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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills 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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Non-financial news from around the web: 2009-12-04

Edward Harrison Dec 4, 2009

Canada adds 79,000 jobs in November Rachel Uchitel: 9/11 mourner now allegedly linked to Tiger Woods Google Gets Into The DNS Business. Here’s What That Means 15 cities top 15% unemployment - MSN Money 15 Toys NOT To Buy…

Economy

Unemployment rate recedes as worst of this downturn is over

Edward Harrison Dec 4, 2009

In the past few weeks I have been alarmed about the growing debate about deficits and taxes, so much so that I have moved to a double dip baseline from one of a multi-year recovery. I find it in total disregard of past economic…

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News from around the web: 2009-12-04

Edward Harrison Dec 4, 2009

I will be posting on the employment situation report shortly. Despite my bullish comments yesterday and claims that we will be adding jobs next quarter in Jobless claims fall to lowest this year, I wasn’t expecting the unemployment rate to…

Economy

Reaching for yield in the post-TARP era

Edward Harrison Dec 4, 2009

When I read Yves Smith's recent comments on Bank of America's repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn't help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The…

Economy

Double dip nightmares

Edward Harrison Dec 4, 2009

Hat tip Tim Iacono. Source Editorial Cartoon by Karl Wimer, Denver Business Journal

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Financial news from around the web: 2009-12-03

Edward Harrison Dec 3, 2009

Economist's View: Fed Watch: Bubbles and Policy Economist's View: "The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration in the United States" Bruce Krasting: Jobs - A Solution at Hand? (I have been talking about a payroll…

Economy

Bank failures in Georgia crushing small business and home owners

Edward Harrison Dec 3, 2009

Recently, I have been writing a lot about regional banks and the capital problems they have been having. This is having a direct impact on lending capacity available to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) and households. As a result, a…

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Non-financial news from around the web: 2009-12-03

Edward Harrison Dec 3, 2009

I have a lot of links today so I thought I would break them up into sections. Here is the non-finance bit first. Consider these the more fun links. Sprint fed customer GPS data to cops over 8 million times Google News…

Economy

Jobless claims fall to lowest this year

Edward Harrison Dec 3, 2009

From the U.S. Department of Labor: In the week ending Nov. 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 462,000. The 4-week moving average was…

Economy

Gallup on jobs: South is best, West is worst and deteriorating

Edward Harrison Dec 3, 2009

Gallup’s monthly economic survey breaks down the employment situation by region in the U.S.. No region is doing great, but the West is doing the worst and the situation is getting worse. Here is what they say: During a week…

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