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• APEC MEETING IN SINGAPORE: LIVE BLOG

  
  Global News Blog — Authority: 472
  Leaders of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gather in Singapore this weekend for their annual summit, which this year will focus on ways of sustaining a fragile economic recovery. Reuters correspondents will be blogging live from the event, and will post stories and comments from other sources as ...
  3 days ago

• Enforce the Sherman Anti-trust Act and Regulate the Shadow Banks

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 625
  I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating.  Monopoly power and rent-seeking behavior are anathema to market systems. Politics should stay out of economic decisions and government should provide the framework that makes the market honest, transparent, and open to all interests.  Republican and Democratic pols ...
  4 days ago

• Uncle Sam Plays “Extend and Pretend”

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 627
  “Extend and pretend” will go down as one of the famous financial phrases of 2009. It has permeated the commercial real estate business… instead of realizing the loss on a bad loan, bankers are “extending” the terms and “pretending” the borrower will be able to pay in another week, month or year. In more ...
  1 week ago

• On the other hand … or is it Hoof?

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 625
  In what is undoubtedly good news, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (Dept. of Commerce) has announced that  REAL GDP grew by approximately 3.5% in the third quarter of 2009.  That is up from the second quarter growth of .7%.  It appears that the economy may be rebounding from the so-called “Great ...
  2 weeks ago

• UK taxpayer will not recover Northern Rock investment for a decade

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Nationalised lenders chief executive Gary Hoffman admits £27bn taxpayer payback will be later rather than sooner.
  2 weeks ago

• European Commission clears Northern Rock break up

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  European Commission approves plan to split nationalised lender into a "good" and a "bad" bank opens way for taxpayers to recoup part of a £15bn loaned to bail out the bank.
  2 weeks ago

• Banking is supposed to Boring

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 625
  There really isn’t much to being a banker.  It’s boring and not too difficult.  Basically, you take in deposits and safekeep them for a saver.  You keep a portion to cover any possible withdrawals.  The rest you lend out to some one at a reasonable rate of interest.   That rate needs to cover the rate you pay ...
  3 weeks ago

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