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Europe can learn from Japan's austerity endgame - FT.com The road to fiscal hell is sometimes paved with the best intentions. As Europe's politicians seek to win electorates round to brutal budget cuts, they would do well to look…

Financial news for 12 Feb 2012

Financial news for 11 February 2012

The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement « naked capitalism As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik. Although…

Jeremy Grantham's investing strategies for 2012 - CBS News "Quality gave back a bit of its outperformance quarter, but the game is in the early innings still," GMO says in its latest report. "High quality stocks…

Mirabile Dictu! Missouri Attorney General Files Criminal Lawsuit on Robosigning « naked capitalism What is striking about the indictment by a Missouri grand jury is that the Missouri AG Chris Koster has decided to challenge the…

Greek Default: Why Now May Be Best Time to Do It - US Business News Blog - CNBC Last week in general gave life to the recovery theme, with 15 of 23 indicators beating expectations and causing some economists to raise their growth…

Schneiderman Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Three Major Banks for Use of MERS « naked capitalism New York filed a lawsuit against various units of JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells, MERSCORP and…