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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.

Economy

Meredith Whitney: Regardless of stress tests, banks will still need more capital

Edward Harrison Apr 21, 2009

The Bloomberg video below makes it seem that Whitney believes the stress tests are a sham. She says the tests are a theoretical exercise whereby banks ask: "what will our earnings power be in two years after we sell off these 'toxic'…

News

Links: 2009-04-20

Edward Harrison Apr 20, 2009

Willem Buiter's Maverecon - Remembering Eddie George Willem Buiter recounts some personal tales from the late Bank of Egland Governor's life. Fujitsu’s Self-Desctructing USB Drive for Leak-Proof Secrets » My Digital Life This is…

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Links: 2009-04-19

Edward Harrison Apr 19, 2009

Nearing 100- Katrina Vanden Hevel, The Nation This is a fairly even-handed look back at Barack Obama's first months as President and his prospects going forward Financial Innovation for Beginners - James Kwak How the CDS…

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Links: 2009-04-18

Edward Harrison Apr 18, 2009

Lifehacker - Gmail Adds Suggested Recipients - Gmail The significance of Obama's decision to release the torture memos - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Libor Caps Longest Drop Since November on Bank Gains - Bloomberg.com…

Economy

FDIC moves in at Great Basin Bank

Edward Harrison Apr 18, 2009

From the FDIC website. More information available here: Great Basin Bank of Nevada, Elko, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.…

Economy

FDIC Friday Night Special: American Sterling Bank

Edward Harrison Apr 17, 2009

Small banks are going bust at a pretty good clip. Apparently, there is no free ride for the likes of American Sterling Bank. Its deposits were acquired by Metcalf Bank as the FDIC took it into receivership a.k.a nationalized it. But, of…

News

Links: 2009-04-17

Edward Harrison Apr 17, 2009

Bring In The Antitrust Division (On Banking) « The Baseline Scenario Obama won't charge CIA interrogators - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com Unconscious thought precedes conscious | Incognito | The Economist Bringing up baby…

Economy

Swiss citizens think a large Swiss bank will fail

Edward Harrison Apr 16, 2009

This comes from French-language Swiss daily Le Temps: Over 50% of respondents in Geneva surveyed by the HEG School of Management believe that the bankruptcy of a large institution is likely. The Swiss political world is clearly…

Blogs

Feed problem fixed

Edward Harrison Apr 16, 2009

I have gotten two kind notes that the feed is screwy again, posting links multiple times. Who do I blame? Feedburner of course. I have solved the problem but I would love a nice way to get away from Feedburner. They are really a…

Economy

Jamie Dimon: ‘we don’t need’ your money

Edward Harrison Apr 16, 2009

On the back of a decent quarter at JPMorgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon has signalled his desire to repay government money as quickly as possible and remove the strings attached to that money. Dimon has often said that JPMorgan Chase did not…

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