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Do Something!

Do Something!

05.31.2012
Thing One: Latter-Day Neros: Mario Draghi has had just about enough of European politicians fiddling while Europe burns. The European...
Banks Sneak Back Onto Campus

Banks Sneak Back Onto Campus

05.31.2012
Thing One: Back To School: It's like Old School, only with fewer laughs and more financial ruin: Banks have snuck back onto college campuses...
Back On The Boil

Back On The Boil

05.29.2012
Thing One: Europe, The Re-En-Crisising: That whistling sound you're hearing this morning is the European debt crisis coming once again...
America To Unemployed: Drop Dead

America To Unemployed: Drop Dead

05.29.2012
Thing One: Time And Money: Good news, people who have been unemployed forever: You're getting your jobless benefits cut off, which means...
Synchronized Sinking

Synchronized Sinking

05.25.2012
Thing One: Synchronized Sinking: Sometimes togetherness is not such a good thing. A bunch of downbeat economic data on Thursday all at...
Euro Breakup Ahead

Euro Breakup Ahead

05.23.2012
Thing One: Preparing For Divorce: Europe and Greece are at the stage in their stormy marriage where they are consulting with divorce lawyers....
Facebook's Fiasco

Facebook's Fiasco

05.22.2012
Thing One: Welcome To Facebook's Nightmare: The Facebook IPO has quickly turned from a mild embarrassment into a five-alarm nightmare....
Facebook Blame Game

Facebook Blame Game

05.21.2012
Thing One: Facebook Blame Game: The hot new Facebook game is not Farmville or Mob Wars but the Blame Game. Who is to blame for Facebook's...
Facebook Fallout

Facebook Fallout

05.20.2012
Thing One: Facebook Fallout: At least the Facebook IPO resulted in a wedding. Otherwise it might have been a total disaster. Facebook...
This Is Going To Be Awkward

This Is Going To Be Awkward

05.17.2012
Thing One: Lost Weekend: This weekend is going to be as awkward as one of those forced get-togethers of the Real Housewives of Whatever. Leaders...
Fear The Facebook

Fear The Facebook

05.16.2012
Thing One: Fear The Facebook: Dave Attell has this bit about what fear looks like: To paraphrase, fear looks like a naked man running down...
Greeks Head For Exits

Greeks Head For Exits

05.15.2012
Thing One: Greeks Walk, Don't Run, From Banks: It's not exactly a panic or a full-blown bank run yet, but it looks like Greece is starting...
Regulators Forgive JPMorgan Trade

Regulators Forgive JPMorgan Trade

05.14.2012
Thing One: Regulators Inaction: Feckless U.S. financial-markets regulators are a lot like the referees in professional wrestling: They're...
Dimon Agonistes

Dimon Agonistes

05.14.2012
Thing One: Dimon Agonistes: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Or bankers. Or both. JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon...