An easy fix for a tricky securities problem

A few days ago, I watched one of California’s top high school economics teachers lead a class in a discussion of the differences between the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. I’m applying for my own teaching credential and was there observing.

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An easy fix for a tricky securities problem

Buffett vents on financial fat cats

Warren Buffett has an elegant solution for the thorny problem of too-big-to-fail banks: Put the bankers’ bank accounts on the line.

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Berkshire’s big day: $24 billion in trading

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway got a rousing introduction to the S&P 500 this month — though it wasn’t quite the most lavish ever.

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A banner year for hedge funds

It looks like risk is back.

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Boards of disasters

In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that John Gillespie, co-author (with David Zweig) of Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions, is a friend of mine.

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Boards of disasters

MySpace, a place for (knife wielding) friends

Even measured by Internet time, that was fast.

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MySpace, a place for (knife wielding) friends

Dodge CEO: "We cannot screw it up this time"

During the past decade, Ralph Gilles helped create some of Chrysler’s most successful models: the 300C Sedan, the Dodge Magnum, and the redesigned Dodge Charger. But soon after the industry wunderkind became the company’s design chief, Chrysler and America’s auto industry collapsed.

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Dodge CEO: "We cannot screw it up this time"

Dodge CEO: "We cannot screw it up this time"

During the past decade, Ralph Gilles helped create some of Chrysler’s most successful models: the 300C Sedan, the Dodge Magnum, and the redesigned Dodge Charger. But soon after the industry wunderkind became the company’s design chief, Chrysler and America’s auto industry collapsed.

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Dodge CEO: "We cannot screw it up this time"

Trouble ahead for community banks

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Paul Volcker is engaged!

News from the Paul Volcker front: No, he has not persuaded the Obama administration to toughen up its policies about the proprietary trading of the big U.S. banks, a move he’s been vigorously campaigning for in his job as chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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