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A trader works at the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.BRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters

After predicting a bright economic future for the U.S., Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman Jim O'Neill – the man who coined the term BRIC countries – will retire this year.

Long live the kings of the S&P 500

What did the top 10 companies look like in 1990? In 1980? Not much has changed.

Unemployed Mongolians dig deep

The so-called ninja miners come out at night with pans to sift for their share of the country's gold rush.

S&P scandal? Yawn...

The ratings agency was catching up, not leading the race to the bottom: A breakdown of the DoJ's misrating complaints.

Canadian IPO boom on the horizon

If the equity boom is for real, new initial public offering filings may not be far behind.

Legal lessons

Finding a job as a new lawyer has been tough for a while now. Are law schools finally ready for reform?

Dell needs "long-term support"

Read the full text of Michael Dell's memo to staff.

Q. When will the U.S. pay back its debt?

A. Easy. It never will. Debts will roll over in perpetuity.

(Jacqueline Nelson is a Globe and Mail Financial Services Reporter.)

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