The Audit

Times Shares

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 11, 2010 at 10:15 AM

The idea of the day comes from Business Insider's Henry Blodget, who has some smart advice for Sulzbergers: Tap the... More

Audit Links: Jobless Stats, Reuters and SAC, LATe

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 8, 2010 at 06:59 PM

The unemployment numbers came in worse than expected this morning and the Washington Post's Frank Ahrens points out that they're... More

WSJ Eyeballs Upcoming Bank of America Bonuses

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 8, 2010 at 03:38 PM

The Wall Street Journal continues to spotlight the record—or near-record—pay coming on Wall Street. Remember Bank of America until recently... More

Reform, or “Reform”?

Mixed results as press tries to gauge meaning of Dodd’s retirement

By Greg Marx   Jan 8, 2010 at 11:49 AM

This story has been updated. See note at conclusion. The upcoming retirement of Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), and what it... More

The Fed and AIG, Day Two

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM

All too often the press seems to want to downplay stories broken by a competitor. So it's good to see... More

Thursday Links: More Fed/AIG, Reuters and SAC, Netflix

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 7, 2010 at 07:35 PM

The New York Times's DealBook prints the Federal Reserve/AIG emails spotlighted in Bloomberg's scoop this morning, though as the FT's... More

WSJ Revisits the Carried-Interest Tax

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 7, 2010 at 04:19 PM

What ever happened to the carried-interest tax? The Wall Street Journal looks at that today, reporting that hedge funds and... More

Bloomberg Continues to Lead on the Fed and AIG

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 7, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Bloomberg has the story of the day today, an eye-raising scoop that the New York Federal Reserve, then headed by... More

Wednesday Links: Double Dip, Fed Failure, Chicago School

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2010 at 07:47 PM

Randall W. Forsyth of Barron's is calling a double-dip recession, pointing to the declining money supply calculated by John Williams'... More

BW on How the Dems Watered Down Reform

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2010 at 05:14 PM

Bloomberg's acquisition of BusinessWeek may be paying off for its journalism. The cover story in BW is by two Bloomberg... More

WSJ on the Russian Oligarchy’s Survival

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2010 at 09:53 AM

The Wall Street Journal this morning profiles an aluminum tycoon on what he reveals about the Russian oligarchy's symbiotic relationship... More

Tuesday Links: The Great Ambiguity, ARMs Crisis, Bailing Out

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 5, 2010 at 07:46 PM

The New York Times handles the economic-stats news well today with a story that points out the bright spots in... More

The Real Dow

The press almost never reports stock prices in context. It should.

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 5, 2010 at 05:16 PM

You rarely see anyone, much less the press, report stock returns in inflation-adjusted terms. As we pointed out in October... More

NYT PINs Visa on Transaction Fees

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 5, 2010 at 10:05 AM

How screwed up does an industry have to be for competition to increase prices? That's the smart question at the... More

Monday Links: The Busted Decade, Hearst’s Skiff, Apple’s Tablet

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 4, 2010 at 08:32 PM

The Washington Post puts the economic disaster that was the 2000's into proper context with a story and some good... More