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Bruno Iksil was pushed by the CIO's head of credit trading to inflate value of his positions
online.wsj.com
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Politicking
Ezra Klein: “I can describe Mitt Romney's tax policy promises in two words: mathematically impossible."
bloomberg.com
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New Normal
"It was like we were in a funeral home": unemployment workers get pink slips of their own
huffingtonpost.com
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US economy adds 163,000 jobs in July, beating expectations; unemployment "essentially unchanged" at 8.3%
bls.gov
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Prescription drugs' newest ingredient: gamification
psfk.com
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Crisis Retro
8/3
US selling $4.5 billion in AIG stock...and AIG plans to buy $3 billion of it
Banks
8/3
Iceland tries to say TTYL to TBTF
Data Points
8/3
2 Sources
El-Erian literally (figuratively) wears the same thing after every (three) good jobs reports
Tech
8/2
4 Sources
Why the Japanese love the fax machine: an aging population that values handwriting
Wonks
8/2
4 Sources
7 predictions based on the economics of Olympic success, including "Bob Costas will make you cry"
Oxpeckers
8/2
6 Sources
Jared Kushner's internal memo announcing Elizabeth Spiers departure from the New York Observer
Alpha
8/2
Goldman invests in NYC jail program, but in a good way
Advanced Strategy
8/2
Google Wallet to become more like a real wallet and allow multiple cards
Regulatory Inertia
8/2
Trends in financial regulation delay tactics: overly exhaustive cost-benefit analysis
Eschatology
8/1
1 Sources
The best news story, and lede, of the day, by far
Tracked Changes
8/1
Parsing the Fed: How the FOMC's statement changed from June to August
The Fed
8/1
1 Sources
The Fed acknowledges that the economy is decelerating, but takes no new action
Inefficient Markets
8/1
Algo accident: "technical issue" causes irregular volatility in dozens of stocks on the NYSE
Politicking
8/1
"Nearly two-thirds of annual federal spending is on autopilot and doesn’t require an annual vote by Congress"
New Normal
8/1
The financial industry may be set to lose another 50,000 jobs
Housing
8/1
Treasury can bypass Congress to get Senator Merkley's housing plan started
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