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  • Jul 24, 2009

    Subprime myths

    Yuliya Demyanyk has published an intriguing piece on the Cleveland Fed website. Ten Myths about Subprime Mortgages, it's called. Demyanyk is a s…

  • Manuel Quinones of Capital News Connection quizzed some Tennessee representatives about the financial crisis – well, about derivatives, anyway -…

  • Jul 23, 2009

    Bustin’ out

    The Dow pumped up about 9000 this morning, thanks to a bunch of good earnings numbers. Ford, AT&T and EBay all look better than expected. Thr…

  • Jul 23, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Earnings are likely to move the markets today, and they're swamping the headlines this morning, but there is some more color out there. Reuters …

  • If you're financially stressed, you could always do what Nick Suelo's doing. He's been living without any money whatsoever for nine years….

  • The guy who runs unemploymentality.com has been on the road recently, traveling from San Francisco to upstate New York. Along the way, he's been…

  • This is pretty amusing (or depressing). As I was writing about the space program yesterday, I was thinking, I wonder what the media coverage would…

  • President Obama speaks to the nation tonight, and of course, one of the main topics will be health care. I've been reading, watching and listening…

  • Jul 22, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Among this morning's reads: What's in a word? A lot when it comes to the health care debate. Maybe one of your ancestors fought in medieval…

  • Giving away free food in a recession sounds like a winning idea, but I have my doubts. This morning, Starbucks offered free pastries, but one of…