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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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More Reports on the European Credit Crisis and Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2010

I will be out-of-pocket for most of the morning, so posting may be light. I may have a brief word about the jobs number or you can catch some of it on my twitter feed. In the meantime, here are the links Must-reads: European Credit…

Political Economy

Edward Harrison On the Edge With Max Keiser Again

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

Max and Stacy talk about Twitter hashtag manipulation, elections in Reykjavik and the BP oil spill for some good fun. Later in the episode I come on and ruin it with a little doom and gloom. Take a look. OK, the BP stuff isn't…

Business

The Perfect Game That Almost Was

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

On June 2, 2010, Joyce made a controversial call at first base, ruling baserunner Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians safe. Had the call gone the other way, pitcher Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers would have completed a perfect…

News

Links: 2010-06-03

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

Links Bargeldverbot in Schweden - MM News Higher wages in China: good news for the economy | beyondbrics | FT.com UK house prices are now less than 10pc below their record peak - Telegraph James Hamilton: What drives the…

Economy

Manufacturing Sector Demonstrates Global Recovery

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

We have seen a host of manufacturing sector data over the past few days. Most of it has been pretty good and the data demonstrate that the global recovery has continued. Nevertheless, reviewing the data from the US, Europe, China and…

Economy

Jobless claims stalling at a high plateau above 450,000

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

Let me wade back in to the jobs data this week. First, this morning we saw that ADP reported non-farm private employment had increased a seasonally-adjusted 55,000 in May. This comes after the upwardly revised 65,000 increase in April and…

Business

Mark Zuckerberg Makes The Case For Facebook at D8

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2010

Facebook has been under fire of late because of growing privacy concerns amongst its users. At the centre of the debate is the company's constantly changing privacy rules for existing Facebook users. On occasion, the company has moved…

Economy

Charlie Gasparino Takes Negative View on Warren Buffett’s Ratings Agency Testimony

Edward Harrison Jun 2, 2010

Charlie Gasparino rips Warren Buffett for his stance on the ratings agencies and their role in creating the financial crisis. Here's the money quote: He believes that a sleazy business and it makes a lot of money so he's gonna own…

Political Economy

Roubini: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance

Edward Harrison Jun 2, 2010

The following is an hour-long speech Nouriel Roubini recently gave based on his new book Crisis Economics–A Crash Course in the Future of Finance (Penguin Press, 2010). This is probably the most complete framing of the credit crisis by…

Business

More on Steve Jobs’ comments at the D8 All Things Digital Conference

Edward Harrison Jun 2, 2010

In the links this morning I highlighted the D8 All Things Digital technology conference hosted by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was there sounding off on all manner of topics from Google to Adobe to the iPad. The Wall…

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