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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kevin Dayhoff The Tentacle - An Odd New Economic Cycle Driven by… Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kevin E. Dayhoff: As the economy staggers in the third year of a very odd economic recovery, last Monday the stock market fell sharply in the first day of trading since the Labor Department released a disappointing jobs report for March. The last three years of supposed economic recovery looks like a strange trip, indeed, and the next economic cycle is looking to be even stranger… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5032

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Related: Four is the loneliest number by Kevin E. Dayhoff The Tentacle

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Four is the loneliest number Kevin E. Dayhoff: After former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s likely primary victories in Tuesday’s contests in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Wisconsin, look for establishment Republicans to start looking for a running mate and the establishment media to focus its attention on getting President Barack Obama re-elected… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5018

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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/03/story-about-biker-us-marine-heroic-acts.html A story about a biker, US Marine, heroic acts and today’s liberal media - Labels: Media Bias, Media liberal, Military Marines, Motorcycles, Politics Democrats and Republicans

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Now look for establishment media to focus its attention on getting President Barack Obama re-elected http://tinyurl.com/7y24ne7

Dick Morris Accuses George Stephanopoulos of Being a 'Paid Democratic Hitman'

Ann Coulter Talks to NewsBusters About Media Coverage of Cain Allegations and Occupy Wall Street

Coulter: Upside of Media Vetting GOP Candidates - We Don't End Up With President Voting Present as Economy Falls in Toilet

Jay Leno: Obama's Open Mic Slip With Medvedev 'Doesn't Seem That Weird to Me'

Romney blasts Obama in Illinois victory speech: 'Enough!'

Van Jones: Romney Should Pick Condoleezza Rice as VP and 'Watch the Obama Campaign Go Crazy' Noel Sheppard Sunday, April 1, 2012 http://mrctv.org/videos/van-jones-romney-should-pick-condoleezza-rice-vp-and-watch-obama-campaign-go-crazy

Boehner: 'I Think The President Would Prefer To See Lower Gas Prices, At Least For Election Day'

Speaker Boehner: "I Think The President Would Prefer To See Lower Gas Prices. At Least For Election Day.

Rep. Frank: We Can Reduce Dependence on Oil and Lower Gas Prices at Same Time

Drilling Unlikely to Lower Oil Prices, Energy Information Chief Says

Blame China, Not Oil Companies for High Gas Prices, Says Prof

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Sunday, April 08, 2012

Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, April 6, 2012

March U.S. jobs numbers a disappointment: Jeremy Hobson: Wall Street is closed today for the holiday, but the government is open, and the Labor Department just reported that only 120,000 jobs were added last month. That's slightly more than half of what economists were expecting. The unemployment did fall to 8.2 percent. Interview by Jeremy Hobson http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/march-us-jobs-numbers-disappointment

Update - Related: Kevin Dayhoff The Tentacle - An Odd New Economic Cycle Driven by… Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Related: Four is the loneliest number by Kevin E. Dayhoff The Tentacle

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Now look for establishment media to focus its attention on getting President Barack Obama re-elected http://tinyurl.com/7y24ne7

Dick Morris Accuses George Stephanopoulos of Being a 'Paid Democratic Hitman'

Ann Coulter Talks to NewsBusters About Media Coverage of Cain Allegations and Occupy Wall Street

Coulter: Upside of Media Vetting GOP Candidates - We Don't End Up With President Voting Present as Economy Falls in Toilet

Jay Leno: Obama's Open Mic Slip With Medvedev 'Doesn't Seem That Weird to Me'

Romney blasts Obama in Illinois victory speech: 'Enough!'

Boehner: 'I Think The President Would Prefer To See Lower Gas Prices, At Least For Election Day'

Speaker Boehner: "I Think The President Would Prefer To See Lower Gas Prices. At Least For Election Day.

Rep. Frank: We Can Reduce Dependence on Oil and Lower Gas Prices at Same Time

Drilling Unlikely to Lower Oil Prices, Energy Information Chief Says

Blame China, Not Oil Companies for High Gas Prices, Says Prof

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Obama's Dividend Assault and others news and views from The Wall Street Journal

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See all of today's editorials and op-eds, video interviews and commentary on Opinion Journal.

Obama's Dividend Assault

A plan to triple the tax rate would hurt all shareholders.

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HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
Jenkins: A Stock Market for the Rest of Us?

A Silicon Valley start-up shows big business how its best customers can also be its best shareholders.

