Harvey Pitt, Regulatory Expert
Here is a laugher: Dealbook is reporting that former S.E.C. Chairman Harvey Pitt is now criticizing Dodd-Frank. The giant SEC FAIL of the...
R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ Turns 25 Today
XFM reminds us that one of my favorite bands, R.E.M., is having its 25th anniversary of their breakout album, Lifes Rich Pageant. It is...
10 Afternoon Reads
More of today’s favorite reads: • Fed Officials Divided on Further Stimulus (Bloomberg) • They Are Day Traders. Hear them Roar....
The Dry Season
A drought in the Oklahoma Panhandle is poised to do what the Dust Bowl couldn’t — drive towns in this parched region out of...
Flickr + Twitter = Geotagg Goodness
Eric Fischer shows where people post geotagged photos to Flickr from and geotagged tweets to Twitter from. Here’s a zoomed in view...
Timeline: America’s Job Losses and Gains
Very cool animated graphic in this Justin Lahart/James Hagerty column: Where Have America’s Jobs Gone?. > click for timeline...
The European Job
The European Job Jawad Mian 12 July 2011 > The following was written by Jawad Mian, Portfolio Manager based in Doha, Qatar ~~~ In...
QOTD: Financial Crisis Recoveries
How prescient was this, circa January 2008: “Broadly speaking, financial crises are protracted affairs. More often than not, the...
David Walker: GOP Being “Very Unreasonable”
~~~ Source: GOP Being “Very Unreasonable”: Could Lose House Over Debt Ceiling Debate, Walker Says Peter Gorenstein Daily Ticker, July...
Tuesday Morning Reads
The news gets more fascinating everyday: Here’s what will start off your morning going: • Profits Climb to 51-Year Mean as...