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Media Digest (5/10/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 4:00 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is close to a purchase of Skype for $7 billion (WSJ) Microsoft is close to an $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype (Reuters) PIMCO increased its short ...
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Media Digest (4/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 4:16 am

A review of data from the damaged Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) 737 raised questions about Boeing's (NYSE: BA) manufacturing process.  (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) has begun to market a tablet ...
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A Profit For The Federal Reserve

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 4:57 am

The Federal Reserve made a profit last year. It turned $79 billion of its $82 billion in "comprehensive income" over to the Treasury. The agency is an island of profit ...
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The Last Stand Of “Too Big To Fail”

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 5:11 am

The Congressional Oversight Panel, which was established by Congress in late 2008 to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), today released its 30th and final oversight report. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/14/2010)

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 8:22 am

Updated throughout the day. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) has a plan to reduce government ownership of the insurance company (WSJ) Obama may be about to appoint Elizabeth Warren as ...
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Media Digest (9/13/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg, FT

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 3:47 am

Reuters:   A bill to help small business may be the last chance the Democrats have to help stimulate jobs before the election. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill claims should ...
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Why Did Lehman Die and AIG Live?

Posted: September 2, 2010 at 12:52 pm

When historians write the definitive account of the Great Recession in coming decades, one of the major questions they will tackle is why the government decided to allow Lehman Brothers ...
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