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The Tribune files for bankruptcy

Edward Harrison
The Tribune was simply over-leveraged with a balance sheet made for this age of debt, leverage and bubbles. Note the lack of equity and the enormous debt load. Why would anyone, especially someone as savvy as Sam Zell load up a declining…
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Turning Japanese

Edward Harrison
Back in September, during the depressing days after Lehman collapsed, I posted a few mindless videos as distractions of the day to get your mind off of Finance. I'm a day late because the markets rallied pretty nicely today. But, in honor…
Economy

Lieberman retains his chairmanship

Edward Harrison
The video below comes via the Daily Kos and YouTube.Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) has said that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) needs to publicly apologize for his actions during the recent U.S. Presidential Campaign in order to retain his seat as…
Economy

Patrick Buchanan throws in the towel

Edward Harrison
Patrick Buchanan has given up on any chances of McCain winning this election judging by his last blog post. The title alone says it all. In a missive titled "Obama’s First 100 Days" Buchanan asks what an Obama Administration will look like.…
Economy

E-voting machines on the Simpsons

Edward Harrison
You remember the furor in 2004 over the hackability of the Diebold voting machines? Well, that same worry is back in 2008 and apparently Homer Simpson has fallen prey. Watch the video. Hilarious. (hat tip Marshall Auerback). Related…

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