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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Daily: Does Microsoft have its mojo back?

Edward Harrison Jun 21, 2012

In the tech world the big news is Microsoft's unveiling of the Surface Tablet and Windows Phone 8 on back to back days. There is a lot of positive buzz around these two initiatives. The question, of course, is whether it will vault…

Economy

The ECB’s Bagehot Rule Policy

Edward Harrison Jun 21, 2012

This week I am doing the weekly newsletter in two parts, both outside the paywall. This is part two. Previously, this column argued that it was folly for the euro zone to take the bailout and austerity approach because it risked breaking…

Political Economy

Why Germany cannot save the euro

Edward Harrison Jun 21, 2012

This week I am doing the weekly newsletter in two parts, both outside the paywall. This is part one. As Charles Wyplosz has recently written, the euro zone's rescue strategy adopted in May 2010 has failed. Like his column, this column…

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QE wouldn’t have made any difference because lower rates won’t fix the economy

Edward Harrison Jun 20, 2012

The big news in the US today was the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee's decision to extend its simultaneous purchase of longer-dated Treasuries and sale of shorter-dated ones. This effort, dubbed Operation Twist, was set to expire at…

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Daily: Android’s standard bearer is the new Samsung’s Galaxy S3

Edward Harrison Jun 20, 2012

Tomorrow, the Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale. There has been a lot of hubbub about the phone and all of the reviews have been positive. Likely, this will be a monster sales driver for Samsung.

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Europe allegedly presents Barack Obama secret plan to solve euro crisis at G-20: sources

Edward Harrison Jun 19, 2012

According to US administration sources, Barack Obama has received guarantees from European leaders who met Tuesday at the G-20 that soon, likely at next European Council meeting, Europe will announce a comprehensive plan that is designed to…

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Italy casts doubt on the timely start of the ESM and its ability to bail out Spain

Edward Harrison Jun 19, 2012

The latest, with Spanish ten-year debt over 7% and 12-month loans just secured for over 5%, is that the ESM will buy Spanish bonds directly. According to the Guardian, Germany is prepared to use the ESM bailout fund to buy Spanish (and…

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Daily: Spotify steps up the challenge to Pandora

Edward Harrison Jun 19, 2012

The latest Spotify move is significant in terms of its mounting challenge to Pandora in the US. This is going to be a real problem for Pandora and I anticipate that it will not be able to justify its market cap any time soon.

Political Economy

More on the Debt Crisis in Europe and the US

Edward Harrison Jun 19, 2012

I was on the Alyona Show panel these past two Mondays talking to Alyona and Reason's Anthony Randazzo about the debt crises in the US and Europe. As much as we tried to find something we could disagree on, we ended up agreeing a lot in both…

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The euro crisis will move ever closer to the core

Edward Harrison Jun 19, 2012

My view is that the euro zone sovereign debt crisis will end in a combination of monetisation, breakup or default. Let's review why.

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