Wednesday Links (Ben Loves Neel Edition, January 6, 2010)
Still sifting through feeds from the past 2 weeks:
Neel Kashkari’s Quiet Path to Pimco
Missed payments vexing to Frank: OneUnited behind on TARP dividends
Regulator approves millions for Fannie, Freddie execs
U.S. Move to Cover Fannie, Freddie Losses Stirs Controversy
Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank
A Way to Share in a Nation’s Growth (interesting)
As the US, bastion of free market capital, pumps another $3.8bn into the car loans giant GMAC, Stephen Foley reports on the unfinished business of the bailout
Fabricated Treasury Department Memo Is Almost Too Real
It’s like they think they can print their own money: Oh wait, they can
Chinese Slapped in Steel Dispute
Raj Rajaratnam: The Inside Story
Mortgage Modifications Have Done More Harm Than Good, The NYT Concludes
U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes
Don’t Tase Me, Bro, Or You’re Violating My Rights
Obama and Our Post-Modern Race Problem (By Shelby Steele)
Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man (Bizarre)
French Constitutional Court Rejects Carbon Tax
Pelosi enjoys privacy at Hualalai after Palin is hounded off Maui
Spanish Banks Start to Unload Property Portfolios
Euro Zone Grapples With Debt Crisis
Minn. judge rules against Pawlenty on budget cuts
Freddie Mac sees rates headed to 6 percent by end of 2010
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Cop Tasers Unconscious Diabetic 11 Times
Court Holds IPod Blameless for Hearing Loss
Jan 6, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Reader Comments (2)
Pelosi wants to throw Barry under the Democratic Lib bus, can I help Nancy?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31180.html
All the news that is fit (sorry), all the news that DB won't print.