10 Mid-Week Reads

September 7, 2011 4:30pm by

Here’s my afternoon train reading:

• European Stocks Rebound From Two-Year Low (Bloomberg) see also US Stocks Break Losing Streak (WSJ)
• Things are bad, but analysts can’t say ‘sell’ (Market Watch)
• Its a bad day for incompetent female corporate management:
…..-Struggling Bank of America Fires Krawcheck (Deal Book)
…..-Yahoo Board Fires CEO Carol Bartz (NYT)
• Many in U.S. slip from middle class, study finds (Washington Post)
• Break up the banks, even Goldman (Financial News)
• Thomas Friedman: Why “The Whole Truth and Nothing But” Matters (NYT)
• Banks Took $6B in Reinsurance Kickbacks, Investigators Say (American Banker)
• America after 9/11: A nation fixated with its security (FT.com) see also CIA shifts focus to killing targets (Washington Post)
• Karl Rove: Rick Perry’s Extreme Views On Social Security Are ‘Toxic’ (Think Progress)
• Steve’s Seven Insights for 21st Century Capitalists (Harvard Business Review) see also Creation Myth (New Yorker)

What are you reading?

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