Boondoggles
Gouging taxpayers for sport: Inside the financing for stadiums
economist.com
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JPMorgan
Mitt Romney's response to JPMorgan's trading loss: "That's the way...America works"
blogs.wsj.com
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EU Mess
Felix: How Europe's banking crises threaten the eurozone
blogs.reuters.com
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Charts
50 years of government spending, in one graph
NPR.org
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Reuters
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The economic case for same-sex marriage
bloomberg.com
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The Economic Case for Same-Sex Marriage - Bloomberg
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Obama announces his support for same-sex marriage
ABCNews.com
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Want to encourage long term investing? End default quarterly reporting
ftalphaville.ft.com
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FT Alphaville:
Think sustainable, end quarterly reporting http://t.co/T7G6ERfl
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Whitney Tilson: A millionaire for higher taxes
washingtonpost.com
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State treasurers may be the ones who reign in Citizens United
tnr.com
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Ben Smith:
Big state pension funds looking to punish hedge funders for political spending http://t.co/DWbF8oXm
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Sign the petition to prosecute the killer of Trayvon Martin
change.org
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Chrystia Freeland:
RT @felixsalmon: Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin http://t.co/Gqp9XANA I'm signature 960,458. Let's make it a ...
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How Uniqlo realized that labor cost-cutting wasn't the path to retailing success
newyorker.com
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The Harvard Business Review on the best way to fire people
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A bold freshman Republican dares to propose a (sensible) tax on millionaires
dyn.politico.com
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"Less Stringer, more Avon. This is the Internet."
gawker.com
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Tim Coldwell:
RT @edyong209: "My first order of business as Internet media sheriff is to tell the Daily Mail to go fuck themselves" http://t.co/CjAVfiBK
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Business Insider's bold prediction for Friday's jobs report
businessinsider.com
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Downtown Josh Brown:
Stocks rally on @businessinsider's monster 285k NFP model forecast http://t.co/r6mNnJLk
The River
Wonks
5/17
3 Sources
The Fed will actually be able to fill its 2 open vacancies
The Speech TED Censored
5/17
"If median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000"
Bubly
5/17
Justin Beiber is now a venture capitalist
EU Mess
5/17
Spanish official says $1 billion in withdrawals from Bankia is "not a deposit flight"
Wonks
5/17
1 Sources
"It is with regret that we announce the death of inflation targeting"
Politicking
5/17
3 Sources
Swing state voters resoundingly disapprove of Obama's handling of the housing crisis
Politcking
5/17
7 Sources
The income inequality speech TED won't show you
EU Mess
5/16
4 Sources
"Anyone who wants to keep Greece in the euro area should withdraw money from the banks"
Facebook
5/16
3 Sources
At $67 million, Eduardo Saverin thinks his US citizenship is overvalued
JPMorgan
5/16
7 Sources
A sad Jamie Dimon Pinterest board
EU Mess
5/16
2 Sources
There's not yet a run on Greek banks, but it's getting awfully close
Facebook
5/16
8 Sources
Why Facebook needs to invent a new business model if it's going to be worth $100B
JPMorgan
5/16
3 Sources
One controversial JPMorgan unit sold risky derivatives and another bought them
Chesapeake
5/16
Aubrey McClendon may also be distorting ticket prices at the Oklahoma City Thunder
Boondoggles
5/16
2 Sources
New data shows Google+ is basically a ghost town
awesome
5/15
2 Sources
A nerdtastic breakdown of NYC's bikeshare locations
Stories We're Not Linking To
Amity Shlaes: "Unemployment now, yes."
Businessweek goes listicle for its cover: "Five hacks that have changed Silicon Valley forever"
For the rich who don't want to be confused for the smart, diamonds are the new stocks
President Obama has a JPMorgan Chase checking account with money in it
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