DealBook S.E.C. Chairwoman Defends Settlement Practices

Mary L. Schapiro, the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said she believed that the agency's settlement practices had a deterrent value, but that repeat offenders were a problem. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012...

• 2012-02-23
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Calculated Risk FNC House Prices, Zillow's forecast for Case-Shiller

Note: The Case-Shiller House Price index for December will be released Tuesday, Feb 28th. CoreLogic has already reported that prices declined 1.4% in December (NSA, including foreclosures). It appears that the Case-Shiller indexes (both SA a...

• 2012-02-23
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WSJ.com: Real Time Economics Housing Takes Another Step Out of The Cellar

Wednesday brought further evidence that housing has climbed out of the sub-basement. But it's a long way from heading up the stairs to expansion. 원문출처 : http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/economics/feed/~3/rDHxVwHgvHM/

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DealBook S.E.C. Charges Chinese Executives With Fraud

American regulators charged two Chinese executives with defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars by secretly stealing and selling the assets of Puda Coal. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/s-e-c-charges-chinese...

• 2012-02-23
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DealBook Restaurateur Seeks to Fill Batali Void

Danny Meyer, whose New York restaurant empire includes Gramercy Tavern and Maialino, is moving in on the finance clientele that was offended by Mario Batali after the Croc-wearing food impresario made anti-Wall Street comments last year. Mr....

• 2012-02-23
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DealBook Wynn Finds Itself at War With Ousted Shareholder

Wynn Resorts' board forced out Kazuo Okada, who owned a 19.66 percent stake. But now the company faces the prospect of a big legal fight. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/wynn-finds-itself-at-war-with-ousted-shareholder/

• 2012-02-23
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Brad DeLong Econ 210a: U.C. Berkeley: Spring 2012: Memo Question for February 29: The Uneven Spread of Industrialization

**Memo Question for February 29: The Uneven Spread of Industrialization:** By the end of the nineteenth century, the classic Industrial Revolution technologies of coal, steam, textile machinery, rails, locomotives, and precision metalworking...

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Brad DeLong Econ 210a: U.C. Berkeley: Spring 2012: February 29: The Uneven Spread of Industrialization

**February 29. The Uneven Spread of Industrialization (DeLong)** * Tom Nicholas (2011), “The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization,” Explorations in Economic History 48:2, pp. 272-291. * Justin Lin (1995), “The Needham Puzzle: Why ...

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DealBook An Oakland Outcry Over Goldman Ties

A group of activists in Oakland are taking aim at Goldman Sachs over a rate-swap deal the city entered into with the bank, which critics say has already cost taxpayers $26 million. The group is asking "that the city end its relationship with...

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DealBook Amid Takeover Talks, London Metal Exchange Eyes Expansion

As the board of the world's largest metal futures exchange prepares to meet on Thursday about eight offers, the chief executive, Martin Abbott, continues to plot the company's international expansion. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2...

• 2012-02-23
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Calculated Risk AIA: Architecture Billings Index indicated expansion in January

Note: This index is a leading indicator for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. From AIA: Architecture Billings Index Remains Positive for Third Straight Month On the heels of consecutive months of strengthening business conditions,...

• 2012-02-23
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DealBook Hedge Funds Take Another Look at Greek Debt

Even after getting burned by bad bets on Greek debt, some hedge funds are considering buying more of the country's bonds, which have continued to fall in value. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/hedge-funds-take-another-look-...

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DealBook The Divide Between Banking and Bankruptcy

Those in banking tend to take any sort of criticism of orderly liquidation authority as an insult, while many in the bankruptcy world draw unrealistic analogies between manufacturing plants and repos. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2...

• 2012-02-23
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DealBook The Volcker Rule, Made Bloated and Weak

Bank lobbyists could not kill the Volcker Rule, so they got Congress and regulators to render it hopelessly vague and complex. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/the-volcker-rule-made-bloated-and-weak/

• 2012-02-23
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Calculated Risk Existing Home Sales: Inventory and NSA Sales Graph

First a comment from Michelle Meyer and Ethan Harris at Merrill Lynch: One of the most encouraging aspects of the report was the continued drop in inventory. The number of homes on the market for sale fell further in January after plunging 1...

• 2012-02-23
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DealBook Business Day Live

President Obama to ask for corporate tax cut. Inquiry focuses on bank overdraft fees. Greek crisis puts a feared financial instrument back in the spotlight. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/business-day-live-9/

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DealBook J.&J. Offers Concessions to Win Approval for Synthes Deal

Johnson & Johnson has submitted concessions to the European Union in an effort to complete its $21.3 billion takeover of the Swiss-American medical tools maker Synthes. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/j-j-offers-conces...

• 2012-02-23
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Brad DeLong Ask the mineshaft

1. Why is it called "ask the mineshaft" anyway? 2. What things have I written on this weblog recently--sentence, say, the end of December 2010--that I ought to wish I had not written, and that I should retract if I could? 원문출처 : http://f...

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DealBook 2 Former Executives of Failed Icelandic Bank Charged With Fraud

The former chief executive and chairman of the failed Icelandic lender Kaupthing Bank were indicted on Wednesday on charges of fraud and market manipulation. 원문출처 : http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/2-former-executives-of-failed-ice...

• 2012-02-23
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Marc Faber Blog Emerging Markets Have Become Very Overbought In The Near Term

Actually, what is interesting, in this rally, since early January, emerging markets have done best. India is up 14 percent, and the currency has strengthened. So you’re up almost 20 percent, in essentially, a month’s time. So all these marke...

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