Links: 2010-04-23 Strategic Defaults and Home Loan Bank problems

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  • Strategic Defaults on PBS | The Mess That Greenspan Made
  • Seattle Federal Home Loan Bank to Detail Capital Plan « HousingWire
  • FT.com – Goldman roles in Lloyds deal in spotlight
  • FT.com – Senate inquiry faults ratings agencies
  • BBC News – Greece ‘to activate EU/IMF loans’
  • FT.com – Britain’s economy grows 0.2% in first quarter
  • Schumer, a Friend to Wall St., Is Suddenly Quiet – NYTimes.com
  • Government’s Goldman-Buffett Deal Probe – WSJ.com
  • Underlying Goldman Deal, a Different Set of Risk-Takers – WSJ.com
  • Hedge-fund king wins bet as Americans can’t pay mortgages – MSN Money
  • Canada will keep an eye on Facebook Platform expansion for privacy | Tech Policy & Law News – Betanews
  • FT.com – Microsoft profits lifted by Windows 7
  • New speed cameras trap motorists from space – Telegraph
  • CenturyTel to buy Qwest for $10.6-billion – The Globe and Mail
  • Exclusive: WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients| Reuters
  • Regional banks beat, warn on loan demand| Reuters
  • Wall Street Wizardry Amplified Credit Crisis – WSJ.com
  • Bring Criminal Charges Against Chief Executives of Leading Originators And Securitizers of Stated-Income Mortgages – NewObservations.net
  • Foreign-language

  • Strauss-Kahn candidat : et si c’était trop tard ? – VIE POLITIQUE
  • Warum Credit Suisse nicht Goldman Sachs sein kann (Wirtschaft, Aktuell, NZZ Online)
  • Bosch doet geen zaken meer met Goldman Sachs – Het Financieele Dagblad
  • Roubini: España necesita reformas estructurales para evitar "el abismo" de Grecia – Cincodias
  • Portugal com défice de 9,4% e dívida pública de 76,8% – DN
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