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Replacing market failure with regulatory failure
This is the fifth in a series of posts about ideas for financial reform generated by the “Make Markets Be Markets” conference I attended yesterday in New York City on 3 Mar 2010. You can download all of the written presentations here.…
Wall Street barred from European bond sales in retaliation for credit crisis
We have a bit of a divide developing between the EU and the U.S. on banking and bank reform. The most significant move in this tiff has come in retaliation for Wall Street’s role in helping countries like Greece hide their debt burdens.…
Rule of Alteration in Play Today for Euro vs. US Dollar
Highlights The US dollar and yen are trading with a firmer tone against the major and emerging market currencies. But the markets still appear to be consolidating and we expect the “rule of alternation” to remain in play meaning…
Links: 2010-03-09 – AIB’s loan book and China, Japan and the U.S.
AIB has the 'worst loan book' ever seen in Europe - Irish, Business - Independent.ie China Blames U.S. for Strained Relations - NYTimes.com FT.com – Gideon Rachman – Japan edges from America towards China Why do journalists expect to…
Ratigan: On financial reform, the joke is on us
This is the fourth in a series of posts about ideas for financial reform generated by the “Make Markets Be Markets” conference I attended yesterday in New York City on 3 Mar 2010. You can download all of the written presentations here.…
Toyota Prius accelerates out of control; Highway Patrol boxes it in to brake it
The car went to speeds over 90 MPH. This can’t be good. Watch Toyota shares fall.
Update: This next video, released later, demonstrates that this was no Richard heine balloon Boy hoax. This man was scared for his life.
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide
At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he showed a few of the interesting results when data gets…
Sandra Bullock’s 2010 Oscars Acceptance Speech
As a departure from my recent rants on the economy, I offer you this:
The Obama Administration’s victory lap
I know I shouldn’t beat this dead horse but I can’t help myself. Just this past Friday, when describing Andy Xie’s hopeful tone in sensing a change of the short-sighted and ruinous mindset that was driving policy makers in the U.S., I…
Links: 2010-03-08 – Decline in income, Australian housing bubble and more
‘On the Edge’ Banks Facing Writedowns After FDIC Loan Auctions – Bloomberg.com The next European country set for debt watch: France – The Globe and Mail FT.com – Edward Chancellor – How long has the lucky country got? Defaulted Loans…