Pre-market: Fannie and Freddie, down 28 and 33% respectively [9.40 and 5.40 at 7:30 EST]
Fannie, Freddie plunge on rescue report
In Large, Red, Friendly Letters it Reads, “Don’t Panic!” (GSE Edition)
Bankers Use Secret Clinics, Nurses to Beat Breakdowns
‘CEOs provide an attractive alternative to other structured products’
Google Gets Answers as Staff Bets on GMail, ‘Star Wars’ Success
I just read the text. It’s a solid attack on Republican economic management, hitting many of the same themes as the Clintons did this week (and reminiscent of Clinton’s 1992 speech — which is high praise.) And is it possible ...
Rassurez-vous : c'est uniquement parce que la Banque Mondiale a modifié son calcul du seuil de pauvreté mondial, qui passe de 1 dollar par jour et par personne, aux prix de 1993, à 1,25 dollar par jour et par personne, aux ...
Fannie and Freddie employees have taken a hit in the value of their ESOP accounts. (NYTimes.com) Without some plausible reason it is difficult to believe September is a particularly bad month for the stock market. (Marketwatch.com) Gold seasonality ...
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 ...
In what might become a regular feature, here are some unrelated questions arising this week. Feel free to help me out:1. The government wants children to learn about the slave trade. But in 18th century England, how much different were...
On FT Alphaville this week, - Charts du Jaws. - Temasek is famished. - From granite to mound. - Hello, Wells Fargo? - Save our beer kegs, drain covers and road signs. - Save our economy. - The great unwind. ...
Accounting is esoteric. :( I say this as one who has never taken an accounting course in his life, but has written papers on accounting standards, and has had to implement them in the life insurance industry, which is possibly ...
Here's today's intraday chart of Sarah Palin's contract at InTrade: this is meant to show the crowd's wisdom on the question of whether she will be John McCain's vice-presidential nominee. (The times are Irish, so they're 5 hours ahead of ...
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