In the surest sign yet that the economy is improving, Bloomberg reports on a company hoping to speed your commute into Manhattan. Are you the type of person who A) lives in New Jersey, B) is sick to effing death of wasting a couple of hours a day in the backseat of your Maybach, and [...]
Entries from March 26th, 2010
The Latest To Get Ripped Off By The Banksters? The States
March 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · lehman brothers
Did you think prix fixe was just for restaurants? Think again, because the Justice Department has now dragged some very large names into a conspiracy to fix rates paid to state + local govermnents: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and UBS AG were among more than a dozen Wall Street firms involved [...]
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Wednesday Night Links
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · links
- Fed Vice Chair Kohn assigns himself some homework. I kind of think these Fed guys should get a personal trainer, too, start running intervals, to make sure they’re in good cardiovascular shape for the next financial crisis, or at the very least, do some curls in case they have to manually crank the printing [...]
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The Angry Mob Heading To Wall Street Is Revived?
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · breaking news
I guess all it takes is a little bit of successful health care reform to put the spring back in the step of the fat-cat lynch mob: Most people interviewed in the Bloomberg National Poll say they don’t like Wall Street, banks or insurance companies and favor letting the government punish bankers who helped cause [...]
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Tuesday Morning Linkage
March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · links
- Bond market: Buffett rules, Obama droolz – Timmay’s gonna speak this morning about Fannie and Freddie. JDA wishes we could hire Chris Hansen to keep him away from microphones, and 3 year olds – Does the name Carl Icahn still make anyone shake in their Italian worsted wool trousers? – Politicians in Florida are [...]
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