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  • My latest Star Tribune column….

  • The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index posts a -4.5% annual decline in the third quarter of 2007. That's a record drop. Here's the…

  • Henry Paulson was a legendary dealmaker and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's most profitable firm. But he's been a bust as U.S….

  • Economist Ed Yardeni asks, "Is this the worst housing recession since the Great Depression?" His answer? "Not so far."…

  • Nov 21, 2007

    An Optimistic Take

    Jim Paulson, chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management, is consistently one of the more thoughtful commentators among Wall Street money…

  • The Conference Board is awfully cheery about the upcoming holiday shopping season:…

  • I have a book review of Robert Kuttner's new book, "The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity." Here's…

  • Nov 15, 2007

    Credit Checks Down

    Bloomberg has a story this morning on Experian, the world's largest credit checking company. Experian's stock fell a whopping 19% in London after…

  • Charles O. Prince 111, the ousted head of beleaguered Citigroup and, by most measures, a poorly performing chief executive officer, is yet one more…

  • Another horrifying story about a contaminated toy made in China. Here's the headline story from the Wall Street Journal:…