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  • Feb 11, 2010

    The snow job

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was supposed to testify on Capitol Hill today about the Fed's "exit strategy." But like everyone else in the…

  • Have you seen Toyota's new TV ad? It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like I was watching the end of the 1986 film "Gung Ho". Remember…

  • Feb 10, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Here's what I've seen so far — The eharmony of job search websites, an interesting tale from Uruguay and Greece and the case…

  • I read an article in the New York Times which points out the difficult task the SEC faces in trying to stay ahead of Wall Street. It reads like…

  • Just when you thought health care reform was dead in Congress, along comes Anthem Blue Cross. The insurance company and its parent, Wellpoint, are…

  • If you've ever flown a "puddle-jumper," you might want to catch the Frontline documentary, Flying Cheap, tonight on PBS. Correspondent Miles O…

  • Feb 9, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. A few things to start the day: Maybe the US needs to lose its AAA credit rating, California needs to learn that Social Security…

  • The R&D departments at the big banks are still experimenting in their laboratories. The latest idea for financial "innovation" comes from…

  • Perhaps we can contribute to the growing collection of one-liners about the economy. You don't even need to use your imagination. I've come up…

  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will tell Congress this week how the Fed plans to diffuse the $1 trillion bomb ticking away inside the banks….

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