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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

Will Lehman be bought on Sep 13th?

Edward Harrison
The word on the street is that Lehman will be bought by September 13th. The rumor mill swirls when a stock crashes like Lehman has. Rumors fill the vacuum left by a lack of certainty about a company's prospects. And right now people are…
Economy

Deutsche Bank buys Postbank

Edward Harrison
I have only seen this story in Germany so far. The long and short is that this is a done deal. Deutsche Bank is expected to close the deal tomorrow. Helping to seal the deal is the fact that no layoffs are anticipated initially. This will…
Markets

The US dollar is on a tear

Edward Harrison
The U.S. Dollar is rising like I haven't seen for quite some time. Sterling, the Euro, the Australian Dollar and the Swiss Franc have all been plummeting against the dollar for the past two months, hitting multi-year lows.Below is a chart…

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