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Here’s my take on a recent story of apparent plagiarism at the New York Times. Some are probably conjuring up memories of Jayson Blair. However, I see something different, namely a battle regarding the credibility of independent financial blogs like mine as a news source.
The fact is most American newspapers and television stations are owned [...]
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Business Pundit has published the most comprehensive list of best blogs in the business and finance space. They cover accounting, advertising, career issues, economics, finance and more.
We are pleased to have made the cut amongst finance blogs for the second year running.
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Credit Writedowns is now on Twitter
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I have actually been on Twitter for some time now. But I wanted to update all of you with some social networking features the site now has and ways you can get more out of the content. Today, I will just talk about Twitter.
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The high frequency trading post I did not write
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I intended to write this post about high frequency trading. The idea was to link to a very enlightening podcast that aired yesterday on “Taking Stock” with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Radio. Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge was on the program talking to Pimm about what High Frequency Trading is, who the participants are and [...]
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My RSS Feed is spitting out 25 posts an hour for some reason. I apologize for the nuisance. We are working to fix it.
Server maintenance tonight
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We expect to have a brief hiccup in service later tonight due to maintenance. I apologize for the inconvenience. Hopefully, we will be offline for a very short time.
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Edward
New Finance Blog: New Deal 2.0
May
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This is a new, progressive economic policy blog from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute that launched on April 29th.
The effort is lead by Robert Johnson, former Chief Economist of the US Senate Banking Committee. With contributors like Joseph Stiglitz, New Deal 2.0 is a “one-stop shop” for new insights, analyses and proposals on the [...]
On BBC World Service talking autos at 2PM Eastern
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I will be on the BBC World Service at 2PM ET talking about the Chrysler bankruptcy. First will be a television interview and then a radio interview. I will post the clips if and when they become available.
The German econblogger space is just fine
Apr
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This past Sunday Felix Salmon wrote a post called “10 reasons for the lack of German econobloggers.” I found it inaccurate and offensive. Let me tell you why.
I was in Germany at the time I read the post and had been there for the better part of the week. In reading and [...]
The New Credit Writedowns
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I am just back from the Easter Holidays and have had a good two weeks for self-reflection. In truth, I am feeling a bit exhausted despite the fact that I was supposed to have just had a two weeks’ holiday. So, I have decided to make a few changes. Before I do, I would appreciate [...]
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