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The Wolves and the Sheep

I read an article in the New York Times which points out the difficult task the SEC faces in trying to stay ahead of Wall Street. It reads like David vs Goliath. Or an Aesop’s Fable.

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A gift horse for health reform?

Just when you thought health care reform was dead in Congress, along comes Anthem Blue Cross. The insurance company and its parent, Wellpoint, are planning to raise rates as much as 39% for California customers.

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Flying cheap, tired and untrained

If you’ve ever flown a “puddle-jumper,” you might want to catch the Frontline documentary, Flying Cheap, tonight on PBS. Correspondent Miles O’Brien, a pilot himself, looks at the cheap ways and frightening lack of experience at some regional airlines.

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Morning Reading

Good morning. A few things to start the day: Maybe the US needs to lose its AAA credit rating, California needs to learn that Social Security numbers are private, and some chuckles from stand-up economist-comedians.

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Mad banker scientists

The R&D departments at the big banks are still experimenting in their laboratories. The latest idea for financial “innovation” comes from Citigroup. It is working on the first derivatives that would pay out in the event of another financial crisis.

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The economy is so bad...

Perhaps we can contribute to the growing collection of one-liners about the economy. You don’t even need to use your imagination. I’ve come up with a couple “the economy is so bad” jokes just from today’s news.

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The inflation bomb and Charles Darwin

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will tell Congress this week how the Fed plans to diffuse the $1 trillion bomb ticking away inside the banks. Did I mention that the Fed assembled this bomb in the first place?

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Morning Reading

Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Here a a few items to get the week started, including both sinners and SAINTS:

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Have something to say to Citi?

This week, Citigroup added one more blog to the universe. It includes video interviews with Citi executives in charge of things like risk, mortgages and credit cards. CEO Vikram Pandit even delivers his own message, and something akin to an apology:

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Misreading the job numbers

The consensus over January’s employment report seems to be “cautious optimism.” It’s “a cause for hope, but not celebration” is how the president put it. That’s an understatement. The unemployment rate fell below 10%, but it would have been better news if the unemployment rate had risen.

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