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Here are some RSS feeds I like to keep in one place. Right now, it’s three blogs and DealBook (a NYTimes list of finance deals):


Paul Kedrosky

Naked Capitalism

Felix Salmon

DealBook







Infectious Greed


Naked Capitalism




DealBook


  • The F.C.I.C.’s Latest in Creative Writing Sep 2010

    From Economix: Bill Thomas, the vice chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, pulls out another creative metaphor to describe the market turmoil.


  • The Strangeness of 3M’s Cogent Deal Sep 2010

    Cogent shareholders may be unhappy about the price of 3M’s deal to buy the company, but the Deal Professor says that there are other interesting quirks that may be of concern as well.


  • Brazil’s New Global Deal Makers Sep 2010

    The acquisition Burger King Holdings by a Brazilian-backed investment firm is one of those emblematic transactions that seems to herald the emergence of a new global business player, writes Larry Roht. […]


  • Clayton, Dubilier Buys Stake in Univar Sep 2010

    Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has acquired a large minority interest in Univar, a large chemical distribution business, from buyout firm CVC Capital Partners.


  • H.P. Wins 3Par as Bidding War Ends Sep 2010

    Dell on Thursday withdrew from the bidding for 3Par, which agreed to be acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $33 per share.


Felix Salmon


  • Microfinance datapoints of the day Sep 2010

    Here’s three takes on microfinance, all from the past month:


  • Why houses are like dishwashers Sep 2010

    A lot of people have been quoting this passage from Chip Case’s op-ed on housing as an investment:


  • When bankers are more dangerous than warlords Sep 2010

    Amy Davidson has a good round-up of the tragic bank run at Kabul Bank, which is threatening not only the largest and most important bank in Afghanistan but also what remains of that country’s shattere. […]


  • Quants merge with humans Sep 2010

    Eleanor Laise has found an interesting trend in the world of quant funds: a lot of them are looking much more human, these days.


  • Do information asymmetries explain the housing bubble? Sep 2010

    Adam Levitin and Susan Wachter have a new paper out which reckons it can explain the entire housing bubble by looking at the supply of private-label mortgage-backed securities in the market, and the i. […]