Monthly Archives: January 2010

06 Jan, 2010

Why the S.E.C. Keeps Backpedaling

Edited by Leslie Pratch; written by Pamela Mearsheimer Jesse Westbrook of Business Week has a great analysis of what’s going on – or not going on – at the S.E.C. After the Bernie Madoff debacle, Mary Schapiro, chair of the S.E.C. was ready to crack down and show the backbone of the S.E.C. This was [...]

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04 Jan, 2010

Not So Radical Reform

Edited by Leslie Pratch; written by Pamela Mearsheimer This week the BusinessWeek cover story is about the attempts – or lack thereof – of reform and regulation of the financial markets. BW starts out by describing the media following Barney Frank in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, as if the media is paparazzi [...]

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01 Jan, 2010

2009: The Year of Living Furiously … and a Few Predictions for 2010

Edited by Leslie Pratch; written by Pamela Mearsheimer Business Week gives an end of the year recap of 2009. They start by asking, was it a good year or a bad year? Well…By most counts better than the disaster otherwise known as 2008, but nothing like the good times of 1999.  The S&P went up [...]

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