The WSJ’s 3% Solution

By Dean Starkman   Nov 4, 2009 at 07:17 AM

A Journal story this morning reports that a White House claim that the stimulus bill saved or created 640,000 jobs... More

Times Maintains Consumer Credit Drumbeat

By Dean Starkman   Nov 3, 2009 at 11:15 AM

The Times has done a really nice job exploring dubious practices in the credit-card industry, not to mention efforts to... More

Foxy Headines in the New Journal

By Dean Starkman   Nov 3, 2009 at 09:09 AM

The Murdoch Street Journal has been a slow-motion overhaul, and it takes a minute sometimes to realize that things you... More

As Goldman Turns

By Dean Starkman   Nov 3, 2009 at 08:26 AM

For my money, McClatchy’s Goldman series remains the best show these days on business-press Broadway. It’s sort of the “Masterpiece... More

US Banker on Bank Rescues: “all so hit or miss.”

By Dean Starkman   Nov 2, 2009 at 02:47 PM

Speaking of tick-tocks, and I recently was, American Banker's US Banker magazine just published a credible entry on the bank-rescue... More

Carr Has a Point about Business News In the Dumps

By Dean Starkman   Nov 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM

David Carr looks at the business press and sees a connection between staffing cuts at business news outlets and the... More

McClatchy Tightens Ties Between Goldman and Predatory Lenders

By Dean Starkman   Nov 2, 2009 at 07:33 AM

McClatchy is running a big series on Goldman Sachs that does what other business news organizations have so far failed... More

A Bureau Where They Reported Stories to Death

By Dean Starkman   Oct 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM

The hue, cry and gnashing of teeth over News Corp.'s takeover of The Wall Street Journal's parent a couple of... More

Following AIG and Goldman: the Friedman case

By Dean Starkman   Oct 29, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal are doing a good job of ignoring the unhelpful business press convention of not... More

WSJ’s Clean Galleon Get

By Dean Starkman   Oct 28, 2009 at 02:31 PM

There's nothing quite like a clean scoop of a delicate nature on a major story of global interest. But that's... More

Another Totemic Story in the WSJ

By Dean Starkman   Oct 27, 2009 at 11:22 AM

I was sent up there to cover the Hot Rod & Custom Car show by the New York Herald Tribune,... More

WSJ: New Banking Sheriff in Town, Again

By Dean Starkman   Oct 26, 2009 at 09:50 AM

The Journal this morning offers a classic beat-sweetener, a profile of a tough new banking regulator appointed to clean up... More

Cornerbacks and WSJ Editorial Writers

By Dean Starkman   Oct 23, 2009 at 04:00 PM

Moreover, some of the Senators seem worried that repealing Glass-Steagall might open up markets to terrible and maybe unforeseen risks.... More

Making Honest Choices at Fortune

By Dean Starkman   Oct 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM

The granddaddy of business magazines says it's cutting the number of issues per year to 18 from 25, in anticipation... More

McClatchy Advances the Ball on Moody’s

By Dean Starkman   Oct 19, 2009 at 09:30 AM

Many people feel the rating agencies haven't gotten enough attention, given their linchpin role in the crisis. I tend to... More

Good Goldman Question From Zero Hedge

By Dean Starkman   Oct 16, 2009 at 02:20 PM

Seems reasonable to me: "What Is The Rationale Behind The SEC's Hiring A 29 Year Old Goldmanite As Its COO?"... More

WSJ, Times at Odds on Citi Earnings

By Dean Starkman   Oct 16, 2009 at 09:00 AM

I'm sure this is much more a function of the unholy mess that is Citigroup's income statement—many a journalistic braincell... More

Financial Press Perennially Surprised by “Placement Agents”

By Dean Starkman   Oct 15, 2009 at 04:23 PM

The financial pages this morning are filled with the disclosure by Calpers that money-management firms seeking business from the big... More

Understanding Citi Losses in its Predatory Roots

Learn more in a 2003 alt media piece than in all business media put together

By Dean Starkman   Oct 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM

I see that Citigroup, amid boom times for other mega banks, got slammed again in its third-quarter earnings, primarily because... More

Intellectually Bankrupt, Firms Try to Squash Dissent

By Dean Starkman   Oct 14, 2009 at 03:47 PM

Crain's New York's Aaron Elstein has a good story about financially troubled corporations suing research firms that issue negative reports.... More