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Announced S&P 500 Buybacks Surge in First Quarter

Posted from WSJ.com: MarketBeat 16 hours ago
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Since the start of the year through mid-March, the total amount of announced buybacks has averaged $31.8 billion a month, a near 8-fold increase from last year's first quarter. (original story)

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Novell Rejects Elliott's Bid as 'Inadequate'

Posted from DealBook 16 hours ago
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Novell, a maker of business software, said Saturday that it had rejected Elliott Associates' unsolicited $2 billion takeover bid as "inadequate," saying the hedge fund's offer "undervalues the company's franchise and growth prospects." (original story)

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Federal Home Loan Bank sues Wall Street Banks for Billions

Posted from Calculated Risk 16 hours ago
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This was lawsuit was filed on March 15th. Here are some details from the bank and see Morgenson's story in the NY Times for more ...From the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco: Statement Regarding PLRMBS Litigation Today the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (Bank) filed complaints in the... (original story)

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Charles Johnson: Why I Parted Ways with the Right

Posted from The Big Picture 16 hours ago
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Dangerous Minds: It was the blog post heard ‘round the world. When Charles Johnson wrote Why I Parted Ways With The Right in the space of a few minutes and posted it on his popular Little Green Footballs blog, he had no idea the firestorm it would set off. Nasty denunciations, death threats and a ... (original story)

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The Substantive Precedent in the Health Care Bill

Posted from EconLog: Library of Economi... 16 hours ago
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(March 19, 2010 05:44 PM, by Arnold Kling) The controversy of the moment is the procedural precedent in the health care bill. No comment on that. What troubles me is the substantive precedent of using future cuts in Medicare benefits as a funding source. This is really weird,... (original story)

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A Transcontinental Transpo Message: Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment

Posted from Streetsblog New York City 16 hours ago
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NYCDOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan is in Los Angeles this weekend for the StreetSummit, a gathering of Southern California bike and pedestrian advocates. In a lead-in to the conference, Sadik-Khan spoke at her alma mater, Occidental College, and Clarence Eckerson and Streetsblog LA's Damien Newt... (original story)

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U.S. Markets Week Ahead

Posted from WSJ.com: MarketBeat 16 hours ago
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A look at stories that will move U.S. markets next week. (original story)

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Bank Failure #31: American National Bank, Parma, Ohio

Posted from Calculated Risk 16 hours ago
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Spring is in the air What's this other thing I smell? Fail, from Ohioby Soylent Green is PeopleFrom the FDIC: The National Bank and Trust Company, Wilmington, Ohio, Assumes All of the Deposits of American National Bank, Parma, OhioAmerican National Bank, Parma, Ohio, was closed today by the Office o... (original story)

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Unofficial Problem Bank List increases to 653

Posted from Calculated Risk 16 hours ago
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This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources. Changes and comments from surferdude808: Publication of actions issued by the OCC and OTS contributed to an increase in the number of institutions and aggregate assets on the Unofficial Problem Bank List this week. This ... (original story)

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Fixed price markets in everything

Posted from Marginal Revolution 16 hours ago
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What do you get when you mix unemployment, frugal consumers and Internet boredom? One possible answer -- Fiverr.com, a site that allows you to buy and sell tasks for $5. The "gigs," all fixed at $5, range from the silly... (original story)

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