The Audit

Audit Notes: Frontrunning, Walk Away!, Housing (Still) Deteriorating

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 13, 2010 at 06:29 PM

The New York Times reports that Goldman Sachs admitted in an email to clients it has traded ahead of its... More

Indirect Subsidies Are Bailouts, Too

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 13, 2010 at 03:37 PM

Dan Gross at Slate pushes back against the false notion that the banks have paid back all their bailouts—a nasty... More

HuffPost Expands on the Obama Bank-Tax Plan

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 13, 2010 at 10:16 AM

That bank-tax reported yesterday looks like it will be broader and tougher than initially reported. The Huffington Post quotes a... More

Audit Notes: Goner Jobs, Angelides Questions, More AIG

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2010 at 07:23 PM

The WSJ warns that any recovery in employment is going to be slowed by the fact that many of the... More

BizWeek Lures Clicks with Bad Photoshop

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2010 at 03:35 PM

This Bloomberg BusinessWeek slideshow on the best places to raise your kids for its is unintentionally (I think) funny. How... More

The Angelides Opportunity

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2010 at 10:15 AM

The Angelides Commission starting tomorrow is a key moment in the financial crisis. If it turns out to be a... More

Audit Notes: Dealism, AIG SECrets, Fed Fights Bloomberg

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2010 at 01:13 AM

The business-press criticism quote of the day goes to The New York Times for this gem from Eduardo Mestre, an... More

WSJ on Citi’s TBTF Money Pipeline

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 11, 2010 at 07:29 PM

There are a few really interesting things in the the Journal's story today on Citigroup and some of the benefits... More

BW Focuses on the Temp Economy

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 11, 2010 at 03:51 PM

BusinessWeek's good cover story this week looks at the temping of the American workforce. Wait a second, you say. Haven't... More

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