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The CEO of Charles Schwab on money, growth and competition

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Oct 31, 2018
“We generate less revenue per dollar on every client asset than anyone else,” Walt Bettinger says.
Walt Bettinger, CEO of Charles Schwab.
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What Orson Welles and "War of the Worlds" taught us about economic panic

by David Brancaccio
Oct 31, 2018
About 80 years ago, a radio dramatization of an alien attack spread panic through the airwaves. That sense of fear can also manifest itself in the world of economics.
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985), American actor, producer, writer and director. In 1938 his radio production of H G Wells's "The War of the Worlds" caused panic.
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What Orson Welles and "War of the Worlds" taught us about economic panic

by David Brancaccio
Oct 31, 2018
About 80 years ago, a radio dramatization of an alien attack spread panic through the airwaves. That sense of fear can also manifest itself in the world of economics.
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985), American actor, producer, writer and director. In 1938 his radio production of H G Wells's "The War of the Worlds" caused panic.
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Could a cyberattack cause the next financial crisis?

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 3, 2018
Cyberthreats keep CEOs up at night. We asked experts what those scenarios look like.
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The last CEO standing from the financial crisis

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 3, 2018
Cybersecurity is now the top worry of Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
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How employee training has suffered in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Redmond Carolipio
Sep 26, 2018
Why the concept of developing workers' skills is still recovering from the Great Recession.
Traffic passes the Lehman Brothers building September 15, 2008 in New York City. Lehman Brothers filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the storied financial firm failed.
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Ray Dalio discusses the anatomy of the debt cycle

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Sep 25, 2018
The founder of Bridgewater Associates, who predicted the Great Recession, has a new book out that examines the nature of debt crises.
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When did you realize we were in a financial crisis?

by Danielle Chiriguayo , Amy Scott , Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Betsy Streisand and Mitchell Hartman
Sep 20, 2018
Marketplace veterans take a look back at some personal pivotal moments.
News tickers at the Nasdaq MarketSite show negative numbers October 9, 2008 in New York City.
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Following the money: What happened to a nearly $17 billion bank settlement?

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 19, 2018
We break down how a fine is distributed.
A flag flies outside the Bank of America Corporate Center June 30, 2005 in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The business case for a stock market speed bump

by Molly Wood
Sep 19, 2018
A 350-millisecond delay can help long-term investors get equal footing with high-frequency traders, argues IEX's CEO.
Bradley Katsuyama, IEX Group president and CEO, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee about high-speed stock trading in U.S. markets on Capitol Hill in 2014.
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