01/08/2009
Obama: Greed led to economic crisis (UPI)
FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Thursday said the nation's current economic crisis was not the result of chance but the result of greed.
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01/09/2009
LETTER: Greed fueled housing troubles (The Standard-Times)
Greed fueled housing troubles
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01/08/2009
Greed still strong in downturn (The Monterey County Herald)
PHILADELPHIA — Thomas Aquinas called greed a sin against God. Its profile rose briefly after the 1980s, when some people apparently took to heart the movie line "greed is good," but this deadly sin has again fallen from grace thanks to the real estate and financial meltdowns.
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01/08/2009
Obama: Greed led to economic crisis (Moldova.org)
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Thursday said the nation's current economic crisis was not the result of chance but the result of greed.In a speech at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., to unveil his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, Obama said there is plenty of blame to go around, from greedy Wall Street executives who made dangerous decisions to lax regulators to banks that did ...
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01/09/2009
Philippines revisits nuclear energy option at 'white elephant' plant (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos.
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01/09/2009
"Mean Girls" director working for "Minimum Wage" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
"Mean Girls" director Mark Waters is in negotiations to sign on for "Minimum Wage," a timely comedy that tackles the effects of greed.
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01/09/2009
Nigeria: Greed - Greatest Enemy of Entrepreneurship (AllAfrica.com)
Hello wonderful people of this great country. I want to start by first wishing you a prosperous new year. The year has started very gentle and harmless, though heavily pregnant with pleasant and unpleasant surprises.
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01/09/2009
Billy Graham | Cast greed aside for Jesus (The Kansas City Star)
DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: The day after Mother died, one of my brothers went into her house and took her silver and fine china, leaving the rest of us with almost nothing. Later he claimed Mother had said she wanted him to have them, although he had no proof. This was five years ago, and we’ve hardly spoken since. Why are people so greedy? — N.S.
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01/10/2009
Suddenly rich (Business Standard India)
Money fuels greed - the Satyam scam is proof of that - but for a few lucky winners, television game shows have been a ticket out of poverty and to fame.
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01/09/2009
Even Wall Street Now Hates the Rich [Greed Is Good] (Gawker)
With bonuses slashed, investment bankers are starting to turn on their own. The year money forgot saw a handful of opportunistic contrarians stack up the tall dollars. Now they're getting cut down in...
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