Scandals
Is there a price-fixing scandal brewing in the oil market?
economist.com
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Deals
Tumblr, and its cool-kid status, may be worth $1 billion to Yahoo
allthingsd.com
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JPMorgan
"The current Chairman of J.P. Morgan should be run out of town on a rail"
epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com
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New Normal
Greek shipping magnates are not really feeling the whole economic depression thing
world.time.com
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Reuters
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Booming 19th century growth cut Britian's debt to GDP ratio from 260% to 24%
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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Matthew C. Klein:
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: "Germany is lucky not to be treated as a pariah state, though that may come." http://t.co/miLrmUMDUc
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Leverage returns to the buyout
professional.wsj.com
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One less excuse to not leave your house: Google Maps for the iPhone is back
theverge.com
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US banks have had a pretty good thirteen quarters
fdic.gov
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US Bancorp is worried it will have to buyback more bad mortgages from Freedie Mac
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The fall of Monitor Group: "Eventually even attractive illusions come to an end"
forbes.com
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Daniel Drezner:
This is an interesting takedown of Michael Porter, but that author has difficult disentangling "ought" and "is": http://t.co/FHhGjf2L
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With Pandit as CEO, Citi shares lost 89% of their value
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amaeryllis
Blaming Pandit for “a 90% drop in stock price since 2007” is like criticizing a terminal cancer patient for living w cancer. CITI WAS DEAD.
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Pizza Hut decides it shouldn't bribe someone to ask a pizza-related question during the presidential debates
bigstory.ap.org
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Pamela J. Stubbart:
RT @ModeledBehavior: This is hilarious. America is Idiocracy coming true http://t.co/Fv7nphPE
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Say goodbye to 10 consecutive quarters of US corporate profit growth
online.wsj.com
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"I see Microsoft as technology’s answer to Sears”
vanityfair.com
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Steve Randy Waldman:
“I see Microsoft as technology’s answer to Sears.” Ouch. http://t.co/lRnk7dmR
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Toobin: Roberts' tax argument was a port in a "constitutional storm"
newyorker.com
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The Faculty Lounge:
Roberts Really Did Switch His Vote On Health Care Law
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Fiscally Speaking
5/17
CBO compares the Obama and congressional budget plans
Oxpeckers
5/17
4 Sources
"Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome"
The Fed
5/17
2 Sources
Why the US and Europe need a tad more inflation
New Normal
5/17
5 Sources
Why the housing market continues to disappoint: supply-side issues
Helpful Reiminders
5/17
2 Sources
Americans say a family of four needs nearly $60,000 per year to get by
Black market
5/17
Argentina is considering amnesty for those who launder money through its banks
Valuations
5/17
1 Sources
No one is sure if this mansion listed at $190 million is actually worth that much
Alpha
5/17
1 Sources
Bill Ackman is investing in a $90 million New York penthouse
TBTF
5/16
2 Sources
The idea that you can wind down a failing megabank in some orderly fashion is probably a myth
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
It's banks that are killing Europe, not simply austerity
EU Mess
5/16
3 Sources
Europe's Central Bank now even wronger on inflation
The Oracle
5/16
7 Sources
S&P has downgraded Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Growth Industries
5/16
4 Sources
The US government expects to make $51 billion from student loans this year
Fiscally Speaking
5/16
2 Sources
The CBO is still likely over-estimating future deficits
Oxpeckers
5/16
3 Sources
The New Yorker welcomes your anonymous leaks (but still won't publish your sonnets)
Housing
5/16
1 Sources
There may or may not be a housing bubble in places like Brooklyn and Menlo Park, CA
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