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Edward Harrison | 17 December 2009 13:31

Philly Fed factory activity at 4-1/2 year high | Reuters
Democrats’ Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll – WSJ.com
BBC News – Irish Republic out of recession as GDP grows
BBC News – Citigroup shares sale planned by US government ‘halted’
Why your boss is incompetent – life – 17 December 2009 – New Scientist
Palin’s Favorable Up Slightly; Obama’s Holds Steady
FT.com – John Gapper – How America let banks off the leash
Howard Dean – Health-care bill wouldn’t bring real reform – washingtonpost.com
Italian banks fear crunch from Basel II – Telegraph
What’s Up with Citigroup? – James Kwak
Don’t Worry About Greece – Simon Johnson
Poll: Dissatisfaction could spell trouble for Democrats in 2010 — latimes.com
Woods voted top athlete of decade by US editors – Golf – Yahoo! Sports
Cheques are to be abolished – Telegraph

About Edward Harrison

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.