The Journal Gets Inside Citi’s Boardroom

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM

The WSJ scoops this morning that Citigroup's board is considering firing its chairman, Sir Win Bischoff. Some directors have grown... More

Stewart on Fixing the Economy

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 09:52 AM

James B. Stewart, always worth reading, has some good thoughts in his Journal column on what Obama needs to do... More

FT’s New Site Is Big. Really Big.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 09:39 AM

The Financial Times has redesigned its Web site, and on first impression, it’s just awful. Why are its Web readers,... More

Shop Till Your Bubble Pops

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 09:15 AM

This Times story on customers returning more merchandise to retailers (because of the bad economy) reads more like a story... More

Bloomberg Beats the Drums

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:43 AM

Bloomberg continues to push the government to disclose who it’s handing $2 trillion. Today it writes that five Republican congressmen,... More

WSJ: New York Investigates Swaps

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:25 AM

The Journal has an interesting story on an investigation into the credit-default swaps market. New York Attorney General Andrew (Spitzer’s... More

Paulson Pile-on

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 07:58 AM

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s credibility continues to dwindle—not a good thing, considering the markets and the economy need to believe... More

WSJ: Banks Hit a “Home Run” with AIG Bailout

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2008 at 09:45 AM

The WSJ is good here in looking at how the newly expanded AIG bailout is basically a backdoor bailout to... More

Consumer Crash

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2008 at 09:24 AM

David Leonhardt has some interesting numbers in his column in the Times today and makes the case that the talked-about... More

Yes, It’s This Bad

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2008 at 08:58 AM

Barry Ritholtz over at his newly redesigned (like ours, hope you noticed) site, does a good deed posting the information... More

Rockin’ in the Fee World

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2008 at 08:35 AM

Here’s a good, newsy personal-finance story. The Journal reports that banks are turning the screws on their customers, pushing those... More

Glass of Milk with Your “Bailout Pie”?

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2008 at 08:09 AM

The New York Times takes a good look at the feeding frenzy of Washington lobbyists trying to get a piece... More

Audit Roundup: Underwater in California

NYT on a town where 90 percent have negative equity; Journal is good on retail jobs evaporating; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 11, 2008 at 09:33 AM

The New York Times finds a place where 90 percent of the mortgages are underwater, the most in the country.... More

Audit Roundup: Bloomberg Fights the Fed

Calling for disclosure of trillion-dollar government loans; The Times on the the new pitch business; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 10, 2008 at 09:18 AM

Bloomberg has been excellent in watchdogging the Federal Reserve’s various bailouts, even suing the government last week for the information.... More

Audit Roundup: Shopper Shock

Papers’ language differs a bit; Musty WSJ hedge-fund story; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 7, 2008 at 09:26 AM

The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal employ different tones on the terrible retail sales reports yesterday. The... More

Audit Roundup: Newspaper Sales Skyrocket!

For a day on historic election; Consumer credit still under pressure, WSJ says; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 6, 2008 at 09:27 AM

The NYT has a nice story this morning on the overwhelming demand yesterday for… wait for it… newspapers! The election... More

Audit Roundup: Obamanomics

Bloomberg on what’s in store; Challenges galore, says the Times; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 5, 2008 at 09:23 AM

Bloomberg, better than the Journal, Times, or Post, looks ahead to the economic change likely under an Obama administration. The... More

Audit Roundup: Wall Street Baloney

The FT still buys it; WSJ scoops on more bailouts; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 4, 2008 at 09:16 AM

This is one of the most gullible stories I’ve seen in some time. The FT reports that Wall Street says... More

My Foreclosure: Judgment and Empathy

Readers on the story of how I lost my home

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 3, 2008 at 10:02 AM

When Audit honcho Dean Starkman asked me if I would write a story about losing my family’s home when I... More

Audit Roundup: WaMu’s Boiler Room

NYT’s Morgenson on bank’s shady mortgage biz; Papers dig into AIG; etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 3, 2008 at 09:20 AM

The NYT’s Gretchen Morgenson talks to a former WaMu mortgage underwriter, who dishes on what sure seems to us like... More