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What are you doing to prepare for the economic collapse?

Bob Collins September 25, 2008, 7:36 AM Sep 25, 2008

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Denial, fear, and anger is not a plan for hunkering down and preparing for tough times

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Financial reform from top to bottom

Bob Collins September 24, 2008, 9:04 AM Sep 24, 2008

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What changes should be made in how homeowners make decisions about their money in the wake of the financial crisis.

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How much is $700 billion?

Bob Collins September 23, 2008, 5:41 PM Sep 23, 2008

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The proposed bailout would require over 7 tons of cash.

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Let ’em fail?

Bob Collins September 23, 2008, 1:38 PM Sep 23, 2008

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What would happen if the big financial institutions were allowed to fail? And what do you think should be done?

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The bailout business

Bob Collins September 22, 2008, 4:27 AM Sep 22, 2008

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The government is no longer denying that it’s in the bailout business. A new poll shows Americans aren’t happy about it.

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Behind the numbers

Bob Collins September 18, 2008, 10:50 AM Sep 18, 2008

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There are thousands of jobs available in a state with rising unemployment. But they don’t pay much.

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If the AIG bailout were a car loan…

Bob Collins September 17, 2008, 1:28 PM Sep 17, 2008

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How much would you have to pay each month if you got the deal AIG got?

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Questions and answers about the financial mess

Bob Collins September 17, 2008, 12:05 PM Sep 17, 2008

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How does the financial meltdown affect Main Street?

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Back to bailouts

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 8:25 PM Sep 16, 2008

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A day after appearing to end the practice of bailing out giant financial companies, the federal government bailed out a giant financial company.

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Black Monday?

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 11:07 AM Sep 15, 2008

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There’s nothing pretty about the U.S. financial industry at the moment. How much uglier can it get?

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The shrinking grocery store

Bob Collins September 10, 2008, 7:48 AM Sep 10, 2008

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The ’50s are coming back…. maybe.

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Market research

Bob Collins September 8, 2008, 3:54 PM Sep 8, 2008

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A freak posting of an old news story reveals how poor market research can be, and how incompetent investors often are.

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The bailout

Bob Collins September 8, 2008, 12:11 PM Sep 8, 2008

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Is the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac good or bad? Yes and no.

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Tough times for a success story

Bob Collins September 7, 2008, 7:51 AM Sep 7, 2008

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Cirrus axes dozens of jobs in Duluth.

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Checking out

Bob Collins September 2, 2008, 5:51 PM Sep 2, 2008

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Some St. Paul businesses have given up on the hope they’d get more business during the convention.

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Tag: Economy

What are you doing to prepare for the economic collapse?

Financial reform from top to bottom

How much is $700 billion?

Let ’em fail?

The bailout business

Behind the numbers

If the AIG bailout were a car loan…

Questions and answers about the financial mess

Back to bailouts

Black Monday?

The shrinking grocery store

Market research

The bailout

Tough times for a success story

Checking out