Part V of the Going Private miniseries "The Spiral." The Board of Directors is increasingly perturbed with the Chairman and CEO, but their loyalties are difficult to shed. Self-interest also prevents any meaningful change. Meanwhile, the Chairman and CEO presents ...
Hereâs a paradox. One the one hand, thereâs good laboratory evidence that money can change peopleâs behaviour for the worse, making them less likely to co-operate (pdf) with others and more likely to cheat. But on the other hand, thereâs...
This Python didn’t process dinner very well Richard Fisher, of the Dallas Fed, on inflation: One could reasonably deduce from recent price reversals in oil and food prices that they overshot on the upside and that their price run-up was ...
Fannie and Freddie are down again; the shares are so cheap at this point that even a relatively modest fluctuation of less than 80 cents in the Freddie share price will hit the headlines as a 20% move. The fact ...
“It’s not a solvency problem; it’s a liquidity problem.” So many people say regarding some financial firms that are on the ropes. I’ve never liked that way of expressing the problem. Let me explain why. When does a firm typically ...
CNBC's Charlie Gasparino broke news yesterday of the latest capital raising attempt for Lehman brothers: a warrant offering a 25 per cent stake in Lehman and a 70 per cent stake in its investment management business, Neuberger Berman. The twist ...
Sur RTL, pour l'émission "les auditeurs ont la parole", aujourd'hui (07-08) à 13h10. Au menu : l'emploi et la durée du travail après la parution de l'enquête INSEE. EDIT (15h) : quelques liens complémentaires.
How should we interpret the market’s reaction to a nationalization story about the GSEs? (Dash of Insight, Big Picture, MarketBeat) What will happen, if anything, to the senior debt holders in the GSEs? (Aleph Blog, Accrued Interest) The ...
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