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Scott Jagow

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  • Dec 22, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. A few items to start the day; a couple of them are funny. Others, not so much:…

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  • Ho, ho, ho. The Senate will most likely stuff a health care bill down the chimney by Christmas. Is it a gift to the American people? Or a bag of…

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  • With 10 days to go in the "aughts" decade, it's pretty much official. This has been the worst calendar decade for the US stock market. Ever. And…

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  • Dec 21, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Here are a few things to get the week started:…

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  • Some people in Congress want to build more commercial real estate. Go ahead, read that sentence again. A new Senate bill offers a strategy for…

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  • And that's a good thing. Banks are taking it easy on the holiday events this year. Many of them aren't even remotely touching anything that…

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  • This is sort of a follow-up to yesterday's discussion about "creative destruction" — new technologies replacing old ones. You know those energy…

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  • The latest craze in China is online farming games. This is no joke. These games are so popular and addictive that the Chinese government had to…

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  • Dec 18, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Happy Friday. Here's what I've been reading and viewing so far:…

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  • A once-proud newspaper has been reduced to begging for donations. The Miami Herald …

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