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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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Links: 2009-06-05

Edward Harrison Jun 5, 2009

Today vs. the 1980-82 Recession - Menzie Chin "While the job losses, foreclosures, stock declines and other casualties of the current recession have been very painful, substantially more bad economic news is needed to make this…

Business

Mossberg: Palm Pre to Rival iPhone

Edward Harrison Jun 5, 2009

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has a nice video explaining how much he likes the new Palm Pre smartphone and why he thinks it could rival the iPhone going forward. He thinks its a challenger to the Blackberry as well. It…

Markets

SEC Press Release on Mozilo’s fraud and insider trading

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2009

Here is the SEC press release regarding the fraud and insider trader alleged to have been perpetrated at Countrywide Financial, now a part of Bank of America (emphasis added):

Economy

Former Countrywide head Mozilo is charged by the SEC

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2009

It’s about time. The SEC has finally charged a high level executive in the banking industry in connection with activities that led to the largest bubble in U.S. history. The accused, as expected, is Angelo Mozilo, otherwise known as “The…

Economy

Initial and continuing jobless claims decline

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2009

The number of persons filing an initial claim for unemployment insurance in the week just ended May 30 declined to 621,000 from 625,000 the prior week. In addition, the number of persons still receiving unemployment insurance dropped to…

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Links: 2009-06-04

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2009

I am on the road, so posting will be a bit light today. Expect a post on jobless claims at a minimum. Rosenberg's VooDoo Lounge Tour Continues - Tyler Durden Very good CNBC appearance by Rosenberg. This is a 0-minute piece in 3 parts.…

Economy

Strong May auto sales are bullish for retail sales

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2009

As you can probably tell from previous posts, I like he Currency Strategy Team at Brown Brothers Harriman. I do not always agree with them – I am generally dollar bearish, whereas they are not – but I do like their analysis. Marc Chandler…

Political Economy

Bill Gross: “Staying Rich in the New Normal”

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2009

PIMCO’s founder Bill Gross is out with his latest monthly missive. It makes for interesting reading, especiallyregarding the captains of finance and their desire to stay rich using other people’s money. I remember as a child my…

Markets

Cramer: Now is the time to buy a house

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2009

Jim Cramer is not just calling a stock market bottom, but now he’s calling a housing bottom too. In fact, he says go buy a house. “Buy a house and buy Bank of America too?” Cramer says: “This is patently obvious.” Take a…

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Links: 2009-06-03

Edward Harrison Jun 3, 2009

FT.com - Australia GDP rises 0.4% in first quarter "Australia has defied international trends to record a 0.4 per cent rise in gross domestic product for the first quarter compared to the same period last year, with economic growth…

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