The Audit

The Journal Is Mixed on Deutsche Bank Conflicts

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 3, 2010 at 02:37 PM

The Wall Street Journal has a long page-one look at Deutsche Bank and how it played both sides of the... More

The Peterson Dilemma

A funded fellow wrestles with a funder’s influence

By Holly Yeager   Aug 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM

A story in The Fiscal Times recently caught my eye. But even before I could decide whether to write about... More

Audit Notes: Brits on America, Credit Cards and Subprime, Interchange

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 2, 2010 at 08:14 PM

Edward Luce of the Financial Times on Saturday had one of the better stories I've read lately on the plight... More

WSJ Turns Over the Privacy Rock Online

An excellent investigation shows the alarming amount of info Web sites collect about you

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 2, 2010 at 03:13 PM

The Wall Street Journal kicked off a series on online privacy this weekend with outstanding coverage of how the ad... More

Audit Notes: Illiquid Lehman, Drumbeat.org, Markets Rule

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 30, 2010 at 07:58 PM

The blogger Economics of Contempt writes that Lehman misrepresented its liquidity in the days before it failed: It's disappointing that... More

The SEC Slaps Citi for Concealing $43 Billion in Toxic Assets

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 30, 2010 at 07:34 PM

So Citigroup misleads investors in 2007 about tens of billions of dollars of subprime assets it would eventually take huge... More

WSJ Buries Wylys Story, Ignores GOP Angle

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 30, 2010 at 03:54 PM

The SEC is charging the billionaire Wyly brothers with a massive fraud involving $550 million in ill-gotten gains from a... More

It’s All About Us

WaPo’s Story Lab experiment fizzles

By Holly Yeager   Jul 30, 2010 at 12:52 PM

It seemed like a questionable allocation of resources when The Washington Post dispatched seven reporters to local coffeehouses one day... More

Audit Notes: Obama, Labor Buster; BP Board’s Blame; Google Pollution

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 29, 2010 at 08:24 PM

The Washington Post had a good story last week looking at the striking disparities between autoworkers who were on the... More

BP Defines Deviancy Down

The national press is slow off the mark on the huge oil spill in Michigan

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 29, 2010 at 07:24 PM

The national press stuffs a big story today on a massive new oil spill in the Kalamazoo River. Size, of... More

WSJ Looks at the Overdraft Bottom Feeders

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 29, 2010 at 09:59 AM

The Wall Street Journal is terrific this morning to throw the spotlight on the seedy cottage industry that feeds off... More

Audit Notes: Moody’s Market, Revolving Door, Tables Turned on Zuck

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 28, 2010 at 07:13 PM

Kevin Hall of McClatchy has a great scoop on Moody's CEO's suspiciously timed stock sales. In one case, CEO Ray... More

Yglesias and McArdle Miss on Interchange Fees

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 28, 2010 at 05:46 PM

Matt Yglesias is defending the interchange industry, which transfers money from the poor to the rich—all through hidden fees. Once... More

Apple’s Controlling Instincts Hit Time and SI

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 28, 2010 at 01:57 PM

The Wall Street Journal's approach to charging the iPad has been the smartest of any of the media. The Journal... More

NYT Goes to the Numbers

Economists’ analysis brings welcome data to stimulus debate

By Holly Yeager   Jul 28, 2010 at 12:42 PM

The New York Times has a good early look at something that’s much in demand—an analysis of where the economy... More