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Entries from June 2008

fwiw: wednesday

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

mastercard & amex settlement announced
…more from erik re: amex….
grasso fights the power…and so does exxon…

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fwiw: tuesday afternoon

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

jim rogers interview: part 1, part 2.
speak of the devil…and of the angels.
seriously???

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fwiw: tuesday

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

interesting op-ed in nytimes regarding homeownership.
small sampling of responses: economists view (and more), financial risk, dealbreaker, nr, eschaton
other news: bloomberg on housing

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fwiw: monday

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

goldman. citi.
[unrelated to anything: gmail features]

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fwiw: friday

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

`Accelerating Pace’
“The housing market continues to deteriorate at an accelerating pace,” New York-based analysts Bruce W. Harting and Mark C. DeVries wrote in a note to clients today. We expect house prices “to fall even farther than we believed to 20 percent from the peak,” they added.  [bloomberg]
headed to nj tomorrow. take care this […]

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