Dec 4 2010

Morning Take-Out

–What it means when Japanese banks say they are expanding in Europe. –The rise of the gentleman hacker. –How to default: A primer. –Naming Google’s social project. –Interfluidity: Hangover theory and morality plays. –Why high-frequency trading doesn’t really provide liquidity. –Bernanke to appear on “60 minutes” on Sunday. –The E.U.-I.M.F. memo of understanding with Ireland. [...]


Dec 1 2010

Morning Take-Out

–David McWilliams, the man who predicted Ireland’s crash, looks to the future — and doesn’t exactly reassure. –Six standard start-up ideas. (Warning, this list may be dispiriting.) –Slate offers nine economic issues to chew over in the run-up to Christmas. Good dinner party material. –Interviewed for a job and then never heard back? No rejection, [...]


Nov 30 2010

Morning Take-Out

–Nomura is building its proprietary trading desk, not selling it. –Inside Boing Boing, the blog that refuses to grow up. –Map of the day: twenty-five years of state insolvencies. (Hat tip to @Alea_) –A new publication called Harvard Business Law Review makes its debut on Tuesday with short commentaries on a variety of corporate law [...]


Nov 27 2010

Morning Take-Out

–China’s strange attraction for private equity. –What happened to Greg Coffey, once of GLG? –Twitter — probably not a good place for the TSA to respond to complaints. @Geecaret2 to @TSAblogteam I Miss The Fourth Amendment. @TSAblogteam to @Geecaret2 no pie for you. (jk) –Horses purchased as status symbols in boom-time Ireland can no longer [...]


Nov 24 2010

Morning Take-Out

–Felix Salmon on the Treasury’s plan to fix the mortgage mess. –Hendrik Hertzberg responds to Glenn Beck’s Soros obsession. –Top three things to do if your hedge fund is raided by the feds. –Pension funds in Ohio and New Jersey are monitoring hedge funds under scrutiny. –Henry Blodget, on The Huffington Post, points out the [...]


Nov 24 2010

Morning Take-Out

–Felix Salmon on the Treasury’s plan to fix the mortgage mess. –Hendrik Hertzberg responds to Glenn Beck’s Soros obsession. –Top three things to do if your hedge fund is raided by the feds. –Pension funds in Ohio and New Jersey are monitoring hedge funds under scrutiny. –Henry Blodget, on The Huffington Post, points out the [...]