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Forbes magazine puts out an annual ranking of the best small companies in America. Most people are familiar with the Inc. 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America. The Forbes rankings are more comprehensive and take many more factors into account. Forbes also includes publicily traded companies.
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Business · Company Rankings · Forbes · Inc. 500 · Major Companies · Net worth · Privately held company · United States

I recently re-watched this excellent CNBC Original program on the origins of the current economic decline. House Of Cards explains how over-leveraged mortgages were propagated, how these mortgages were packaged by Wall Street and resold internationally, and finally how they led to the decline in real estate prices that caused an unprecedented world-wide credit crisis.
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Business · Due diligence · Financial services · Mortgage · Real estate · Refinancing · United States · Wall Street