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Scott Jagow

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  • It feels like we've reached an important crossroads in the economic recovery. Many people are fed up with the bailouts of companies like AIG. The…

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  • I was definitely looking forward to watching Jon Stewart maul Jim Cramer on the Daily Show last night, but I got busy having a life, and I missed…

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  • Uh, drink recipes, I mean. Our NY reporter Jeremy Hobson forwarded a great little item in the New Yorker titled "Cocktail Recipes for the…

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  • NPR has decided to cancel all of its newspaper subscriptions, except for the Wall Street Journal. Romenesko posted an internal NPR memo that says…

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  • Other countries and more Americans are starting to question whether Team Obama is on the right path. European countries are sick of all the US…

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  • Remember the big day Citigroup's stock had on Tuesday? It climbed 38%, a whopping 40 cents. Well, that 40 cents helped four Citigroup executives…

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  • I hate going to the dentist and sitting in traffic and eating beef stroganoff, but I kinda like the challenge of figuring out my taxes. I'm…

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  • Bernie Madoff is headed straight for jail after pleading guilty today to the mother of all Ponzi schemes. In revoking bail, the judge said of…

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  • Mar 12, 2009

    For the life of me

    Life insurance companies have been at the back of the bailout line, but their number might get called soon. The Wall Street Journal reports today…

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  • There's an interesting debate going on at Michael Mandel's Businessweek blog. In a column last week, Mandel said the government should pour tons…

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