Read more George Soros stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17320/george-soros.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:07:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72736/soros-to-spend-50m-to-reinvent-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros has decided to spend $50 million to launch a new think tank charged with reinventing the field of economics, which the Hungarian-American billionaire calls "a dogma whose time has passed." The Institute of New Economic Thinking, whose board members include luminaries such as Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs,...http://www.newser.com/story/72736/soros-to-spend-50m-to-reinvent-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 9:44:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71402/soros-to-invest-1b-to-develop-clean-energy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros is putting his vast resources—or at least $1 billion of them—behind his passion for the environment. Soros plans to invest that amount into developing technology to create clean energy. He's also starting an organization called the Climate Policy Initiative, which will be based in San Francisco,...http://www.newser.com/story/71402/soros-to-invest-1b-to-develop-clean-energy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 17:00:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66643/soros-time-for-philanthropists-to-step-up-in-public-sphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros is giving $200 to each and every underprivileged kid in New York state, the billionaire announced today, for a total $35 million bill that will make the state eligible for another $140 million in stimulus money. Some have criticized it as a welfare-style handout, but Soros tells Time...http://www.newser.com/story/66643/soros-time-for-philanthropists-to-step-up-in-public-sphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51487/brown-to-meet-with-obama-on-economic-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will host British PM Gordon Brown at the White House next week for their first meeting since the election, the Independent reports. The leaders enjoy “a special partnership,” the White House says, and they’ll discuss the global recession ahead of April’s G20 meeting in London. The news comes...http://www.newser.com/story/51487/brown-to-meet-with-obama-on-economic-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 13:56:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48388/soros-blasts-haphazard-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first bailout was bungled and the new $850 billion stimulus package under consideration will help keep social services ticking but won't be enough to save the slumping economy, billionaire philanthropist George Soros warned the US Conference of Mayors yesterday. He slammed the "haphazard" handling of the initial stimulus package...http://www.newser.com/story/48388/soros-blasts-haphazard-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 2:17:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46912/wreck-of-indymac-sold-for-139b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA team of high-profile investors has bought the remains of failed bank IndyMac from the FDIC for $13.9 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investors, including George Soros and computer tycoon Michael Dell, have agreed to share the losses from IndyMac's portfolio of troubled mortgages in a deal...http://www.newser.com/story/46912/wreck-of-indymac-sold-for-139b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Jan 2009 8:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28428/speculators-to-blame-for-soaring-oil-soros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBillionaire investor George Soros blames soaring oil prices that reached a record $135 a barrel last week largely on speculation that’s causing a “bubble” in numbers, the Daily Telegraph reports. The weak US dollar, slipping Middle East oil supply, and rising Chinese demand all play a role, but “speculation is...http://www.newser.com/story/28428/speculators-to-blame-for-soaring-oil-soros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 May 2008 4:40:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24690/paydays-that-make-even-wall-streeters-blush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome Wall Street hedge-fund managers earned billions betting against the market last year, with the top of the class, John Paulson, shaking loose $3.7 billion, the New York Times reports. With the US median family income at $60,500, the booty embarrassed even some of his Wall Street peers....http://www.newser.com/story/24690/paydays-that-make-even-wall-streeters-blush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18766/bush-envoy-wants-to-rule-afghanistan-rumors-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiplomatic circles are abuzz about a US envoy who reportedly wants to rule Afghanistan next year. Zalmay Khalilzad, ex-US diplomat to Afghanistan and Iraq, hasn't squelched the gossip about his presidential aspirations either. He even joked at Columbia University recently that “I didn’t come here to collect contributions for my...http://www.newser.com/story/18766/bush-envoy-wants-to-rule-afghanistan-rumors-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 Feb 2008 17:10:00 CST