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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.

Business

Toyota to cut global capacity by up to 10%

Edward Harrison Aug 26, 2009

Toyota, now the world's largest automaker, has said it would halt production at a plant in Aichi prefecture in Japan, reducing total output by a massive 220,000 cars. This should be seen as a recognition of the over-capacity tat…

News

News from around the web: 2009-08-26

Edward Harrison Aug 26, 2009

Atlantic Wire: Pundit Survey: The Landscape of Bernanke Opinion Which Bernanke are we getting for the next four years--the financial hero, or the oblivious professor who will allow another crisis to bloom? And why were we told so far in…

Political Economy

Stephen Roach: The case against Bernanke

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2009

While most economists have come out in favor of Barack Obama’s decision to re-appoint Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Stephen Roach has penned an Op-Ed in today’s Financial Times which highlights the case against…

Economy

Cash for Clunkers will put GDP over the top in Q3

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2009

You may have heard the reports that US auto dealers were swamped on Monday night as the car scrappage scheme dubbed “Cash for Clunkers” expired. American taxpayers were eligible for a tax rebate of up to $4500 for trading in an older gas…

Political Economy

Bloomberg News vs. Fed: Judgment against Fed attached

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2009

Below is a copy of the actual judgment in the Bloomberg News vs. Fed FOIA case. The case is: Bloomberg LP v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan), No.…

Economy

Case-Shiller: House prices up for second month

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2009

The data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for June 2009 were released at 9AM ET, showing that house prices in the US increased for the second consecutive month. Last month marked the first month since July 2006 that…

News

News from around the web: 2009-08-25

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2009

My Healthcare Links page is now up. The list is a work in progress. My idea is to have a central place where one can get up to speed with various relevant issues related to the healthcare reform debate. While I am generally…

Political Economy

Obama to re-appoint Bernanke

Edward Harrison Aug 24, 2009

This from the Wall Street Journal’s David Wessel: President Barack Obama will announce Tuesday that he is nominating Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel…

Political Economy

Bloomberg wins Freedom of Information lawsuit against Fed

Edward Harrison Aug 24, 2009

This just in from Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve must make public reports about recipients of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers under programs created to address the financial crisis, a federal judge ruled. The case is: Bloomberg LP…

Political Economy

GM considers keeping Opel, raising capital

Edward Harrison Aug 24, 2009

Now that it has emerged from bankruptcy and received free money from the Federal Government, General Motors is seriously thinking about keeping Opel by raising capital. The German government has been urging GM to make a decision about…

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