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The Opening Bell: Blubbering Bear
NYT’s scoop on JPMorgan’s new offer; all that costly regulation!; the Japanese talk smack; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 24, 2008 at 07:07 AM
The New York Times goes above the fold on A1 with a major scoop that JPMorgan Chase is discussing quintupling... More
Opening Bell: Ripple Effect
CIT Group follows Bear to the brink; small homebuilders default; Murdoch targets Newsday; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 21, 2008 at 07:45 AM
Commercial-finance firm CIT Group said it’s in trouble yesterday, having had to tap more than $7 billion in emergency loans... More
Opening Bell: Hang On To That Bomb Shelter
Faith in Freddie and Fannie; commodity markets get hammered; Depression anyone? Etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 20, 2008 at 07:14 AM
The papers go big with the government making it easier for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to bolster mortgage lending—allowing... More
Opening Bell: One-Day Wonder?
Market soars, but…; another twist in the Bear saga; the subprime blame game; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 19, 2008 at 07:41 AM
The papers lead with the stock market going manic yesterday on bolstered confidence in Wall Street banks and another big... More
Opening Bell: The Street Freaks Out
Earnings reports land with a shudder; questions for Lehman; the ghost of 1990s Japan; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 18, 2008 at 07:52 AM
Wall Street continued to reel yesterday from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression as the formidable Lehman Brothers... More
Opening Bell: Bear Meat
Helicopter Ben strikes again; is Lehman next? Merrill?; more evidence of subprime greed; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 17, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Bear Stearns collapsed into the arms of JP Morgan Chase (and the Federal Reserve) last night, ending the stunningly fast... More
Opening Bell: The Economy’s Toxic Blend
Okay, we get it, we’re in a recession; dollar-dive ripples; Carlyle’s creative and time-tested investment strategy; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 14, 2008 at 07:33 AM
The business press piles on the economy this morning with The New York Times saying it faces a “Toxic Blend... More
Opening Bell: The Great Hedge-Fund Unwind
Carlyle Capital leads the way; the Bushies get (regulatory) religion; rotten meat; unlucky pennies, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 13, 2008 at 07:48 AM
The hedge fund Carlyle Capital all but collapsed last night, stunning investors with the speed of its fall from being... More
Opening Bell: Bailout!
The Fed’s big cash drop, Citi’s “attractive investments,” a rebid for Boeing?, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 12, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Stocks posted their biggest one-day gain in five years yesterday, after the Federal Reserve said it would dump $200 billion... More
Opening Bell: The Roof Is On Fire
Bear Stearns tumbles; Freddie and Fannie teeter; Blackstone’s burden; Schadenfreude on the Street
By Ryan Chittum Mar 11, 2008 at 07:35 AM
While Wall Street was busy celebrating the sudden fall of its crusading nemesis, Eliot Spitzer, yesterday, shares of one of... More
Opening Bell: Negative Yield
Panicking banks; more room to fall; WaPo shines, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 10, 2008 at 07:45 AM
If it's Monday, it must be analysis time. Bloomberg says that the sudden proliferation of belly-up hedge funds shows the... More
Opening Bell: Notice of Default
Carlyle on the ropes; housing is just unbelievable; problems in ‘Bama; roaches in the economy, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 7, 2008 at 06:55 AM
Carlyle Capital, a publicly traded hedge fund-like company, failed to meet margin calls from its banks on some of its... More
Opening Bell: “Pretty Crazy”
Dwarf-toss news leavens otherwise depressing day; monolines, economy not good; oil is nutty
By Ryan Chittum Mar 6, 2008 at 07:42 AM
The price of oil hit a new high yesterday and President Bush lashed out at OPEC for deciding not to... More
Opening Bell: Bernanke v. Paulson?
A Fed-Treasury split; Wamu pay outrage; a growing bankrupt class; pitiful Fed testimony, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 5, 2008 at 06:53 AM
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came down firmly on the side of government action on Tuesday, urging banks to forgive... More
Opening Bell
Oil shocks again; Buffett glum on CNBC; spreading panic; our daily quote, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 4, 2008 at 07:47 AM
The price of oil briefly hit a new all-time high yesterday in a landmark event that finally pushed petroleum past... More
Opening Bell
LAT on Nafta; Portfolio’s Eisinger on muni insurance; Euro-planes for the USAF; price of sawdust, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mar 3, 2008 at 06:28 AM
The New York Times leads its front page with a report that cities and states are beginning to squawk at... More
Opening Bell
In CJR’s a.m. business-press roundup: More Street spooks; Jingle mail; WSJ’s dollar delay; Bush to recession: Drop dead; and more.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 29, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Lots of scary news yesterday, including the implosion of a major UK hedge fund from Peloton Partners. In a sign... More
Opening Bell
In CJR’s a.m. business-press roundup: Paulson pushes back, WSJ reports; a stunner from Bahrain; Bernanke: Damn the torpedoes, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 28, 2008 at 08:10 AM
The New York Times and the Financial Times lead with the dollar tumbling to record lows on Fed chief Bernanke’s... More
Opening Bell
In CJR’s a.m. guide to the business press: Grim tidings on housing; WP says a veto threatened on bailouts; 50 bank failures? etc. etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 27, 2008 at 08:15 AM
After something of a reprieve from bad news on Tuesday, the business pages all lead with negative economic reports. In... More
The Opening Bell
Pause in the panic; the Times on useless insurance; more bad news for a fallen titan, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 26, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Stocks rallied after the Standard & Poor’s ratings agency decided not to downgrade monoline bond insurers MBIA and Ambac Financial,... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