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JOHN B. TAYLOR
John Taylor: A Better Grecian Bailout

The fears of contagion from Athens were always exaggerated. Now the issues are whether Greece will reform and whether Europe will cut it off if it doesn't.

REVIEW & OUTLOOK

Racial Preferences Redux

The Supreme Court revisits discrimination and government.

The Tragic Greek Sideshow

No country should be forced to remain in the euro against its will.

BEST OF THE WEB TODAY

JAMES TARANTO
Best of the Web Today: Mystification and Triumphalism

Why the left can't handle the truth about social conservatism.

COMMENTARY

RICHARD HAASS AND MICHAEL LEVI
Haass and Levi: How to Talk Down Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions

Before deciding on war or containment, the West should offer a good-faith compromise to the mullahs and the Iranian people.

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AUSTAN GOOLSBEE
Austan Goolsbee: Jeremy Lin and America's 'New Exports'

The U.S. runs a huge trade surplus in tourism, tuition paid by foreign students, even NBA jerseys sold abroad.

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ANDREW KLAVAN
Andrew Klavan: Gary Carter Showed Me How to Play the Game

I never met the baseball great, who died last week. But he spoke to me in my darkest hour.

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BENN STEIL
Benn Steil: Why We Can't Believe the Fed

The bank's predictions of its own behavior are only as good as its predictions of the economy. It has a poor track record.

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Notable & Quotable

Walter Russell Mead on the government's costly biases against entrepreneurs and small firms.

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MICHAEL SHERMER
Defying the Doomsayers

"Abundance" argues that growing technologies have the potential not only to spread information but to solve some of humanity's most vexing problems. Michael Shermer reviews.

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Obama Seeks Tax Revamp The Obama administration will propose lowering the top income-tax rate for corporations to 28% from 35% but would raise overall tax revenue by eliminating dozens of deductions.


		Plan B for China's Wealthy: Move West Surveys and visa numbers show that members of China's wealthy elite are heading...


Comcast Takes Aim at Netflix Comcast is taking aim at Netflix, unveiling an Internet streaming-video service that will give existing Comcast video customers a selection of old TV shows and movies.


		Afghan Central Bank Restricts Cash Afghanistan's central-bank governor said he will issue new currency...

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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

CNBC: Europe Stocks Seen Higher on Berlusconi Departure Hopes

Europe Stocks Seen Higher on Berlusconi Departure Hopes

European stocks were called to open higher on Wednesday on news that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign after he lost his parliamentary majority in a crucial vote on Tuesday afternoon.

IMF Chief Warns World Economy Risks 'Lost Decade'
Greek Precedent Exposes Banks: Deutche Bank CEO
China Inflation Eases Further to 5.5% in October
Italy Will Continue to Test Markets Wednesday
Dexia Sets Capital Hike for Muni Loan Unit
Greek Coalition Deal to Be Announced Wednesday
Herman Cain: 'I Have Never Acted Inappropriately'
Why Wall Street Isn't Impressed With GOP Candidates
Berlusconi Says He Will Resign After Budget Is Approved
London Jeweler Graff Plans $1 Billion Hong Kong IPO
Rajaratnam Ordered to Pay $92.8 Million in SEC Case
Fake Weapons Parts 'Ticking Time Bomb', Officials Say

CNBC: Europe Stocks Seen Higher on Berlusconi Departure Hopes

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Matt Taibbi - Rolling Stone: Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?

Financial crooks brought down the world's economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them

Illustration by Victor Juhasz

By Matt Taibbi

FEBRUARY 16, 2011 9:00 AM ET

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216

Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off his beer.

"Everything's fucked up, and nobody goes to jail," he said. "That's your whole story right there. Hell, you don't even have to write the rest of it. Just write that."

I put down my notebook. "Just that?"

"That's right," he said, signaling to the waitress for the check. "Everything's fucked up, and nobody goes to jail. You can end the piece right there."

