Housing

Four reasons the housing recovery isn’t boosting the economy yet

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Sony may actually be considering Daniel Loeb's spin-off plan

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Broker pitchbooks are exactly as sleazy as you expect them to be

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Apple isn't the only one using effective tax avoidance strategies

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Nearly six years after the crisis, ratings shopping is very much alive and well

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With a $59 billion dividend, Fannie Mae will help the US avoid the debt ceiling (for a few months)

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"The subprime bond is rising from the ashes. The subprime borrower isn't"

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Goldman's "Fabulous Fab" is now pursuing a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago

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Justin Wolfers: "Fabulous Fab" is now an econ PhD student @UChicago. Would you trust research from someone with his unethical past?nhttp://t.co/YqQ25iGdgK
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NY's attorney general criticizes the Obama administration's mortgage fraud investigations

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naked capitalism: Links 4/25/13
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Community banks used government money intended to boost small business lending to repay TARP

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Ryan McCarthy: Community banks repaid TARP with government money intended to boost small business lending http://t.co/ABEzIpv0BD
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FYI hiring Dick Fuld "might attract negative publicity"

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Employees at Bear Stearns and Lehman also made really bad personal mortgage decisions

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John Carney: Point I’ve made for years. RT: “@ritholtz: Mortgage Securitizers Didn’t Know Housing Was Going Bust http://t.co/efoKCRKALG”
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Citigroup is selling synthetic CDOs again, FWIW

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Ryan McCarthy: As "desperate" searches go, the "desperate search for yield" is pretty boring http://t.co/sWAoI0pz6F
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Citi agrees to pay $730 million to settle class action over cris-era disclosures

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Pedro da Costa: Citigroup agrees to pay $730 million to settle with investors who said they were misled by disclosures http://t.co/GKTb5J9kPj