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Calm Down, No Reason for Panic Here

Breathe Easy It might seem like the financial world is crumbling around you, but Seth Jayson, senior analyst and adviser at The Motley Fool, doesn’t think...

Federal News Network Staff

September 30, 2008 6:18 pm

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Breathe Easy

It might seem like the financial world is crumbling around you, but Seth Jayson, senior analyst and adviser at The Motley Fool, doesn’t think that’s true. He talked to me today about whether the markets are really getting close to affecting you and your colleagues, and what you should be thinking about now, from a financial perspective.

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Strategy in Place

Defense Secretary Robert Gates talked about the nation’s defense strategy and the quadrennial defense review in a speech at the National Defense University yesterday. Highlights from the speech on today’s show include Secretary Gates talking about the importance of balance throughout the country’s defense efforts.

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Ready for Prime Time?

One element of the financial markets bailout bill that is still unclear is who inside the Federal government will be handling the money that Congress approves to buy the debt of troubled financial institutions. James Barth, former chief economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and now senior fellow at the Milken Institute, says there’s no Federal agency ready to do the work…and that means something that’s sure to make some Federal employees, union leaders, and taxpayers grit their teeth…contractors.

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Six Weeks and Counting

Six weeks might seem like a long time…unless you’re the Redskins or a NASCAR driver whose season is winding down. But in less than six weeks, it’s open season time again. Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey gave me a ton of information–and advice–about premiums for health care plans for 2009.

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