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Janet Yellen was the advocate for more transparency by the Fed. What will she do as chair? A JPMorgan Twitter Q&A quickly turned into a public relations disaster. And, there are still people who make a living selling typewriters to law offices.

President’s Obama choice to lead the Federal Reserve faces the first of her confirmation hearings this morning. The questions today come from members of the Senate Banking Committee. Janet Yellen said this morning that the Federal Reserve still has “more work to do,” which some hear as a vote for keeping the stimulus going. 

JPMorgan opened up a Q&A session on Wednesday via Twitter and invited questions for its vice chairman, Jimmy Lee. But by the end of the day, the investment scrapped the idea in what turned out to be a press relations fiasco.

Just because a business is dying doesn’t make it dead; if there’s a little water left in a sponge, you can bet someone will wring it for all it’s worth. For instance, there are still people who make a living selling typewriters.

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