• Clearing skies over U.S. economy open rift at Fed – Let’s just leave everything alone, it’ll be fine. [Reuters]
• Twitter funding would value it at $1 billion: report – It’s not going anywhere, follow us. [Reuters]
• U.S. unemployment not to peak until 2011: Krugman – “He said the global economy seems to be stabilizing at a level that is ‘unacceptably poor’ and added it is possible that the recession will be a double-dip one.” [Reuters]
• He Built America’s First Megamall – Now that he’s gone, we can’t really place blame here for rampant consumerism, can we? [WSJ]
• SEC Announces New Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation – The latest duct tape measure from the SEC. [SEC.gov]
• Rolls-Royce Unveils Its Economy Car – Less than $250k. If you had only gotten that bonus… [WSJ]
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• Sixty-Five Percent of Nevada Homeowners Underwater – That’s a lot. [The Atlantic]
• Tax Burdens, Around the World – If you like to complain about taxes, move to Denmark. [Economix/NYT]
• From the Hospital to Bankruptcy Court – “Last summer, Harvard researchers published a headline-grabbing paper that concluded that illness or medical bills contributed to 62 percent of bankruptcies in 2007, up from about half in 2001. More than three-fourths of those with medical debt had health insurance.” [NYT]
• Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job – Team Jehovah must need someone. [Reuters]
• Diners Club franchise sold – The Citigroup garage sale continues. [CT]
• Leadership: A Guest Post from Tenacious Truman [RTA]
Preliminary Analytics | 09.29.09
• Stanford moved to federal lockup in Houston – To help with this complicated case, say his attorneys. Lotta ins, lotta outs. [Reuters]
• Starbucks debuts Via instant coffee in U.S., Canada – So much for coffee purists. [Reuters]
• Rhetorical Tax Evasion – In case you were considering opting out of health care coverage under the new, not even close to being made law, plan. It could cost you 25 large. [WSJ]
• FDIC to propose banks prepay 3 years of fees: source – That should cover them. [Reuters]
• Too Small to Bail Has a Nice Ring to It – Sure. [Breaking Views via NYT]
• Restaurants Dangle Cheaper Drinks but Risk Watering Down Their Profits – The catch is, you’re hanging out at…Chili’s. [WSJ]
Preliminary Analytics | 10.16.09
• SEC, CFTC Mull Joint Enforcement Squad: Sources – “U.S. securities and futures regulators are considering a joint enforcement squad to investigate and root out fraud in the markets, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.” All together now: FRAUD SQUAD. [Reuters via NYT]
• Suspicions Arise After Balloon Boy Found Safe – We’re saturated by the coverage already. [NPR]
• Obama wins first financial reform victory in months – Derivatives are no match for a debatable Nobel Peace Prize recipient. [Reuters]
• Justice Agency Resists Music Merger – “The Ticketmaster-Live Nation deal is widely regarded as a bellwether of the department’s attitude toward such potential deals as Comcast Corp.’s proposal to take a majority stake in General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal. Like the proposed Ticketmaster-Live Nation alliance, a Comcast-NBC deal would represent ‘vertical integration,’ in which several links in the chain between producer and consumer are controlled by a single entity.” [WSJ]
• On the Calendar: What Every Auditor Should Know About Litigation – Jim Peterson will be at Baruch College on Dec. 2 for Corporate Integrity’s 4th Annual Audit Conference, “Ensuring Integrity.” Check it out. [Re: The Balance]