Thomas Oliver's business columns
Thomas Oliver is a business columnist for AJC Sunday. He can be reached at toliver.writeright@gmail.com
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Thomas Oliver: We've always been about real estate
To understand why Georgia has lost more banks than any other state during this recession, you need to understand why we had so many to begin with.
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Thomas Oliver: Do you believe in miracles?
You want to believe that things are getting better.That the partial restoration of your 401 (k) was based on reality and not just another bubble.
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Thomas Oliver: Georgia ports expand state's reach
When the newly named executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority looks out on the Savannah River as two tugboats dock a ship from Asia, he imagines a line from Chicago to Dallas.
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Thomas Oliver: Numbers suspect in health care bill
The Senate Finance Committee must be participating in a prison rehabilitation program. It obviously has a former Enron accountant dummying up the Baucus health care bill, which has enough phony accounting procedures to get someone in the private sector sent to jail.
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Thomas Oliver: Homebuyer tax credit should be extended
Talk to mortgage bankers, brokers and housing experts and you’ll be hard pressed to find one who suggests letting the first-time homebuyers’ tax credit expire.
- Jobless number is the true indicator
- Diversified portfolio remains good idea
- New book demolishes consulting mystique
- Economics is a poor predictor
- Fed chief sees weak recovery
- Home prices not done falling yet
- Fed didn’t save the economy
- Oliver: Real estate dirty bomb is ticking
- Confidence will take some time to rebound
- Jobless recovery will be slow
- Health care bill needs more time
- On universal health
- It's time to focus on true crisis
- New rules frustrate recovery
- Reforms fail reality check
- Signs of rebound showing
- Students should avoid debt
- A fool and his money soon part
- Pervasive fear leads to layoffs
- Sitting on the fence is not a bad idea
