gains made in the previous session on Tuesday, but hopes that a Franco-German summit will make progress to help quell the region's sovereign debt crisis are expected to keep a lid on prices.
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Perils of Paulson

The crown may be slipping fast from billionaire trader John Paulson's head.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Easy Money Is No Way to Deal With a Credit Crisis

Now that Uncle Sam has dug itself into a $14 trillion hole, it?s the American taxpayer who should be warning Ben Bernanke and his government cronies about the irrationalities of their exuberant paper printing.
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg

New York City's Bloomberg to Use Own Money to Aid Minority Youth

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is not waiting for Congress to address long-standing social concerns: he's donating $30 million of his money to launch a new $127 million program to improve the lives of thousands of young black and Latino men, who are cut off from New York City's civic, educational, and economic life.
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Soros to return outsiders' hedge fund money

Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself and his family as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous.
Soros Fund Management Chairman, Soros, attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Soros to return outsiders' hedge fund money

Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself and his family as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous.
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Probably inevitable a country will exit euro: Soros

Billionaire investor George Soros thinks a country will eventually exit the euro zone and urged policymakers on Sunday to come up with a plan B that could rescue the European Union from looming economic collapse.

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