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1. The Audit

   The WSJ and the Limits of a “No Jumps” Policy

   March 25, 2009 10:49 AM

   We've talked quite a bit about the FT-ization of the Journal since Murdoch got his grubby paws on it, shoved out Marcus Brauchli (who tried to stop Rupe's myopic moves), and installed his boy Robert Thomson. One of... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   FT on the Death of the Stocks Religion

   March 25, 2009 09:03 AM

   The Financial Times runs an excellent analysis by columnist John Authers looking at how the "cult of equity" has been dead wrong. It's something we've touched on here and there—that the idea that investing in stocks always works over... Continue reading

3. The Audit

   Tough-Talking BofA Analyst Yesterday, Gone Today

   March 24, 2009 11:55 AM

   Wow. I thought it was stunning when I read a short Bloomberg story just yesterday about a Bank of America chief investment strategist putting a "sell" on the entire bank industry, essentially implying that it is insolvent and that... Continue reading

4. The Audit

   Bloomberg: The Real AIG Bonus Scandal

   March 24, 2009 09:08 AM

   Bloomberg News has a great story today on how the government's AIG bailout not only preserved those infamous $165 million in bonuses but also billions more at its bailed-out counterparties, including foreign banks. Basically banks like Goldman Sachs and... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   The Core Question: What’s This Junk Really Worth?

   March 23, 2009 03:04 PM

   Now that the details of Obama’s bad-assets are coming out, the back and forth begins. So far, Mr. Market likes it. The president's political base and lefty economists—not so much. Essentially the government will guarantee that hedge... Continue reading

6. The Audit

   ABC Scoop: JPMorgan Still in the Gilded Bubble

   March 23, 2009 01:01 PM

   Good reporting here by ABC News's I-team, led by Brian Ross, on multiple-time public-money recipient JPMorgan Chase's over-the-top plans for new Gulfstreams and a luxury private terminal in tony Westchester. It's spending $138 million on the stuff. According to... Continue reading

7. The Audit

   WSJ’s Good Nuts-and-Bolts Reporting

   March 23, 2009 10:02 AM

   The Journal, slogging through disclosure filings, writes today that AIG lobbied Congress nearly twice as much on taxes as it did on the insurance business over the last three years. This is the kind of boring story that most... Continue reading

8. The Audit

   NYT lets NBC’s Zucker Spin Away

   March 23, 2009 08:52 AM

   I'd like to tweak the Times a bit for letting NBC/CNBC spin (read: lie) on Stewart vs. Cramer without calling them out on it. Last week, NBC brass, in defending its business network, dropped this canard: Last week... Continue reading

9. The Audit

   Journal: Credit Raters In Line for “Windfall”

   March 20, 2009 01:22 PM

   The Journal has a smart story on page one today making the good point that the TALF program will result in a "windfall" for the credit-ratings agencies. You know, those are the folks as responsible as anybody for the... Continue reading

10. The Audit

    NYT on the Staggering Manufacturing Economy

    March 20, 2009 09:24 AM

    The Times this morning has an ominous look at the state of manufacturing worldwide. It uses a 129-year-old German plant to illustrate the plunging economy and how it's feeding on itself. That manufacturing is in decline is hardly surprising,... Continue reading

11. The Audit

    Bloomberg’s Naked-Short Story Shows Stretch Marks

    March 19, 2009 04:23 PM

    If you want to get a controversy going on Web business sites, bring up naked shorting. So what will happen when a mainstream business outlet like Bloomberg News says naked shorts brought down Lehman Brothers, the failure of which,... Continue reading

12. The Audit

    NPR Shows Why Newspapers Should Charge Online

    March 19, 2009 03:24 PM

    NPR on why it's canceling $100,000-a-year worth of newspaper subscriptions: NPR is strongly committed to the highest quality of journalism everywhere, and are pleased that most publishers offer free online access to their content for us at NPR –... Continue reading

13. The Audit

    Audit On the Air

    March 19, 2009 02:55 PM

    Audit editor Dean Starkman went on KCRW's To the Point show yesterday to talk about AIG. Also appearing: Audit favorite Mark Pittman, and Audit doghouse inhabitant Andrew Ross Sorkin. Continue reading

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    CNBC’s Kudlow: On-Air Lawbreaker?

    March 19, 2009 12:14 PM

    Larry "Goldilocks" Kudlow just set a dollar bill on fire live on CNBC. I guess he's trying to compete for court-jester status with house clown Jim Cramer. Good luck with that, Larry! But seriously, why does the... Continue reading

15. The Audit

    Newsweek’s Irresponsible AIG Story

    March 19, 2009 09:07 AM

    It's easier to slip a weak story past your editors when the subject is leading the news, it's almost universally condemned, and said editors are scrambling to please their bosses who are screaming at them for stories. Why else would... Continue reading

16. The Audit

    On My Way to Glenn Beck’s Doom Bunker

    March 18, 2009 03:01 PM

    I've feared that for a year now that doing the Twitter thing would be the tipping point for me—one that would push the information overload into get-me-out-of-here territory. So if I disappear in the next couple of weeks, check Bellevue... Continue reading

17. The Audit

    The Times Tweaks the Sage of Omaha

    March 18, 2009 01:59 PM

    If there's a golden calf in capitalism—and by extension, its press—it's Warren Buffett. Hey, if you're going to have one, and every system does, we're lucky it's someone like him. I like the guy, too. But it's great to see... Continue reading

18. The Audit

    Journal Keeps the Heat on Exec Pay

    March 18, 2009 10:59 AM

    The WSJ provides a nice guided tour of executive pay in 2008, stopping along the way to point out CEO's who received big bonuses despite terrible performances. It cites a study that found that average executive compensation of non-financial... Continue reading

19. The Audit

    Leonhardt vs. Sorkin: Outside the Bubble

    March 18, 2009 09:10 AM

    Yesterday, the NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote a dog of a column arguing that AIG should get to keep its bonuses, a blinkered assertion I and many others ripped apart and one that sent him on a sputtering media tour... Continue reading

20. The Audit

    WSJ’s Berman Calls Out the LBO’s

    March 17, 2009 05:22 PM

    A tip of the hat to the Journal's Dennis Berman for his column today on the private-equity industry. Remember them? The guys who used other people's money to buy companies, leverage them to the gills, strip out hefty dividends... Continue reading

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