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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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Crisis at Dubai Flagship Roils World Markets

In surprise, government takes over Dubai World; bank stocks pounded

THOMAS FRANK

Give Thanks We're Not Thanking Wall St.

Be grateful for new skepticism on financial industry

NO DIMON IN THIS ROUGH

Bloggers on JPMorgan Chase CEO Replacing Geithner: Nah

Jamie Dimon not in tune with Obama, too invested in big banks

 Congress' New 
 Whipping Boy: 
 The Fed 

Bernanke & Co. run into populist ire over Wall St bailouts, unemployment

Debt-Happy US Faces Payback Time as Rates Rise

Cost of debt to skyrocket $500B in next 10 years

DAVID BROOKS

 Geithner Got It Right 

Treasury secretary's pragmatic approach to financial crisis paid off

 Fed Report 
 Rakes Geithner 
 Over AIG Bailout 

He's accused of handing AIG creditors 'backdoor bailout'

Largest US Gay Newspaper Publisher Closes

Window Media papers included Washington, South Fla. Blade

 Buffett: 
 'Financial 
 Panic Is 
 Behind Us' 

He sounds optimistic note at Columbia University forum


 Fed Restricts Overdraft Fees 

Customers must opt in for coverage of ATM, debit transactions

9 Other States Have Calif.-Sized Fiscal Messes

Ariz., Fla., Ill., Mich., and NJ among others facing crises

Times Star Sorkin: Too Cozy With
Wall Street?

Colleagues clash with Too Big to Fail author

Half of US Kids Will Get Food Stamps at Some Point

Figure hits 90% for black children, study finds

Sunday Talk shows


 Geithner: 
 Recovery 
 Could Be 
 'Choppy' 

Tells NBC that financial crisis caused 'a lot of damage'

ANALYSIS

US GDP Jump Hollow if Unemployment Keeps Rising

... and it's still rising faster than before recession

Economy Grows in Q3, Signals End of Recession

Tenuous 3.5% growth is best showing in two years

 Soros to Spend 
 $50M to Reinvent 
 Economics 


Fund manager's think tank charged with reinventing the field

  Geithner 
 to Bankers: 
 Crackdown 
 Is 'War' 



Treasury secretary tells Wall Street it must accept regulation

POLL NUMBERS

Afghan Surge Gains Favor; Public Sours on DC

Support for public option also grows; GOP isn't more popular, though

 Ousted AIG CEO 
 Builds AIG 2— 
 With AIG Talent 

Greenberg's new insurer poaches AIG employees at taxpayers' expense

DAVID BROOKS

 Get a  Clue, 
 Washington: 
 You Can't Do 
 Everything 

Effort to restructure exec pay smacks of arrogance

 Iceland Too Poor 
 for McDonald's 

With currency off 80%, golden arches fall

Frank, Geithner to Roll Out 'Too Big to Fail' Bill

New rules will impose 'living wills' for banks

Russian Banks Foreclose
on Pigs, Lingerie

As defaults soar, banks stuck with weird collateral



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

10
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

29
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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