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Awkward! Michele Bachmann Heckled by Occupy Wall Street Protesters [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0000

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann didn’t exactly get a warm welcome as she delivered a foreign policy speech in South Carolina last week. In fact, she was heckled off the stage by the loud protests of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators.

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Wall Street Bonuses Slated to Decline in 2011

Shauna Wright — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:52:04 +0000

In news that will likely make all those Occupy Wall Street protestors cheer, New York compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates projects the average Wall Street bonus will decline by 20 percent to 30 percent this year.

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Angry Mom Hires Plane to Fly Nasty Message Over Wall Street

Shauna Wright — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:17:55 +0000

At lunchtime last Tuesday, New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan were treated to an unusual sight — a small plane buzzing by the Standard and Poor’s building, towing a banner that read, “Thanks For The Downgrade: You Should All Be Fired.”

Commissioned by St. Louis banker and single mother Lucy Nobbe, who paid $895 to hire the pilot, the fly-by was a reaction to the US losing its longtime AAA credit rating last Friday.

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Default Avoided…For Now! So What's Going On With This Market?

Mike Hendren — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:47:57 +0000

I'm not a broker. I'm no financial guru. But I can read the writing on the wall. I try to see the forest beyond the trees. But I'm baffled, I must say. I thought all the urgency to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default (which is going to happen, sooner or later; sorry Timmy Geitner) was to stop this very thing from happening: wetting down what little confidence there was and bringing the market down again

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