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Scott Jagow

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  • Thought you might like an update on one our recent hot topics. The government looks to be cracking down on incentive pay for recruiters at these…

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  • Dec 8, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Let's get started with these items:…

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  • The government says TARP won't cost the taxpayers as much as original estimates. Seems like a pretty good deal if TARP indeed helped save the…

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  • There's no end in sight to the battle between the government and the private sector over bonuses and benefits. A group of executives at AIG have…

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  • If you have questions that haven't been answered here, I'd like to point out a new collaboration in the public media world. The Economy Story…

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  • Dec 7, 2009

    Planet Money

    With apologies to the NPR blog, I just thought it an appropriate title for this topic. I've been doing a lot of reading on the climate change…

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  • Dec 7, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Hope you had an excellent weekend. A few items to start the week:…

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  • In South Africa today, they drew the match-ups for the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. 32 countries. 8 groups. Charlize Theron. David Beckham…

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  • This morning, the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless asking the company: What's up with doubling the penalties…

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  • One of the hottest topics on the blog lately has been the proposal to tax Wall Street transactions such as stock trades. At first, I thought this…

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