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1. The Audit

   Audit D.C. Notes: A Meta, Mega-Krugman Profile; State Tax-Receipt Nosedive; Traffic Tix as Revenue Source? Maybe.

   February 23, 2010 07:04 PM

   --Larrissa MacFarquhar’s 10,000-word New Yorker profile of New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has kind of a meta-feel to it, what with the two publications' overlapping audiences, both made up of people basically sympathetic to Krugman. It’s sort of... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   Audit Notes: The Fed Move Means…;Reuters on the SEC, Apple; WaPo on CRE gloom, etc.

   February 19, 2010 11:52 AM

   The Fed move means... ...an end to emergency measures—Bloomberg. ...an end to easy bank profits—the Times. ...the financial system is healing— WashPo. ...the beginning of further increases—big-shot strategist on CNBC via <a href="The beginning... Continue reading

3. The Audit

   Audit Notes: BW on Issa; NYT Probes Long-Term “Care”; Eye on CDS; Extreme Tealeaf Reading, etc.

   February 10, 2010 04:43 PM

   --BusinessWeek has the very good idea to profile Darrell Issa, the California Republican (and wealthiest member of Congress) whom it dubs “Tim Geithner’s Tormentor.” From his perch on the Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Issa has been getting a... Continue reading

4. The Audit

   Audit Notes: Bloomberg Backs the Buck; WSJ on Future State Taxes; Big Money vs. Student Loansharks; Mortgage Banker Schadenfreude, etc.

   February 8, 2010 06:18 PM

   Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner did his best on ABC News’s “This Week” to shoot down Moody’s speculation that the U.S. government could lose its triple-A bond rating. Bloomberg follows with a detailed analysis of the long-term strength... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   Audit Notes: Bloomberg on Why It’s Hard Being Green; K Street Roll Call; Reuters on AIG’s latest, etc.

   February 4, 2010 06:27 PM

   --Bloomberg has a smart take on the problem of subsidizing green jobs: a lot of them are created in China. President Barack Obama is spending $2.1 million to help Suntech Power Holdings Co. build a solar- panel plant... Continue reading