http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:14 -0700 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:05:57 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Antiglobalization-protests-may-diminish-underlying-problems-wont?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  The hordes of anti-globalization protesters that normally invade international economic summits were handed a considerable sop at the Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in Pittsburgh on September 24th-25th.   At the meeting, it was announced ... economy G20 protests anti-globalization Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:05:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Antiglobalization-protests-may-diminish-underlying-problems-wont?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Keep-it-honest-indeed?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  Until very recently, your correspondent has long considered himself an unabashed fan of The Economist (the British weekly that is de rigeur reading for observers of business and economics). Even in instances where one may not agree with their c... economy Obama administration budget reform health care Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:42:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Keep-it-honest-indeed?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Bob-Marley-as-economic-indicator-seriously?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Forgive your correspondent his scarcity over the last several weeks. Like most working stiffs battered by a difficult economy, he’s been scrambling to make a dollar out of fifteen cents, so to speak. Recognizing there’s been no shortage o... New York economy deflation retail sales Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:18:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Bob-Marley-as-economic-indicator-seriously?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Health-care-reform-hazardous-to-your-fiscal-health?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner   Remonstrations over implementing a national health-care system are intensifying, while putting advocates increasingly on the defensive. And not without good reason.   One story that got wide play late last week came courtesy of the New... New York economy Obama administration reform health care Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:13:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Health-care-reform-hazardous-to-your-fiscal-health?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-canary-in-the-coal-mine?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner   And so it begins:   Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets dropped by the largest amount in four months in May, as Japan and Russia trimmed their holdings of Treasury securities. The Treasury Department said Thursday tha... economy Obama administration budget finance foreign exchange China financial crisis dollar Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:47:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-canary-in-the-coal-mine?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-The-scariest-words-in-the-English-language?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner I doubt this item requires much explanation:   The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength o... economy Obama administration budget finance China financial crisis dollar Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:56:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-The-scariest-words-in-the-English-language?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Derivatives-reform-and-the-potential-for-a-SarbanesOxley-effect?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner In Congressional testimony on Friday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner aired concerns that the Obama administration’s efforts to reform the nearly $600 trillion (with a “t”) over-the-counter derivatives market might spur European aut... Wall Street economy Obama administration derivatives finance reform financial crisis Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:02:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Derivatives-reform-and-the-potential-for-a-SarbanesOxley-effect?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Pimco-to-government-See-ya-and-I-wouldnt-wanna-be-ya?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Yesterday, the Treasury Department released details on its much anticipated program designed to assist banks in reducing the amount of toxic securities on their books. Nine financial institutions were selected by the Treasury as partners in the Publi... Wall Street TARP New York economy Obama administration bailout finance financial crisis Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:47:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Pimco-to-government-See-ya-and-I-wouldnt-wanna-be-ya?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-The-OTHER-biggest-loser-aside-from-the-dollar-the-euro?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Your correspondent took a brief sabbatical but is now back in the saddle, and apologizes for the lengthy departure. Picking up where we left off… The U.S. dollar’s travails amid the global financial crisis have been extensively chroni... economy finance dollar euro ECB Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:57:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-The-OTHER-biggest-loser-aside-from-the-dollar-the-euro?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Believe-it-or-not-a-weaker-dollar-isnt-ALL-bad?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Your correspondent is feeling quite the econ-geek today, so here goes:   Earlier, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve released data that illustrated unexpected strength in the mid-Atlantic manufacturing sector. The benchmark index hit its... economy dollar autos manufacturing Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:42:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Believe-it-or-not-a-weaker-dollar-isnt-ALL-bad?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Ominous-warnings-for-dollar-via-Russia-TIC-data?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Two US-dollar related headlines today have negative implications for the greenback.  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is again calling for new reserve currencies to supplant the U.S. dollar as the world’s primary reserve unit, in o... economy budget finance foreign exchange Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:41:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Ominous-warnings-for-dollar-via-Russia-TIC-data?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Apres-TARP-le-deluge?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  Last week, the Treasury Department cleared 10 large banks to begin repayment of funds borrowed through the controversial Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. While hailed as a turning point in the financial crisis and the resulting... Wall Street TARP economy finance financial crisis Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:52:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Apres-TARP-le-deluge?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Mortgage-mess--whos-to-blame?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  The eternal question again rears its head: who exactly are the real villains in the mortgage-market meltdown? Much hay has been made about the role of large financial institutions in the crisis.  But is the conventional wisdom accurat... Wall Street economy mortgage financial crisis Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:16:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Mortgage-mess--whos-to-blame?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Money-for-nothing-and-inflationdeflation-which-for-free?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  Nowadays, central banks just can’t seem to win for losing.  As the Federal Reserve acts in tandem with U.S. political leadership to re-inflate a stagnant economy, the central bank appears to find itself in a classic Catch-22 d... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:54:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Money-for-nothing-and-inflationdeflation-which-for-free?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Hate-to-say-I-told-you-so-but?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Believe it or not, your correspondent doesn’t relish the idea of drawing attention to the obvious, nor does he enjoy bragging about his own insights (despite his penchant for referring to himself in the third person ;-). But having mulled the d... economy Obama administration finance foreign exchange Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Hate-to-say-I-told-you-so-but?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Wither-Citigroup?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  As other banking institutions that received taxpayer funds move quickly to extricate themselves from the government’s embrace by repaying TARP money, Citigroup finds its financial woes may be too endemic to allow the company to do the sam... Wall Street economy Citigroup General Motors finance DJIA Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:36:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Wither-Citigroup?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Gambling-and-the-law-of-unintended-consequences?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner  Several weeks ago, your correspondent had a lively Twitter exchange with a dear friend (whom we’ll call Ashley for the purposes of anonymity), who took him to task for being skeptical about President Obama’s debt-reliant domestic ag... economy Obama administration budget foreign exchange China Fri, 29 May 2009 09:37:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Gambling-and-the-law-of-unintended-consequences?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Taxes-and-economic-growth--the-debate-continues?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Last week, your correspondent posted his thoughts on how fiscal solutions that included tax hikes were far from assured to jumpstart a sluggish economy. Today, there are two good entries from the state government “tax and spend” chro... New York economy Albany taxes middle-class Tue, 26 May 2009 11:38:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Taxes-and-economic-growth--the-debate-continues?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Weaker-dollar-could-help-NYC-tourism--or-not?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner This week, all hell broke loose for the U.S. dollar shortly after the Financial Times reported that the governments of Brazil and China proposed a currency regime that would effectively supplant the greenback in China/Brazil bilateral trade dealings ... New York economy tourism Swine-flu foreign exchange Sat, 23 May 2009 13:51:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Weaker-dollar-could-help-NYC-tourism--or-not?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d23-From-porterhouse-to-ham-sandwiches--financial-crisis-bites-more-than-just-bankers?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner Several weeks ago, your correspondent plumbed the ancillary effects of restricting bonuses on Wall Street, and the remarks made by President Obama in a New York Times Magazine interview, in which he demonstrates an apparent nonchalance about reducing... Wall Street New York economy middle-class Sat, 23 May 2009 11:41:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8715-NY-Business-News-Examiner~y2009m5d23-From-porterhouse-to-ham-sandwiches--financial-crisis-bites-more-than-just-bankers?cid=exrss-NY-Business-News-Examiner