Links: 2010-04-21 GM repays bailout, FDIC sells assets

| 21 April 2010 08:30

Finance and Economy

  • GM repays $8.1-billion in loans to Canada, U.S. – The Globe and Mail
  • FDIC Closes on Two Note Offerings Backed by Loans and Real Estate from Corus Bank and Franklin Bank, S.S.B 
  • Shocking Fraud from Financial Scum : Good Math, Bad Math – Science Blogs
  • More than Half of U.S. Households Affected by Joblessness « The Washington Independent
  • Economic Scene – As Markets Fizzle, Buying May Cost Less Than Renting – NYTimes.com
  • Hedge Funder Chanos Sees ‘Perp Walks’ in Lehman Collapse – FOXBusiness.com
  • Counterintuitive Pitch for Higher-Fee Debit Category – American Banker Article
  • Mortgage Deal Got Rapid Approval by Goldman Panel – WSJ.com
  • School Districts Warn of Even Deeper Teacher Cuts – NYTimes.com
  • Goldman Sachs trader barred from the City over SEC charges – Telegraph
  • SEC ‘could bring’ charges over Lehman – Telegraph
  • FT.com – Martin Wolf – The challenge of halting the financial doomsday machine
  • CBC News – British Columbia – New mortgage rules take effect
  • SEC/CDO Litigation: Why Aren’t the Collateral Managers Being Sued Too? « naked capitalism
  • In the wake of SEC/Goldman, the must-read Appendix | Rolfe Winkler
  • Economics of Contempt: Republican Opposition to the Orderly Liquidation Fund
  • Greek 3-Month Bill Yield to Double on Default Concern – Bloomberg.com

    Technology

  • FP Tech Desk: Apple wants Gizmodo to return missing iPhone – FP Posted
  • Google faces condemnation from privacy watchdogs
  • Next-Gen Phone Faceoff: iPhone 4G vs. Droid Incredible – Mashable
  • This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – Gizmodo

    Other News

  • Meet Your Worst Company In America 2010 Final Four! – The Consumerist
  • Dorothy I. Height, founding matriarch of civil rights movement, dies at 98 – Washington Post
  • Confessions of a grade inflator | The Economist
  • African-American babies and boys least likely to be adopted, study shows – Science Daily
  • The real reason Swedes live longer – The Independent   

    Foreign Language News

  • Betrugsvorwurf: Koalition zeigt Goldman die gelbe Karte | FTD.de
  • Kolumne: Münchau – Das Ende von Goldman Sachs | FTD.de
  • Neue US-Immobilienkrise: Ökonomen bangen um deutsche Banken – SPIEGEL ONLINE
  • Grecia vive nuevas huelgas contra las medidas para reducir el gasto público – Cincodias.com
  • Handelsbanken ser mørkt på norsk økonomi | E24

    • avatar 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.

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