Read more investment stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7324/investment.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:52:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72126/glenn-becks-paranoia-is-a-gold-mine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMove over Jim Cramer. When it comes to possibly unhinged investment gurus, Mike Madden of Salon says he’s going with Glenn Beck and G. Gordon Liddy. Ever since advertisers began boycotting Beck, gold sellers have been grabbing space. The weirdest ad features G. Gordon Liddy mocking Fed policies that will...http://www.newser.com/story/72126/glenn-becks-paranoia-is-a-gold-mine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 11:59:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71716/2-madoff-victims-sue-sec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo investors who lost a combined $2.4 million to Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme have sued the SEC for negligence. The lawsuit argues that the commission should reimburse the plaintiffs for their losses because it failed in its duty to protect investors. Regulators had "countless opportunities" to catch Madoff "and...http://www.newser.com/story/71716/2-madoff-victims-sue-sec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 15:32:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68842/buffett-we-are-not-out-of-problems-yet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven Warren Buffett had a bad financial crisis: The Omaha sage personally lost $25 billion in 2008, enough to put him behind Bill Gates on the worldwide rich list. But while many investors hunkered down as markets tanked, Buffett recalibrated, pouring billions into companies—Goldman Sachs, GE, BofA, Amex—that...http://www.newser.com/story/68842/buffett-we-are-not-out-of-problems-yet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 6:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68198/us-reaps-profit-as-banks-pay-back-tarp-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the government spent some $240 billion last year to help avert financial disaster, the idea of making a profit from the TARP funds invested in teetering banks looked like a long shot. Now, however, profits from eight banks who’ve paid back the cash have totaled some $4 billion, or...http://www.newser.com/story/68198/us-reaps-profit-as-banks-pay-back-tarp-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:38:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64342/exxon-to-invest-600m-in-algae-based-fuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon Mobil, the biggest oil company in the world, will invest $600 million in turning algae into fuel, the New York Times reports. Known for blowing off concerns about global warming and dismissing biofuels—its CEO famously called ethanol “moonshine”—Exxon Mobil has in fact been researching alternative fuels for...http://www.newser.com/story/64342/exxon-to-invest-600m-in-algae-based-fuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 7:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60139/200m-russian-investment-values-facebook-at-10b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook is getting a $200 million investment from a Russian Internet investor that values the social networking company at $10 billion. The investment gives Digital Sky Technologies a nearly 2% stake in the Palo Alto, California-based company's preferred stock.http://www.newser.com/story/60139/200m-russian-investment-values-facebook-at-10b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 11:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58569/no-recovery-in-sight-for-small-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWall Street and Washington financial gurus may be seeing “green shoots” of economic recovery, but small businesses are still stuck in the mud, Kevin Kelly writes in Newsweek . Kelly, the CEO of a bag manufacturing company, says too many colleagues' businesses are losing sales, laying off workers, or shutting down...http://www.newser.com/story/58569/no-recovery-in-sight-for-small-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 17:47:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58197/scientists-bet-theres-a-gambling-gene.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGenetics might be behind your betting habits, researchers have found. People with a “short” type of a certain gene were more likely to take risks than those with the “long” type, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a study, 30 volunteers were, for example, given cash and allowed to decide between...http://www.newser.com/story/58197/scientists-bet-theres-a-gambling-gene.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 11:00:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57768/cap-and-trade-could-help-not-hurt-the-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that Washington finally has the political will to combat climate change, opponents of environmentalism are pushing a new line: limiting emissions would do further damage to a battered economy. For Paul Krugman, those claims are "junk economics" to go with climate change deniers' "junk science." A cap-and-trade system would...http://www.newser.com/story/57768/cap-and-trade-could-help-not-hurt-the-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 8:40:19 CDT