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Scott Jagow

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  • Today, one of Wall Street's most powerful CEO's called for well-designed regulation and new pay guidelines for financial companies. Goldman Sachs…

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  • The financial rescue cop, Neil Barofsky, has decided to investigate why AIG was allowed to pay banks in full to close out claims on credit default…

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  • Speaking of Oregon and the recession, our favorite former Treasury Secretary is having trouble getting what he wants in Portland. Well, what his…

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  • Which state is best weathering the recession? The Happiness Index from MainStreet.com says Nebraska. Oregon ranks dead last….

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  • What do you get when cross GM with Segway? A gas-guzzling pogo stick? No, the answer is a wheelchair-ish, golf carty two-wheeled electric people…

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  • Apr 7, 2009

    Morning Reading

    I'm channeling Ron Burgandy this morning — I want to shout it from a mountaintop, but I don't have a mountaintop, I have a blog. The top story in…

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  • Could there be two words in the English language that get attention more quickly than those? But this isn't false advertising. I'm going to tell…

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  • Yes, I stole my headline from the catch-phrase for boing boing because one of the wonderful things I'd like to point out came from that site. I…

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  • Friday we discussed how banks were considering buying toxic assets from each other as part of the Treasury's public-private investment plan. …

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  • The short-selling of stocks will get a lot of attention this week. Wednesday, the SEC plans to make several recommendations for restricting short…

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