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  • Feb 26, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Happy Friday. This morning: Health care yen and yang, a fantastic email and lots of stuff about Canadians……

  • President Obama supports the idea of increasing the country's nuclear energy. He even knows how to pronounce the word. But just as Obama is…

  • That comes straight from the mouth of Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack. Mack is proposing an "open discussion" on compensation at investment…

  • Feb 25, 2010

    Greece and WMD’s

    And they call this God's work? Toying with the financial future of a sovereign nation? That's what it's come to. Banks have been placing bets on…

  • Feb 25, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Yesterday, we talked about how the Volcker Rule might be abandoned. Well, today, there's word that a stand-alone consumer…

  • There are few websites that prompt such acrimonious yelping as Yelp. Until now, the barking has been confined to blogs and comment sections, but…

  • Feb 25, 2010

    Back to the future

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was on Capitol Hill today, giving his latest progress (?) report on the economy. The Fed's in a tough spot. …

  • Last month, President Obama forcefully proposed an outright ban on "proprietary trading" at commercial banks. Standing beside him was former Fed…

  • Feb 24, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Boy, Congress likes to hold hearings. Today, there are three biggies: Toyota, the Federal Reserve chairman and the insurance…

  • Apple's decision to delete 6,000 applications from its iPhone store is creating something of a stir. The apps were considered objectionable by…

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