Housing

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

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Alpha

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

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Servicey

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

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Tax Arcana

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

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TBTF

TBTF

The idea that you can wind down a failing megabank in some orderly fashion is probably a myth

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Matthew C. Klein: "I have yet to find a well-informed person...who is optimistic about" orderly liquidation authority http://t.co/6aZaYMwbDA by @baselinescene
TBTF

The S&P report on the Brown-Vitter bill "shows how backwards things have gotten on Wall Street"

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"It probably won’t get passed, but its underlying premise cannot be dislodged from the Washington conversation"
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Brown and Vitter unveil the first draft of their bill to reform Dodd-Frank

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Ezra Klein: Sherrod Brown and David Vitter have a new bipartisan bill to end Too Big to Fail. Here's what it does.
TBTF

Fed's Stein: There is actually a subsidy for too big to fail banks

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Jesse Eisinger: Stein speech excellent though the flexibility it calls for re TBTF invites gaming: http://t.co/U9JRKFHJfm
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Citi reports 31% increase in quarterly profit

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Citi's full earnings release
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“The decision to cap the size of the largest banks has been made. All that remains is to work out the details”

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Hans Suter: writes Simon Johnson:"The debate is over; the decision to cap the size of the largest banks has been made. All... http://t.co/h18fapAYGj
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Who wants to break up big banks? The Senate apparently

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Better Markets: "Who wants to break up big banks? The #Senate, apparently": http://t.co/zO4B6W8rp1 @suzykhimm h/t @anatadmati h/t @morningmoneyben #TBTF
TBTF

Hilarious: An idea for a TBTF ETF

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Goldman's risky corporate loan book

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John Carney: Check out the craziness of Goldman's corporate loan portfolio. http://t.co/xok9WufRAm
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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley pass stress tests with a convincing "barely"

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