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If you didn't know, new credit card rules just came into effect. Jon Stewart has a pretty funny take on the industry. Make it rain, Bank of America, make it rain (credit card fees, that is)! Also see Learn How Canceling Credit Cards…

Double-dip recession may not be far off | Business | guardian.co.uk With All Due Respect, Arnold Kling | EconLog Six in 10 Underemployed Not Hopeful About Finding Work - Gallup Bank Profit Mirage Redux - Annaly Salvos Night of the…

I have read a number of accounts in European newspapers. I am surprised at how many of them simply parrot the Financial Times Deutschland article about Germany bailing out Greece – a line which was later denied by the Germans.  Some…

I post this one half tongue-in-cheek (hat tip Scott).  A picture of Ben Bernanke was shown round to players from the Super Bowl’s Indianapolis Colts (once a local team here in the Baltimore-Washington area, but that’s another…

See also Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Corporation Run for Congress First Test of “Corporate Personhood” In Politics.  Watch out Chris Van Hollen. We’ve got a new ‘person’ in the hunt for Maryland’s 8th district. That’s my…

For your amusement as well as your understanding of critical banking and finance reform issues. The funny thing about Colbert and Jon Stewart, his partner in crime at Comedy Central, is that they have a certain bread and circus appeal to…

As we await yet another winter storm in America’s Northeast, Punxatawney Phil has weighed in on the situation.  Answer: six more weeks of cold and snow.  You have been warned. By the way, this is one tech-savvy young groundhog.…

Toyota owners, you might try this next time and see if it works.

Finance and Economy Euro Proving No Reserve Asset as Central Banks Shift - Bloomberg.com Building society lending slumped by 50% in 2009 | Money | guardian.co.uk Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Reported Earnings versus…

Banks Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows: David Reilly - Bloomberg.com A modest proposal: Double liability for bankers | VoxEU immobilienblasen: "Enron-Esque Characteristics" Hiding An Even More Explosive Credit…