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Minneapolis Fed gets new head After 24 years on the job, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Gary Stern retired last month. Today it was announced that Narayana Kocherlakota will  be his replacement, taking over the position immediately. He will become voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2011. Narayana Kocherlakota, 45, is an economics ...

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Many real estate agents and home appraisers are complaining that new rules for appraisers are having an unintended consequence: a lot of bad appraisals. Many agents and mortgage brokers say problems are delaying sales and refinancings, and could be costing homeowners up to $3 billion each year.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us Read more about ...

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Accidental f-bomb on SNL hasn’t doomed new cast member Jenny Slate fired? Not exactly. What is it with America's attitude toward that four-letter word (Photo: nycomedy.wordpress.com) It’s been called “fornication under consent of the king,” or the “f-word.” The f-bomb is another popular euphemism for it. Not surprisingly, it’s one of the seven things George Carlin reminded ...

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