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Review Comments | 07.15.09

• US to unveil hedge fund legislation – “The Obama administration will on Wednesday unveil draft legislation that will require all US hedge funds with more than $30m in assets under management to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.” You knew it was coming. [FT.com]
• Private Equity Industry Says It Poses No Systemic Risk – “The private equity industry’s main lobbying group said Wednesday it supported legislation that would require all firms of a certain size to register as investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but urged lawmakers to avoid onerous regulations.” [DealBook]
• Fed Upgrades Economic Projections, but Expect Worse Unemployment – Minutes did not show the over/under of minutes it takes for Hank Paulson’s dismembering of all the members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing tomorrow. [WSJ]

Review Comments | 07.31.09

clunker.jpg• House Votes to Extend ‘Clunkers’ Program – We just printed more money. It’s fine. [WSJ]
• U.S. House Passes Bill Allowing Ban on Incentive Pay None of that printed money will be going to bankers. [Bloomberg]
• Court Orders Shorter Sentence For Ex-Qwest CEO – Might have been worth it had there been some adultery involved. [NPR]
• Nothing like a little shameless PR… – Deloitte providing accounting services, pro bono [Accounting Nation]

Review Comments | 11.09.09

Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for cadbury_egg.jpg• Cadbury Sneers at Kraft’s Hostile Bid – Cadbury is not about to accept such a ‘derisory’ offer of $16 billion. [WSJ]
• Not Music to Most People’s Ears – Rats are invading your city. [Financial Armageddon]
• AIG Will Be Able to Repay Fed Loan, Moody’s Says – It’s fair to point out that Moody’s also said that AIG was AAA. [Bloomberg]
• Economists Seek to Fix a Defect in Data That Overstates the Nation’s Vigor – Federal data is bupkis? The horror. [NYT]