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• Asia stumble a major risk for global economy

  Here's a scary thought: What if the economies of China and India -- the world's two major growth engines -- slowed suddenly and dramatically?

  Is the world prepared for such an event? How far would the collateral damage extend? Perhaps most importantly, what are the chances of a crash in Asia?

  According to Larry Summers and Lant Pritchett, these are questions that policymakers should be thinking about -- and the all-star economists MORE

  Charles Riley - Nov 19, 2013 4:29 AM ET

• Outrage after bloggers criticize Janet Yellen's clothes

  It happened to Hillary, and now it's happening to Janet. We're still not at the point where a woman can rise to the top of her profession without having her pantsuits critiqued as soon as she gets there.

  Yesterday, two bloggers (Warren Rojas at Roll Call) and (Patrick Tutwiler at FishbowlDC), thought it was all in good fun to chide Janet Yellen, the nominee to serve as Federal Reserve Chair, for MORE

  Annalyn Kurtz - Nov 15, 2013 12:51 PM ET

• Super-rich go on a $402 million spending spree

  By Aaron Smith

  The ultra-wealthy are paying mind-boggling prices for lots of bright, shiny objects this week, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on paintings, sculpture and jewelry in just the last few days.

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  The latest record-breaking purchase was the winning $105.4 million bid on Wednesday for "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," a painting by Andy Warhol,  sold at a  Sotheby's auction.

  "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" by Andy Warhol: $105.4 million

  Sotheby's said that MORE

  Nov 14, 2013 4:18 PM ET
  Posted in: andy warhol, art, auction, christies, francis bacon, jeff koons, sotheby's

• U.S. health care: We pay more, wait longer than other countries

  Americans are much more likely to have trouble paying medical bills or getting a quick appointment with a doctor than their peers in 10 other high-income, industrialized countries, according to a new study.

  Even Americans with insurance are more likely to forgo care because of high costs and to struggle to pay big bills, according to the survey, conducted by The Commonwealth Fund. And the United States spends far more on MORE

  Tami Luhby - Nov 14, 2013 5:00 AM ET
  Posted in: aca, affordable care act, doctors, health, health care, healthcare, Obama, obamacare, out-of-pocket

• Making it into the middle class

  It's nice to think one can easily go from being dirt poor to filthy rich, but it doesn't usually work that way.

  Of people born into lower income households, few will ever make it into the middle class, according to a recent study from Pew Charitable Trust. Only a tiny percentage rise into the highest income bracket.

  Of those that did move into at least the middle class, they had these traits MORE

  Steve Hargreaves - Nov 13, 2013 10:36 AM ET

• Time for a Twitter hiring binge?

  Now that Twitter has gone public, the social media company could be poised for a hiring binge.

  Twitter raised about $1.8 billion through its initial public offering Wednesday. As of Friday, Twitter had 249 jobs listed on its website, ranging from software engineers to customer service agents who speak Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Russian.

  If hiring by Facebook and LinkedIn are any indication, Twitter's job postings could double in the months ahead.

  After MORE

  Annalyn Kurtz - Nov 8, 2013 12:25 PM ET

• 3 mysteries looming over China's economy

  It now seems very likely that China's economy will meet or exceed Beijing's 7.5% growth target for 2013. For President Xi Jinping, still in his first year of office, this is very good news.

  At the same time, heading into a pivotal meeting of the Communist Party, the country's policy landscape is unusually unsettled. Clarity on three key items -- local debt, economic reform plans and the Shanghai Free Trade Zone -- would MORE

  Charles Riley - Oct 29, 2013 10:48 PM ET
  Posted in: China, gdp, inflation, Shanghai Free Trade Zone