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The Audit

(Almost) All-Ivy Audit Notes: The Corporation, Repo 105, Complexity Trap

Justin Fox of the Harvard Business Review has the most interesting read of the day, an interview with historian Brian... More

Reuters’ Imaginary WSJ/NYT Price War

Reuters gets a story on the upcoming Wall Street Journal/New York Times Battle for New York all wrong. And PaidContent... More

Google Is Not a Heroic Defender of Privacy

The New York Times reports that a coalition, including companies like Google, is trying to push tougher privacy laws for... More

Audit Notes: NYTPad, Perp Walks, Warren’s War

What will a newspaper look like on the iPad? Here's a blurry sneak peek of screenshots of The New York... More

Bloomberg on the CDO Shuffle That Helped Break AIG

Bloomberg dropped a major investigation today on the AIG collapse, shedding much-needed light on the conflicted role of CDO managers... More

Big Hole in an NYT Story on Oil Prices

The New York Times writes that oil prices have been remarkably stable over the last year, settling into what it... More

A Tribune Lecture on Indebtedness

The Chicago Tribune scolds the government for taking on too much debt. And the paper knows whereof it speaks. Boy... More

Demolishing the Banks’ Anti-Consumer Spin

The banking industry has helped water down consumer financial protection by arguing that consumer protection is a job best done... More

NYT’s Uncertain Trumpet on States’ Finances

The New York Times starts with a simple premise today: With many states facing debt problems like Greece did—big budget... More

Was the Citi Bailout Really a Good Deal?

Dean Baker pointed out a myopic Washington Post story on Saturday reporting that the Treasury will make a several-billion-dollar profit... More

Audit Notes: Unfair Size Advantage, Bumped Down, WSJ Win

Reuters Breakingviews finds another unfair advantage for the too-big-to-fail banks: They're paying less interest for deposits than their smaller competitors—a... More

Audit D.C. Notes: The FT Talks Turkey Lamb in Greece; Bloomberg Flexes Its Bond Stuff; NYT on Overqualified and Employed

There’s nothing better on a big, complicated story like the Greek debt crisis than heading out for a walk and... More

Coverage of Tea Parties Evolves With the Movement

The tea party movement is just over a year old, and it’s good to see the press’s coverage mature along... More

Getting Foxy with Sulzberger at the WSJ

Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff reeled in a stunner this weekend from The Wall Street Journal: Well, on the front page... More

The WSJ’s Confusing Subscription Prices

I wrote yesterday that The Wall Street Journal's iPad pricing doesn't make sense. The paper will charge $17.99 a month... More

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