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Morning Reading

Jan 20, 2010
Good morning. Among today's items: A big election win for Republicans in Massachusetts, which could kill health care reform. China asks banks to...

AIG and the long-haired banks

Jan 19, 2010
One day, we may finally find out what happened with the AIG bailout. While the SEC has agreed to keep certain details mum until 2018, Fed Chairman...

GM's new stealth marketing

Jan 19, 2010
No more Super Bowl ads. No more Academy Awards shows. Instead of "carpet-bombing the nation" with commercials, GM is trying some new tactics. ...

The budget vice squad

Jan 19, 2010
Today, New York's governor unveiled his proposal to deal with the country's fourth largest state deficit. It's a peek at what other states might...

Morning Reading

Jan 19, 2010
Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Surprise, surprise -- the banks think they might have a legal challenge to the president's proposed...

Conan, Leno and the bankers

Jan 15, 2010
I wish Congress and Wall Street would act more like late-night TV hosts. Maybe Christopher Dodd could walk into Goldman Sachs and start telling...

No trust, no accountability

Jan 15, 2010
We reported this morning that lame duck Senator Christopher Dodd may drop the idea of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) from the...

Morning Reading

Jan 15, 2010
Happy Friday. Among this morning's items - Paul Krugman weighs in on the FCIC hearings, one columnist says Geithner should get a pass on AIG and...

T. Boone's new message

Jan 14, 2010
It's been pretty difficult to escape Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens the past couple of years. He spent $62 million on an ad campaign that showed up...

Texting while donating

Jan 14, 2010
If there's a silver lining to Haiti's devastating earthquake, it may be the discovery of a new model for helping the victims of such disasters. ...