The Most Likely Debt Ceiling Outcome
Things are starting to look pretty dicey with the US debt ceiling debate and government shut-down. If you watched the press conferences yesterday from Speaker...
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TOP STORY: Valuing Twitter
A little more than a week ago, I posted my first take on Twitter and argued that even in the absence of financial information from...
An Evening with the Chinese Intelligence Service
I normally avoid the diplomatic circuit, as the few non-committal comments and soggy appetizers I get aren’t worth the investment of time. But I jumped...
Tone in Washington is a Real Shame – Einhorn
Hedge Fund Manager, David Einhorn sat down with Bloomberg Television’s Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle today and discussed the government shutdown, Green Mountain Coffee and...
Are Chinese “Ghost Cities” a Myth?
China’s “ghost cities” may be a lot less ghostly than previously thought. The phenomenon of eerie shopping malls and completed apartment blocks completely devoid of...
Stein Jumps to Conclusions
Tyler Cowen is very impressed with a new paper by Jeremy Stein, of the Board of Governors. I see why, as I was also very...
Kiss That Union Job Goodbye
Those of you counting on getting your old union assembly line job back in Detroit can forget it. The eight year forecast published by the...
Angela Merkel to be Reelected; Outcome Should Help the Eurozone
While the upcoming German elections are getting limited coverage by the press outside of Europe, it is quite an important event. The Eurozone's structure going...
Software & Stock Exchanges—Not Skynet Yet
A week after the Nasdaq’s 3 hour shutdown in August 2013 the exchange published Preliminary Findings on the outage. I’ve extracted some sentences: On August...
Lunch With Robert Reich
he other day had me sharing a cold, congealed chicken salad for lunch with Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, at San Francisco’s posh...