Posts tagged ‘economy’

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  • A lifetime of civility
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  • Higher prices for fast food, soda lead to weight reductions, lower diabetes risk
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  • The inconsistent rhetoric of Blue Cross

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• Recent Stories

  • Krugman on the near future and all the talk of mission accomplished
  • OC Biz Expo rescheduled
  • More protests at BCBSNC
  • Nasty chart
  • US jobless rate still rising

• Financial Blogs

• Calculated Risk

  • IMF Official: World's Regulatory Supervision Shockingly Inadequate
    From Tom Abate at the San Francisco Chronicle: Financial leaders dissect meltdown "What is quite shocking," [John Lipsky, a senior official of the International Monetary Fund] said, is how inadequate the world's regulatory supervisors were in curbing the lax lending standards at the heart of the housing and credit bubbles. Shocked? Hmmm ... […]
  • LA Area Port Traffic in February
    Note: this data is not seasonally adjusted. There is a very distinct seasonal pattern for imports, but not for exports. LA area ports handle about 40% of the nation's container port traffic.Sometimes port traffic gives us an early hint of changes in the trade deficit. The following graph shows the loaded inbound and outbound traffic at the ports of Los […]
  • Report: Over 2000 Bank Enforcement Actions in 2009
    A couple excerpts from American Banker: Regulatory Actions Hit a Record Level in '09 "Bank regulators issued 1,143 formal enforcement actions against banks and their holding companies last year, a new record and more than double the 2008 tally." "Informal actions by the agencies, which are not made public and often go untracked, also doub […]

• Big Picture

  • Net shorts again a record in the euro
    According to the CFTC data for the week ended Tuesday, net shorts again went to a record high in the euro after last week’s modest drop. Net shorts in the pound fell a touch from last week’s record high. In contrast, net longs in the Canadian $ rose by 60% to the most since Nov [...] […]
  • Lehman Brothers, the Next Enron?
    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy […]
  • Senator Kaufman: Reform That Will Prevent The Next Financial Crisis
    Your weekend reading assignment is this terrific long form piece by Senator Ted Kaufman, titled Wall Street Reform That Will Prevent The Next Financial Crisis. I do not know anything about him other than to say that he understands the recent crisis and is proposing reasonable fixes. The Senator wants to restore Glass-Steagall, and repeal the Commodity [...] […]

• WAPO Housing

  • A new real estate cost to watch for: Developer's private transfer fee
    How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching! […]
  • Be aware of good-faith estimate' rules, or it could cost you
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  • RDU loses newspaper racks case in appellate court
    The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s total ban on newspaper racks in its terminals is unconstitutional. […]
  • Online deals firm raises $25 million, starts Raleigh-Durham service
    Raleigh-Durham is now among the cities where two online deal providers are duking it out. […]

• NC Business

  • A book with a curious cover initially drew me to David Foster Wallace - Austin American-Statesman
  • Live from the ACC semis: Tech's one step from the title game - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
  • 1 Dead in Shooting Outside Duke University Hospital - FOXNews
  • Heels left hoping to receive NIT bid - American Chronicle

• AP Business

  • Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects
  • China's new generation picky about factory jobs
  • New Sen. Brown bashes Obama's `bitter' health push
  • Economy the focus as China political session ends
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• WSJ

  • Consumer Spending Perks Up
    Retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February from a month earlier. Sales excluding the volatile autos sales increased 0.8%. Compared with a year ago, sales rose 4%. […]
  • Schwab Issues Profit Warning
    Charles Schwab warned first-quarter earnings will fall short of fourth-quarter levels as the brokerage said February trading fell 14%. […]

• NYT

  • Patient Money: Finding the Right Care for the Elderly
    Advice for making an informed decision about supporting an ailing parent without bankrupting the family. […]
  • Appeals Court Upholds Cable TV Access Rules
    The regulations require cable TV companies to make programming available on equal terms to rival TV providers. […]

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