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Scott Jagow

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  • Get ready. With new consumer regulations in place or on the way, banks will be more aggressive than ever — in their effort to protect income….

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  • Feb 23, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. I told you recently about the Dynamite Prize in economics (for helping to blow up the economy). Well, we have the winners. Plus,…

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  • There's quite a bit of discussion today about a warning from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Because choking on food is a considerable danger…

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  • To buttress the point in my last post about the inability of Congress to accomplish anything, let's hear from Elizabeth Warren, head of the…

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  • The president is fighting 'til the bitter end on health care reform. Today, he unveiled his own $950 billion health care legislation. So not only…

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  • Feb 22, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Morning. Hope you had a good weekend. A few things to start the week: A parable of one nation in ruin (guess who??), a banker says bankers need…

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  • Feb 20, 2010

    Food financing

    The Obama administration unveiled the details of a new program today that's designed to tackle the problem of food "deserts." Not desserts. …

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  • You just can't make this stuff up. Germany trashes Greece for being a nation of "lazy cheats." Greece snarls back that Germany should pay the…

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  • One of my colleagues begrudgingly joined the social media world this week. She resisted Twitter, Facebook, etc for as long as possible, and I can…

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  • Feb 19, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Happy Friday. This morning, check out the tax rate for the top 400 US taxpayers. Plus, people are ashamed of their portraits of Alan Greenspan. …

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