News from around the web: 2009-11-05

| 5 November 2009 07:51

Be sure to see William Shatner’s poetic reading of Levi Johnston’s tweets below. Pretty funny.

  • Buffett Revisits Hunting Ground for Survivors: Alice Schroeder – Bloomberg.com

    "Buffett isn’t as bullish as he sounds."

  • Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart – New Scientist

    I have always said George W. Bush is NOT dumb. He is just wilfully anti-intellectual. This goes to that belief.

  • TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-fat And High-sugar Foods

    But you knew that

  • A Court Decision That Reflects What Type of Country the US Is « Patrick J. Buchanan

    Civil liberties, anyone?

  • Cassandra Does Tokyo: Plus ça Change, Plus…

    "Welcome to the world of business"

  • Drei Milliarden Euro: Weitere Finanzspritze für Hypo Real Estate – FAZ.NET

    3 billion more for Germany’s black hole HRE. Where is Neelie Kroes on this? H/T egghat.

  • Berkshire May Lose AAA From S&P on Burlington Deal – Bloomberg.com

    "decrease the liquidity and capital adequacy of the insurance operations"

  • JPMorgan to Pay $75 Million in Alabama Case – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

    This is the county sewer CDS case.

  • FT Alphaville – The Deferred Tax Asset disaster

    DTAs go poof if no profits are made. Watch this.

  • Viewpoint: Like Us, Whitney Sees Risks in Fed’s MBS Exit : HousingWire

    A Fed exit could mean higher rates and lower values

  • Bank of America general counsel was ‘not registered’ to practise – Telegraph

    This is not good

  • Ford Raises $2.5 Billion in Sale of Convertible Bonds – Bloomberg.com

    Good move after $1 billion profit. Huge greenshoe, low coupon.

  • FT.com – German unions to strike over GM U-turn

    Expect more of this in Germany.

  • Forbes India – Stephen Roach: "There are no shortcuts to prosperity"

    Good points on India, China and the US

    Distraction of the Day: William Shatner in rare form

    • Also see: News from around the web: 2009-07-29 where Shatner reads Palin Poetry.

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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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