Strange Times

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Did you ever think you'd see this on the front page of the Financial Times? Think back a year and... More

The Stanford Financial Scandal

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 18, 2009 at 09:48 AM

I've got several thoughts on the Stanford Financial story. First, I think some of the press is a bit misleading... More

WSJ Is Incredible on Foreclosure Court

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 18, 2009 at 08:36 AM

The Journal has a superb A1 story today about a foreclosure "rocket docket" in Florida that gives homeowners fifteen or... More

WaPo on Why Geithner Fumbled

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 17, 2009 at 02:51 PM

The Washington Post, apparently very well-sourced at the Treasury Department, has a nice tick-tock explaining Tim Geithner's disappointing performance last... More

Bloomberg Digs Into Executive Perks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Bloomberg has a good story this morning looking at the executive perks still being paid for by taxpayer-bailed-out Citigroup. It... More

Crisis Crib Notes from the FT

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM

If you're still somewhat flummoxed by what caused this financial crisis, head over to the Financial Times site and watch... More

Japanese Lessons and Currency Concerns

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 03:25 PM

The NYT is good to look at the similarities between Japan's crippling decade-long economic crisis and the one we're now... More

ProPublica on Stimulus Spending

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 02:57 PM

Check out this chart from the non-profit investigative journalism group ProPublica. It helpfully lists, line by line, all the spending... More

Hedgies About to Get Trimmed?

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 10:21 AM

The Journal and Bloomberg have very interesting stories on the legal battle between Fairfax Financial Holdings and the short-sellers it... More

NYT Chickens Out on Insolvent Banks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 08:45 AM

The Times runs a front-page piece this morning looking at the argument that much of the nation's banking system, especially... More

Merrill in the Public Stocks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 03:40 PM

I like the prominent display The New York Times and the Financial Times give the news that Merrill Lynch made... More

The Corruption Thing

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM

Portfolio's new issue contains an interesting piece by Gary Weiss comparing the problems on Wall Street with the extensive corruption... More

Post Shines on Unemployment Disputes

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM

The Washington Post has a great story today looking at how employers are fighting ex-employees' unemployment claims in record numbers.... More

Must-Read of the Day

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 05:11 PM

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times is on fire over the Geithner/Obama bailout plan. I thought Wolf's lede was over-the-top... More

Auletta on the Newspaper Death Watch

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM

Ken Auletta makes some sharp comments on the perilous state of the news industry in a Q&A with The Boston... More

WaPo’s Pearlstein Sticks It to Wall Street

But good

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 08:43 AM

Steven Pearlstein has an excellent column today ripping Wall Street for still not getting it. He leads with six columns... More

Odds & Ends

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 06:21 PM

This one-source story in the NYT today bothers me. It's got some analysis, but not much. Couldn't find one independent... More

CNBC’s Bear Trap

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 AM

CNBC paired noted bears Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Nicholas Taleb yesterday in what could have been a very good arrangement.... More

A-Rod, the WSJ, and A1

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 11:20 AM

Why is a huge headshot of Alex Rodriguez taking up half the above-the-fold space on page one of my Wall... More

LA Times Finds California Farms Not Hiring

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 08:37 AM

The LA Times has a very interesting story about how the recession is causing a surplus of farm labor in... More