http://goodcounsels.com Most interesting finance and busines news. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:02:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those beating the global warming drum have sure taken a few lumps lately.First there were the hacked e-mails from climate scientists, which critics say show an effort to massage some data and keep some scientists out of the debate. Then there was an admission from the Untied Nations' ... http://goodcounsels.com/trusting-science-on-climate-change/ After selling off its second "crown jewel" insurance business in a week, AIG has made a sizeable dent in its plan to repay its debt to taxpayers. But the troubled insurer is still just halfway home and it's not clear exactly how AIG will pay off the remainder.On ... http://goodcounsels.com/aig-51-billion-down-51-billion-to-go/ Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly quashed the hopes of prospective iPad buyers who thought they might be able to access the Internet with the new devices using their iPhone data plan. Swedish record producer Jezper Soderlund reports that he asked Jobs about the practice known as tethering ... http://goodcounsels.com/jobs-says-no-to-tethered-ipad/ Students can now pay their college loans and save with Sallie Mae.The largest U.S. student loan company took its first steps into retail banking Tuesday with the launch of two new online savings accounts. The Reston, Va.-based company said it will offer high-yield savings accounts with a 1.35% ... http://goodcounsels.com/student-loan-provider-offers-online-savings/ Past may be no prologue for Treasury investors when Federal Reserve policy makers begin to withdraw their unprecedented monetary stimulus without raising interest rates. For the first time since at least 1980, a change in monetary policy may mean the difference between short- and long-term Treasury yields ... http://goodcounsels.com/bernanke-makes-two-year-treasury-notes-sweetest-spot/ Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said officials didn’t lose sleep during the financial crisis worrying about the failure of hedge funds, whose model provides a potential solution in regulating the banking system. “After the failure of Lehman Brothers and the need to recapitalize the banking system, ... http://goodcounsels.com/king-says-hedge-funds-didn%e2%80%99t-cause-him-to-lose-sleep-in-crisis/ Saving for a teenager's retirement might sound far-fetched, especially with college costs looming. Who's got time or money to be planning for the 2060s? Yet setting up a Roth individual retirement account for your teen can be a smart and rewarding move to consider at tax time. You ... http://goodcounsels.com/roth-iras-for-teens-pay-off-at-tax-time/ The fifth annual study of metro Denver’s ranking in seven industry clusters, released Thursday by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp., concludes that the region offers a diversified economy and the nation’s second-most highly educated workforce. The report, available here, was completed by the Patty Silverstein of Development Research ... http://goodcounsels.com/metro-denver-edc-issues-annual-look-at-area%e2%80%99s-industries/ Hewlett-Packard Co. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced a collaboration today to develop ultra-high-resolution seismic sensing equipment. The Palo Alto, Calif. computer giant (NYSE: HPQ) is partnering with Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) to deliver a higher channel count and broader sensor frequency range to get a better seismic picture of ... http://goodcounsels.com/hp-shell-ink-seismic-deal/ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke laid more groundwork for exiting his record expansion of credit without saying when he’ll take the first step. Bernanke yesterday described how the Fed might use tools such as interest it pays on banks’ deposits to tighten credit “at some point.” ... http://goodcounsels.com/bernanke-lays-groundwork-for-exit-avoids-timetable/