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1. The Audit

   The Press Underplays the Bad-Banks News

   November 25, 2009 03:35 PM

   The major business press underplays news from the FDIC that its troubled-banks list soared to more than 550 in the third quarter. The FDIC now considers seven percent of all banks in the U.S. "troubled." And that number's growing... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   The Big Money: Shoppers Beware

   November 25, 2009 01:36 PM

   Heidi N. Moore makes some fine points in a piece over at The Big Money that riffs off Best Buy getting over on her mother. It's a good, well-timed consumer report. For one, beware the "upsell." Two, a corollary,... Continue reading

3. The Audit

   WSJ Goes Easy on Private Equity in Oz

   November 25, 2009 10:25 AM

   Why does The Wall Street Journal think tax enforcement is "hostility"? That's what a news report on the front of its Money & Investing section calls Australian tax officials' move against American private-equity firm TPG. Well, TPG is partially... Continue reading

4. The Audit

   Tuesday Links: Sorkin, De-Indexing, the Google Problem

   November 24, 2009 08:57 PM

   Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism shreds Andrew Ross Sorkin's column on Congress finally stiffening its spine today. The headline betrays the status quo argument that follows: "Beware the Result of Outrage." One amendment aims to increase transparency of... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   FT’s Wolf: Windfall Tax Wall Street

   November 24, 2009 04:37 PM

   It's been somewhat baffling how little taxation has been discussed in the press as a possible answer to the problems of the bailout, among them moral hazard and the spectacle of the bankers who caused the mess back at the... Continue reading

6. The Audit

   Murdoch, Microsoft, and Google

   November 24, 2009 05:01 AM

   So Rupert Murdoch is indeed trying to squeeze the search engines for some cash, something we figured a couple of weeks ago. This is all well and good—the press can use any extra revenue it can get these... Continue reading

7. The Audit

   BusinessWeek on Wall Street’s Nerve

   November 23, 2009 04:29 PM

   BusinessWeek's cover story this week on how Wall Street's shenanigans are threatening already-reeling local governments is a must-read. The lede anecdote shows the banks putting the screws to Detroit of all places, which is so bad off with a... Continue reading

8. The Audit

   NYT’s Carr Finds Something New to Say about Oprah

   November 23, 2009 09:46 AM

   The New York Times's David Carr has a very smart column this morning analyzing Oprah Winfrey's massive, sustained business success. Which, let's face it, is a topic that has drained a few ink barrels over the last couple of... Continue reading

9. The Audit

   Friday Links: Smart Money, Rodney King, Dilution

   November 20, 2009 05:46 PM

   Remember that $500 million program for small businesses Goldman Sachs announced along with its apology earlier this week? It was splashed on C1 of The Wall Street Journal and A1 of The New York Times, which wrote that... Continue reading

10. The Audit

    Bloomberg Finds the Fed on Bubble Watch

    November 20, 2009 05:31 PM

    Bloomberg gets a nice scoop that the Federal Reserve is apparently worried about the new bubble it's inflating. Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of... Continue reading

11. The Audit

    WSJ Editorial Scrutinizes Geithner on AIG Counterparties

    November 20, 2009 10:12 AM

    I wrote twice on Tuesday about the bizarre Tim Geithner quote that "the financial condition of the counterparties was not a relevant factor" in his decision to bail out AIG. I called it a "stunner" and said it... Continue reading

12. The Audit

    Thursday Links: Custard Ken, (More) Media Layoffs, Chainsaw Guy

    November 19, 2009 07:44 PM

    The Wall Street Journal has a very good page-one leder on Ken Griffin's giant hedge fund firm Citadel, which is not as giant as it was, cratering 55 percent last year (it's made up a decent amount of it... Continue reading

13. The Audit

    Prospect’s Take on Too Big to Fail

    November 19, 2009 02:18 PM

    The British magazine Prospect has one of the better explainers on too big to fail I've yet seen. It's a very good overview of the problem—a one-stop shop if you still haven't figured out why we're always calling on... Continue reading

14. The Audit

    A Good Bloomberg Profile of Elizabeth Warren

    November 19, 2009 10:23 AM

    Bloomberg this morning posts a really good profile of Elizabeth Warren, who, despite much of the press's dismissal of her earlier this year, has become one of the most influential people in Washington. Her Consumer Financial Protection Agency is... Continue reading

15. The Audit

    Wednesday Links: Philly’s Mod Policy, Fraud Force, WoW

    November 18, 2009 08:03 PM

    The New York Times looks at Philadelphia's way of dealing with the foreclosure crisis: Forcing homeowners and lenders face to face to try to hash out a modification before the bank can foreclose. This is good reporting that remind... Continue reading

16. The Audit

    Tyrangiel Takes Over at BusinessWeek

    November 18, 2009 02:27 PM

    Bloomberg surprised just about everybody by picking Josh Tyrangiel of Time to helm the newly acquired (and newly gutted—it's sacking a quarter of the staff) BusinessWeek. All of the stories made sure to note prominently in a sort of... Continue reading

17. The Audit

    WSJ Zeroes in on Goldman Collateral

    November 18, 2009 10:19 AM

    The Wall Street Journal fleshes out the Goldman Sachs backdoor bailout part of the Special Inspector General of the TARP's AIG report issued yesterday. Basically, the SIGTARP says Goldman was bailed out by the AIG bailout, something the firm... Continue reading

18. The Audit

    Tuesday Links: Lowballing OSHA, Lowenstein, SIGTARP

    November 17, 2009 06:48 PM

    The New York Times reports that employers systematically under-report workplace injuries, citing a new GAO report. It says OSHA will adopt the GAO's recommendations, including "requiring inspectors to interview employees during all audits to check the accuracy of employer-provided... Continue reading

19. The Audit

    The Debt Privilege

    November 17, 2009 05:22 PM

    We all know too much debt is at the root of the economic crisis. And we've seen lots of step-back pieces on the conditions that created the environment for that debt creation—monetary policy, of course, but also the advent of... Continue reading

20. The Audit

    Misplaying the SIGTARP Report

    November 17, 2009 01:32 PM

    Did the Federal Reserve have any leverage in its negotiations with AIG counterparties, the ones it paid one hundred cents on the dollar to for stuff worth far less? And if it did have some, how much? That's the nut... Continue reading

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