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Google Trying Not to be Evil

esrization wrote 1 month ago: There’s a sense of irony, searching for news stories about Google’s illegal behaviour th … more →

Tags: Google Evil, Privacy

The Fall of Gild City 1-11

tekia wrote 2 months ago: The Fall of Gild City Series 1, Part 11 Gild City- West side 4:30pm Still Friday “Are you sure this … more →

Tags: short stories, loan shark, pawn shops, residential neighborhood, Upscale Neighborhoods

Feds nab insider trader at Nasdaq

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Apparently Bernie Madoff wasn’t the only bad apple at Nasdaq. In the latest shining moment for the U … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, Apple, FOX, henhouse, NASDAQ, SEC

The problem with nomadic megabanks

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Behold an exciting new feature of the post-bailout era: the megabank that wanders the globe with the … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, investment banks, Recklessness, UBS

Is the AIG selloff overdone?

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Could it be time to start kicking the tires on AIG? It hardly seems like an auspicious moment. Share … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, AiG, Bailout, Turnarounds

The world's most reckless central bankers

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Should the guys at the European Central Bank have to sit through a screening of “Too Big to Fail”? I … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, Crisis, ECB, Euro, Europe, FED

Problem banks list hits 888

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: The zombie banking industry took another half step forward Tuesday. The list of banks at risk of fai … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, BAIR, Failure, FDIC, foreclosure, problem banks

Big-bank CEOs: the billion-dollar bust

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: The deal of a lifetime Has any group ever been more richly rewarded for failure than the CEOs of the … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Banks, CEOs, Creeps, fraud, overpaid

The silver lining in falling bank stocks

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Summer is a month away yet, but the financials are already wilting. If we’re lucky, this trend … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, Banks, BofA, break up the banks, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, zombies

Why oil prices will spike again soon

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: How long till the next oil shock? Energy prices have been coming down this spring as fears of a Midd … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Economy, FED, Goldman, Oil, shock

Central bankers vs. Bill Gross1 comment

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Do central bankers have it in for the world’s most widely cited Treasury bond bear? You might … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, China, Foreign Exchange, Foreigners, gross, Treasury Bonds

Do falling gas prices spell recession?

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Sick of high energy prices? You may soon have more relief than you’d like. After two commodity price … more →

Tags: Economy, Gasoline, Oil, recession

Goldman leaves LinkedIn party early

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Is Wall Street’s savviest trading firm leaving a LinkedIn fortune on the table? The LinkedIn (LNKD) … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, bubbles, Goldman, IPOs, LinkedIn

Pandit's preposterous pay landslide

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Four more years! Four more years! That’s what Citigroup’s (C) board was inexplicably chanting this w … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, bailouts, Banks, CEO pay, citi, pandit

Silly season at United Airlines2 comments

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: What’s in a number? A good-sized headache if you’re United Airlines, which was lampooned after it ca … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Absurdity, Mistakes, Unions, united

How foreigners will buy the U.S.

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Think we’re in hock up to our eyeballs now? Wait till 2025. That’s the message behind a World Bank r … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, trade deficit, U. S., World Bank

The momentum for higher commodity prices

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: If you’re weighing the long-term case for higher commodity prices, consider this comment from Bank o … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, Canada, Commodities, Energy, Oil

Sizing up the LinkedIn bubble

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Would you believe the value of LinkedIn has risen 19-fold in just over two years? You must if you ar … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, bubbles, LinkedIn, moving the goalposts, Valuations

U.K. inflation and the limits of austerity

Colin Barr wrote 1 year ago: Think you’ve got stagflation? Check out the U.K. Inflation hit 4.5% in April, the government said Tu … more →

Tags: Colin Barr, Term Sheet, austerity, Bank of England, Inflation, U K, Wages


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