News from around the web: 2009-10-16

Bill de Blasio puts interracial marriage on display

It looks like Google’s firing on all cylinders.

Committee clears OTC derivatives bill in 43-26 vote.

The Chinese have a longer-term view of the currency debate.

Great post. Rolfe reveals Goldman as more hedge fund than bank.

Bergsten is looking for a new monetary and fiscal order

This is the Larry Summers we are waiting for.

Hilarious. I have done my share of these. Never canceled this way.

More dollar panic stories as parity with CHF approaches

Empire looked much better.

Another sign that we are in recovery.

Pretty funny, actually.

Paul Murphy thinks Dow 10,000 put Rosenberg over the edge

"Not many outsiders understand what a powerful learning mechanism the blogosphere has set in place."

More evidence of under-provisioning in Spain?

Firings are down but hiring is not happening. H/T Mark Thoma.

Regulators are captured. That’s why they have not regulated.

Wonderful hotel but the hotel business is suffering.

If you want to ‘time’ the market you need an exit and re-entry point.

Research shows incompetents do lash out if threatened.

Clinton has 62% favorability to Obama’s 56%

Consumer price inflation is still dead for now.

This is a monster quarter. Let the backlash begin.

Bailouts are now focused on CRE.

Credit losses overwhelming.

IMO the weakness of Dem leadership allows this to happen

provocative piece about escalation in Afghanistan

That’s only two hours a day. TV is much more?

Recession hitting ethnic minorities in UK hard

Distraction of the Day: 6-Year old boy floats away in homemade helium balloon (but it was actually a hoax)