Links: 2009-02-26

| 26 February 2009 00:00

Citigroup close to reaching deal with government: report – Reuters

The Banks’s Rigged Stress Test – Dean Baker

Renters Lose Edge on Homeowners – WSJ.com

TARP Said to Be Ripe for Fraud – WSJ.com

£650,000 pension for former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin – Times Online

Still waiting for Helicopter Ben – Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Guardian

Bernanke rejects total bank buyouts – FT.com

All the President’s zombies Paul Krugman, NY Times

Barack Obama test limits of rhetoric – Telegraph

The New N Word: Nationalization

Saving Eastern Europe before the contagion starts – voxEU

Teed Off at Northern Trust – Deal Book (This is completely idiotic. Northern Trust is one of the better run banks and these know-nothings are slamming it because it was forced to take TARP money and wants to continue doing legitimate business?  Nonsense.  Go after Citi.)

A Hands On Look at Safari 4′s (Crashy) Eye Candy – Life Hacker

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Edward Harrison is the founder of Credit Writedowns and a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty years of business experience. He is also a regular economic and financial commentator on BBC World News, CNBC Television, Business News Network, CBC, Fox Television and RT Television. He speaks six languages, a skill he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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