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Links: 2010-04-21 GM repays bailout, FDIC sells assets

By Edward Harrison on 21 April 2010

Finance and Economy

GM repays $8.1-billion in loans to Canada, U.S. – The Globe and Mail

FDIC Closes on Two Note Offerings Backed by Loans and Real Estate from Corus Bank and Franklin Bank, S.S.B

Shocking Fraud from Financial Scum : Good Math, Bad Math – Science Blogs

More than Half of U.S. Households Affected by Joblessness « The Washington Independent

Economic Scene – As Markets Fizzle, Buying May Cost Less Than Renting – NYTimes.com

Hedge Funder Chanos Sees ‘Perp Walks’ in Lehman Collapse – FOXBusiness.com

Counterintuitive Pitch for Higher-Fee Debit Category – American Banker Article

Mortgage Deal Got Rapid Approval by Goldman Panel – WSJ.com

School Districts Warn of Even Deeper Teacher Cuts – NYTimes.com

Goldman Sachs trader barred from the City over SEC charges – Telegraph

SEC ‘could bring’ charges over Lehman – Telegraph

FT.com – Martin Wolf – The challenge of halting the financial doomsday machine

CBC News – British Columbia – New mortgage rules take effect

SEC/CDO Litigation: Why Aren’t the Collateral Managers Being Sued Too? « naked capitalism

In the wake of SEC/Goldman, the must-read Appendix | Rolfe Winkler

Economics of Contempt: Republican Opposition to the Orderly Liquidation Fund

Greek 3-Month Bill Yield to Double on Default Concern – Bloomberg.com

Technology

FP Tech Desk: Apple wants Gizmodo to return missing iPhone – FP Posted

Google faces condemnation from privacy watchdogs

Next-Gen Phone Faceoff: iPhone 4G vs. Droid Incredible – Mashable

This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – Gizmodo

Other News

Meet Your Worst Company In America 2010 Final Four! – The Consumerist

Dorothy I. Height, founding matriarch of civil rights movement, dies at 98 – Washington Post

Confessions of a grade inflator | The Economist

African-American babies and boys least likely to be adopted, study shows – Science Daily

The real reason Swedes live longer – The Independent

Foreign Language News

Betrugsvorwurf: Koalition zeigt Goldman die gelbe Karte | FTD.de

Kolumne: Münchau – Das Ende von Goldman Sachs | FTD.de

Neue US-Immobilienkrise: Ökonomen bangen um deutsche Banken – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Grecia vive nuevas huelgas contra las medidas para reducir el gasto público – Cincodias.com

Handelsbanken ser mørkt på norsk økonomi | E24

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