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April 2009

Links: 2009-04-19

Nearing 100- Katrina Vanden Hevel, The Nation This is a fairly even-handed look back at Barack Obama's first months as President and his prospects going forward Financial Innovation for Beginners - James Kwak How the CDS…

Links: 2009-04-18

Lifehacker - Gmail Adds Suggested Recipients - Gmail The significance of Obama's decision to release the torture memos - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Libor Caps Longest Drop Since November on Bank Gains - Bloomberg.com…

FDIC moves in at Great Basin Bank

From the FDIC website. More information available here: Great Basin Bank of Nevada, Elko, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.…

Links: 2009-04-17

Bring In The Antitrust Division (On Banking) « The Baseline Scenario Obama won't charge CIA interrogators - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com Unconscious thought precedes conscious | Incognito | The Economist Bringing up baby…

Feed problem fixed

I have gotten two kind notes that the feed is screwy again, posting links multiple times. Who do I blame? Feedburner of course. I have solved the problem but I would love a nice way to get away from Feedburner. They are really a…

UBS is too big for Switzerland

I am sure you have seen the catastrophic financial results of Swiss bank UBS released this week. I have been saying for quite some time that UBS is too big to fail, but also too big to bail for tiny Switzerland. In my view, the recent…

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