The Audit

Happy Presidents Day

By Dean Starkman   Feb 16, 2009 at 07:41 AM

Ryan Chittum is off touring the Lincoln and Washington monuments in search of answers to the great economic questions of... More

Eisinger on Wilke

A Portfolio editor defends a former WSJ colleague

By Dean Starkman   Feb 13, 2009 at 03:39 PM

Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos created a stir in journalism circles last week when he testified that he approached one of... More

Japanese Lessons and Currency Concerns

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 03:25 PM

The NYT is good to look at the similarities between Japan's crippling decade-long economic crisis and the one we're now... More

ProPublica on Stimulus Spending

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 02:57 PM

Check out this chart from the non-profit investigative journalism group ProPublica. It helpfully lists, line by line, all the spending... More

Hedgies About to Get Trimmed?

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 10:21 AM

The Journal and Bloomberg have very interesting stories on the legal battle between Fairfax Financial Holdings and the short-sellers it... More

NYT Chickens Out on Insolvent Banks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 13, 2009 at 08:45 AM

The Times runs a front-page piece this morning looking at the argument that much of the nation's banking system, especially... More

Merrill in the Public Stocks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 03:40 PM

I like the prominent display The New York Times and the Financial Times give the news that Merrill Lynch made... More

The Corruption Thing

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM

Portfolio's new issue contains an interesting piece by Gary Weiss comparing the problems on Wall Street with the extensive corruption... More

Post Shines on Unemployment Disputes

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM

The Washington Post has a great story today looking at how employers are fighting ex-employees' unemployment claims in record numbers.... More

Must-Read of the Day

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 05:11 PM

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times is on fire over the Geithner/Obama bailout plan. I thought Wolf's lede was over-the-top... More

Attention Is Paid

Fortune’s fine unemployment cover

By Dean Starkman   Feb 11, 2009 at 01:25 PM

Sometimes it’s better just to keep it simple, and in that spirit I give Fortune credit for profiling several unemployed... More

Auletta on the Newspaper Death Watch

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM

Ken Auletta makes some sharp comments on the perilous state of the news industry in a Q&A with The Boston... More

WaPo’s Pearlstein Sticks It to Wall Street

But good

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 11, 2009 at 08:43 AM

Steven Pearlstein has an excellent column today ripping Wall Street for still not getting it. He leads with six columns... More

Odds & Ends

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 06:21 PM

This one-source story in the NYT today bothers me. It's got some analysis, but not much. Couldn't find one independent... More

CNBC’s Bear Trap

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 AM

CNBC paired noted bears Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Nicholas Taleb yesterday in what could have been a very good arrangement.... More