2010

Christopher Mier, municipal strategist and managing director at Loop Capital Markets LLC, talked to Bloomberg's Betty Liu this past Friday about Meredith Whitney's report stating that the U.S. federal government may have to bail out some…

by Claus Vistesen With course work coming up and with my internet connection just coming on-stream this weekend I hope that I can be forgiven for not posting in the past week. And now that I am I can only find the energy to move in with…

FT.com - Edward Chancellor - Why some housing bubbles remain Regierungsbildung: Die Niederländer wollen kein Multikulti mehr - WELT ONLINE Fallon/Timberlake: Hip Hop History Lesson | The Big Picture Rushing for the double-digit…

Of course they are. Watch this clip of Eric Schmidt to hear what he says in this regard. Is his experience in the telecom and technology space any different than what happens in the financial services space? The other quote that I found…

by Edward Hugh According to an intriguing article I read in Bloomberg recently an alert signal has been sounded due to the fact that house prices in the Scandinavian countries have been rising very rapidly of late. Judging by what they…

No, this is not an economics term but it's a pretty scary knife trick.

One of the worrying things about the handling of the current European crisis is how many of those responsible for taking the decisions seem to view the Eurozone in a way which is every bit as rigid, timeless and dogmatic as the thinking of…

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The usual fare Eugene Robinson - Afghanistan: A war without end, or rationale Lenihan 'nationalises' majority of country's banking system - Irish, Business - Independent.ie Ford CEO sees zero net debt by 2011: report| Reuters…

This week's posts pointed to commentary from some of the top analysts: Meredith Whitney, Hugh Hendry, Andy Xie, David Tepper, and David Rosenberg. Of note was the situation in Ireland and the cabinet shuffle in the Obama White House. A lot…