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  • The inconsistent rhetoric of Blue Cross

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

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• Calculated Risk

  • Krugman: "Time to take a stand" on China Currency Manipulation
    From Paul Krugman in the NY Times: Taking On China Tensions are rising over Chinese economic policy, and rightly so: China’s policy of keeping its currency, the renminbi, undervalued has become a significant drag on global economic recovery. Something must be done....Twice a year, by law, Treasury must issue a report identifying nations that “manipulate the […]
  • Housing Market Index, Housing Starts, Snow and Spec Homes
    As mentioned in the Weekly Summary and a Look Ahead post, the NAHB Housing Market Index for March, and Housing Starts for February, will both be released early this week.Here is a graph showing the relationship between the two series: Click on graph for larger image in new window.This graph compares the NAHB HMI (left scale) with single family housing starts […]
  • Economic Outlook: Review of Possible Upside Surprises to Forecast
    My general outlook for 2010 is for sluggish and choppy growth. Usually the deeper the recession, the steeper the recovery - however recoveries following economic crisis tend to be sluggish (see: "The Aftermath of Financial Crises", Reinhart and Rogoff, 2009): An examination of the aftermath of severe financial crises shows deep and lasting effects […]

• Big Picture

  • Cycles, ETFs and Mean Reversion
    Roger Nusbaum is the Chief Investment Officer of Your Source Financial, a Phoenix based financial planning firm. Roger also writes about portfolio construction and management, investment products and economics on the Random Roger blog, is an outside contributor to TheStreet.com as well as providing commentary to numerous other media outlets. He has worked in […]
  • Lehman News Round Up
    “Dick Fuld is going to be bankrupted and he’s going to spend the rest of his life in court fighting legal battles. There maybe others forced to do the same.” -Dick Bove of Rochedale Securities. Bove had  all nine volumes of the examiner’s report printed and bound. (Barrons) > As it turned out, Lehman Brothers was the firm [...] […]
  • Your Mind and Your Money
    There is an interesting PBS series titled “Your Mind and Your Money,” with an extensive section on Behavioral Finance. There is a full run of video discussions with the likes of Daniel Kahneman of Princeton (Prospect Theory), Richard Thaler of University of Chicago (practical implications of behavioral finance) and Robert Shiller of Yale (How psy […]

• 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

  • Teacher Writes 'Loser' on Student's Assignment - AOL News
  • Plenty of reasons for small crowds at ACC tourney - SI.com
  • Bobby Cremins sitting behind Tech bench today - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
  • Live from the ACC final: Tech seeks a matching ACC crown - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

• AP Business

  • Amazon reacts to new Colo tax, costing affiliates
  • Investors turn attention to Fed meeting
  • Memo: Investigators can't replicate runaway Prius
  • Fed may hint at how long rates will stay at lows
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• WSJ

  • Wen Defends Exchange-Rate Policy
    Chinese premier Wen Jiabao warned other countries not to pressure China over its exchange-rate policy, and argued strongly that the yuan isn't undervalued. […]
  • 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%. […]

• NYT

  • Everybody’s Business: Shopping the Mortgage Rate Before the Home Price
    One real estate broker has this advice for prospective homebuyers: “Predicting interest rates is a whole lot easier than predicting home prices.” […]
  • The Haggler: Capturing the Moments of Customer Frustration
    When a Flip video camera won’t connect with a Mac laptop, a new father inadvertently embarks on a customer-service adventure. […]

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