Nobody goes to jail. This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth — and nobody went to jail. Nobody, that is, except Bernie Madoff, a flamboyant and pathological celebrity con artist, whose victims happened to be other rich and famous people... http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216

This article appears in the March 3, 2011 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available now on newsstands and will appear in the online archive February 18.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The New York Times DealBook: Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin: Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama

DealBook: Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The New York Times

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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1. Top Story: Sorkin: Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama
2. M & A: Taiwan Blocks Sale of A.I.G.'s Nan Shan
3. Banking: Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks
4. Private Equity: Candover to Wind Up Funds
5. Hedge Funds: Funds Move to Halt Ambac Asset Grab
6. Offerings: A Year of Disappointing I.P.O.'s Angers Investors
7. Venture Capital: The Google Deal Machine
8. Legal: Warren's Fate Is Gauge of Wall St. Overhaul

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1. Top Story: Sorkin: Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama
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A letter from a hedge fund manager to his investors about Washington's
policies is stirring up controversy on a sensitive topic among the
moneyed elite, The New York Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his
latest DealBook column.

The poison pen of Daniel S. Loeb took a jab recently at one of his
former allies, the Obama administration, deploring the redistribution
of resources and power that Wall Street has come to fear with the
passage of the financial regulation overhaul.

Some say that they knew Obama would seek higher taxes and tighter
regulation; that was O.K. What they say they did not realize was that
they were going to be painted as villains. And as they grow to distrust
government, they threaten to cut off investment in the United States.

Go to Column from The New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/business/31sorkin.html?dbk

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2. M & A: Taiwan Blocks Sale of A.I.G.'s Nan Shan
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The Taiwan financial regulator said Tuesday that it would block the
$2.15 billion sale of Nan Shan -- American International Group's life
insurance unit on the island -- to a group of buyers tied to China,
citing laws that limit investment from the mainland.

Go to Item from DealBook:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/taiwan-blocks-sale-of-a-i-g-s-nan-shan/

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The American power producer Exelon said Tuesday that it had agreed to
buy John Deere Renewables, a wind power company, in a deal that may be
worth up to $900 million.

Go to Item from DealBook:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/exelon-to-buy-wind-firm-john-deere-renewables/

Go to Exelon Statement:http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100831005745/en/Exelon-Expanding-Wind-Generation-Acquisition-John-Deere

Go to Previous Item from Bloomberg News:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/22exelon.html?dbk

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"Let me in, and I might go higher." That, in a nutshell, is the message
Chris Viehbacher, the chief executive of Sanofi-Aventis, is sending the
management of the biotech company Genzyme in making public his $18.5
billion offer to buy it.

Go to Article from Reuters Breakingviews:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/business/31views.html?dbk

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BHP Billiton denied speculation on Monday that it planned to sell any
of Potash Corp.'s assets if it succeeds with its $38.6 billion hostile
bid for the world's largest fertilizer producer.

Go to Article from Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67G1R620100830

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The days of being able to pick up failed financial institutions on the
cheap are coming to an end, despite a high number of bank failures this
year.

Go to Article from The Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required):http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704323704575461681180655898.html?dbk

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Newcrest Mining's $8 billion-plus acquisition of Lihir Gold is creating
a new top-tier of Australian gold producers, which are already being
sized up for takeovers, Reuters reported.

Go to Article from Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U0F920100831?dbk

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3. Investment Banking: Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks
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Some large lenders are taking a stand on industry practices -- like
mining and deforestation -- that they regard as risky to their
reputations.

Go to Article from The New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/business/energy-environment/31coal.html?dbk

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No client is too small for Goldman Sachs Group these days, even a
company with no revenue that's owned by a hedge fund specializing in
penny stocks.

Go to Article from Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U1LZ20100831?dbk

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Marketing campaigns aimed at reminding the world's 1.6 billion Muslims
to follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad that supposedly ban
receiving interest have increased as the global economy recovers this
year.

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-30/banks-step-up-ramadan-marketing-campaigns-to-spur-growth-islamic-finance.html?dbk

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HSBC said Tuesday that it has sold its last United States auto finance
businesses to Santander for about $3.56 billion in cash, completing its
exit from a market that cost it billions during the financial crisis,
The Associated Press reported.

Go to Article from The Associated Press via The New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/08/31/business/AP-EU-Britain-HSBC-Santander.html?dbk

Go to Santander Press Release:http://www.santander.com/csgs/StaticBS?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1265282266427&cachecontrol=immediate&ssbinary=true&maxage=3600

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4. Private Equity: Candover to Wind Up Funds
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Candover Investments said it will wind itself up, sealing the fate of
one of the buyout industry's highest-profile victims of the credit
crunch, Reuters reported.

