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   Fortune: Pimco Too Big to Fail?

   February 27, 2009 01:41 PM

   I'm big on the common-sense idea that if a company is too big to fail that means it should have never been allowed to get that big in the first place and indicates regulatory failure. I've also thought that the... Continue reading

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   Norris on the Fed’s Culpability

   February 27, 2009 10:05 AM

   Floyd Norris makes some very good points about the Federal Reserve this morning in The New York Times, noting that it has not gotten the scrutiny that other regulators have despite having a huge role in creating the crisis... Continue reading

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   Audit Interview: Mark Pittman

   February 27, 2009 08:45 AM

   (UPDATE, November 29, 2009: Mark died a couple of days ago. It's a huge loss and we'll have more on him next week, but until then you can read some of what we've written about his exploits here. We wrote... Continue reading

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   Hurray for the Dolans!

   February 26, 2009 05:25 PM

   Those are words I never thought I'd write. Cablevision is going to start charging readers to view its content, according to Reuters. But Cablevision Chief Operating officer Tom Rutledge said the cable TV company was aware of the difficulties... Continue reading

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   What Took You So Long, Gannett?

   February 26, 2009 10:36 AM

   Gannett, the biggest newspaper chain, has finally cut its dividend, and in a major way. It's a long overdue move that follows the New York Times, McClatchy, and others who have done so this year. Why do these things... Continue reading

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   Reuters on the Scope of Unrest in Europe

   February 26, 2009 10:12 AM

   Reuters has a nice roundup of unrest in Europe—much of it labor protests—it says is being caused by the financial crisis. It's a long list and only going to get longer, and fallen governments, including those in Iceland and... Continue reading

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   Wired and the Math Formula of Doom

   February 26, 2009 08:42 AM

   Part of the problem in explaining the genesis of the financial crisis is that much of it was just so danged complicated. I'm not excusing the press here, I'm just saying YOU try to tell the uninitiated how collateralized-debt obligations... Continue reading

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   One Black Swan You’ll Never See

   February 25, 2009 12:37 PM

   Nassim Nicholas Taleb of Black Swan fame has a provocative column this morning in the Financial Times—a little too provocative. He's excellent at explaining Wall Street's skewed pay incentives that led to this crisis: As you do not disgorge... Continue reading

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   Journal Inside the Citi Mess

   February 25, 2009 08:59 AM

   The Journal has a very readable story this morning on the tensions between Citigroup and the government. It shows the problems the government is having trying to keep its eye on Citi, in part because of the haphazard regulatory... Continue reading

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    Santelli and the White House

    February 24, 2009 03:10 PM

    Rick Santelli continues to make a fool of himself, touring the media to defend his call for a "tea party" over the homeowner bailout. I'd be inclined to let this dog of a discussion bark itself out, especially since... Continue reading

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    FT’s Murrow Moment

    February 24, 2009 10:35 AM

    Nationalization is inevitable—and sooner rather than later. That according to the Financial Times's New York banking reporter Francesco Guerrera. I like that the paper's editors let a news reporter use his accumulated knowledge to write a column like this.... Continue reading

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    Murdoch Fires Back at the Times

    February 24, 2009 08:35 AM

    The Wall Street Journal fired back at The New York Times story yesterday about Murdoch's newspaper affinity dragging down News Corporation shares. We thought it was a nicely done piece, but the Journal (or its chief marketing officer,... Continue reading

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    Santelli’s “Tea Party” Illustrates Press Failure

    February 20, 2009 04:21 PM

    As the light from the torches gleans from a million pitchfork tines after Rick Santelli's bizarre, gasket-blowing performance on CNBC yesterday, the Los Angeles Times finds an excellent story illustrating how the homeowner bailout is dividing otherwise like-minded... Continue reading

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    WSJ Up on BofA

    February 20, 2009 08:33 AM

    The Journal stays ahead on the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch story this morning, with a scoop that the New York Attorney General has subpoenaed CEO Ken Lewis to testify in the investigation into Merrill's billions in bonuses and whether... Continue reading

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    CNBC Editor: The People Are Revolting!

    February 19, 2009 06:05 PM

    In the annals of CNBC cluelessness, this morning’s outburst by the channel’s Rick Santelli is up there with the worst. This is an example of what's wrong with a certain kind of financial journalism, the kind where people of... Continue reading

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    Really, Forbes?

    February 19, 2009 09:54 AM

    I don't think it's quite time to start calling this economic crisis a depression, as if it's just a fact. Not yet. Talk about what it would take to become a depression or even how likely it is that we... Continue reading

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    Romenesko Misconstrues Google on “Scribes of Drivel”

    February 19, 2009 09:14 AM

    Jim Romenesko misreads the point (Link is now dead. See update below) Google veep Jonathan Rosenberg is trying to make in an email Romenesko links to (via a link to an NYT blog). The Romenesko headline... Continue reading

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    LAT’s’s Hiltzik Spells It Out

    February 19, 2009 08:39 AM

    The Los Angeles Times's Michael Hiltzik has been off to a good start with his return to column-writing. Today, he simplifies the matter of nationalization to make its case: ...it's obvious that nationalization of the banks is a done... Continue reading

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    FT’s Wolf on the Coming ‘Lost Decade’

    February 18, 2009 03:00 PM

    Seven days ago, I wrote that Martin Wolf's urgent warning about the dismal "Bank Bailout II (This Time We Mean It") made his column a must-read. Wolf has been one of my very favorite economics writers for a while,... Continue reading

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    Strange Times

    February 18, 2009 12:11 PM

    Did you ever think you'd see this on the front page of the Financial Times? Think back a year and a half before all this started. Hell, think back five months ago. Could you have imagined Alan Greenspan... Continue reading

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