–John Gutfreund tells TheStreet that authorities now take a “laissez-faire,” attitude toward criminal activity. “It’s not necessarily a rule of law and order as it once was. Now whatever you do you can get away with,” he says. –Ostrich syndrome sweeps the United States in 2010, with Americans ignoring their personal finances in record numbers. [...]
–Irish minister’s car hits a protester after bailout request is announced. –There will be blood: Krugman on the coming deficit reduction. –Vigilante justice on Indian reservations in the United States. –In case you were wondering, here’s why Twitter matters to the media. –Niall Ferguson on China’s Ascendancy. –Heads up, Mr. Beck, here’s the Palin-Soros connection. [...]
–Why Dell won’t go private. –Federal Reserve hacking suspect is indicted. –An investment model from the Aleph blog. –Simon Johnson says China stands to gain from the turbulence in Euroland. –Prime-time anger in Ireland: a Labour Party politician, Pat Rabbitte, voices a country’s frustration. –The Harvard Business Review on, among other things, how Michelle Obama’s [...]
–Here’s Barry Ritholtz’s version of the letter Warren E. Buffett should have written to the United States government. It’s not quite so complimentary. –The Story of Monetary Policy: A Graphic Novel from The New York Federal Reserve. –Covert ops with your Blackberry. –Palin’s World. –Massachusetts: Where you want to be in the new economy. –Glencore: [...]
–Will Roger Altman of Evercore succeed Larry Summers? –Quantitative Queasing: An explanation of recent Fed action, and its aftertaste. –More bad news from Michigan. A town near Detroit is about to go under. –Royal Merger to Create Memorabilia Synergies –Calpers to drop “name-and-shame” list of poorly performing stocks. –The Internet mob helps kill a magazine. [...]
–Who will foreclose on the foreclosers? In the case of David Stern’s notorious Florida law firm, it was Bank of America that came knocking. –What happens to the mortgage on your house — a simple chart for regulators. –British bonus outlook: What bankers can expect. –Spencer Bachus, likely to succeed Barney Frank as chairman of [...]
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