Go to Article from Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE67Q0PZ20100831?dbk

Go to Candover Statement:http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-news/news/market-news/market-news-detail.html?announcementId=10630011

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Wilbur Ross's Assured Guaranty is alone in the municipal bond insurance
market, since Warren Buffett stopped Berkshire Hathaway from backing
new issues. But Mr. Ross's monopoly won't guarantee higher profits.

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/ross-may-find-profit-elusive-pursuing-muni-bond-insurance-buffett-avoids.html?dbk

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Acquisitions in the United States power industry surged more than
20-fold by value in the first eight months of the year. Advisers say to
expect more deals as buyers like Blackstone Group bet that electricity
prices will rise with economic recovery.

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/u-s-power-company-acquisitions-surge-as-blackstone-nrg-hunt-for-bargains.html?dbk

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Ronald W. Burkle has responded in a sharply worded letter to Barnes &
Noble's criticism of his investing record and his slate of candidates
for the company's board.

Go to Item from DealBook:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/burkle-no-plan-to-take-control-of-chain/

Go to Yucaipa Statement:http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100830005565/en/Barnes-Nobles-Misstatements-Yucaipa-Attempt-Deflect-Attention

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5. Hedge Funds: Funds Move to Halt Ambac Asset Grab
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Hedge funds including King Street Capital and Stonehill Capital
Management filed a motion seeking to prevent Ambac Financial Group from
taking assets out of a bond-insurance unit.

Go to Article from Bloomberg News:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/hedge-funds-seek-to-block-payments-in-court-from-ambac-s-insurance-unit.html?dbk

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Even some of the savviest hedge fund managers got burned in 2008 by
sticking with their hot stocks for too long as the market tumbled,
Reuters writes.

Go to Article from Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67T3OL20100830?dbk

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6. I.P.O.s/Offerings: A Year of Disappointing I.P.O.'s Angers Investors ----------------------------------------

The woeful state of this year's market for initial public offerings is
provoking anger among investors and calls that companies' stock is
being issued with unrealistic valuations, The Financial Times reported.
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In its first implementation of the Dodd-Frank law, the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission said Monday that it had published a new set
of so-called final rules to regulate the retail foreign exchange
market.

Go to Item from DealBook:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/c-f-t-c-issues-new-forex-trading-rules/

Go to C.F.T.C. Statement:http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5883-10.html?dbk

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Stocks fell Tuesday in Europe and Asia, led by a 3.6 percent decline in
Tokyo, as worries about the global economy weighed on banks and a
strengthening yen hit manufacturers in Japan.

Go to Article from The New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/business/01markets.html?dbk

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Hewlett-Packard said Monday that its board approved the buyback of an
additional $10 billion of shares to boost investor confidence as it
finds itself involved in a bidding war for high-end data storage
company 3Par.

Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/08/30/business/business-us-hewlettpackard-buyback.html?dbk

Go to Hewlett-Packard Press Release:http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100830c.html

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7. Venture Capital: The Google Deal Machine
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Google has now announced acquisitions of 25 companies in the 12 months
since its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said he expected to do a deal
at least once a month.

Go to Item from DealBook:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/the-google-deal-machine/

In its effort to challenge Facebook, Google has become a social
butterfly. The latest proof of that is Google's acquisition of
SocialDeck, a maker of social games for mobile phones.

Go to Article from VentureBeat:http://games.venturebeat.com/2010/08/30/social-butterfly-google-buys-mobile-game-developer-socialdeck/?dbk

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IContact, a provider of e-mail marketing services like newsletter
creation and distribution, just raised $40 million in its second round
of funding, which was spearheaded by JMI Equity.

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8. Legal: Warren's Fate Is Gauge of Wall St. Overhaul
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This autumn, Elizabeth Warren, a contender to become the top U.S.
consumer financial regulator, could become a focal point in a political
debate over how far government should go to rein in the financial
sector and other corporate interests.

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The Chinese government ran an enormous help-wanted advertisement on
Monday seeking professional managers for some of its biggest
state-controlled companies, a move that apparently reflected
unhappiness with the companies' current performance.

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Donald Kohn, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, will take his
central banking expertise to the Brookings Institution after he retires
this week from four decades at the Fed, Brookings announced on Monday.

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Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay $55 million to settle kickback
allegations related to federal government contracts, the U.S. Justice
Department said on Monday.

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Christoper R. Conte, a longtime lawyer in the Securities and Exchange
Commission's enforcement unit, is leaving the agency to join Steptoe &
Johnson.

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And in today's Morning Take-Out:

--Immigrants to the rescue
--A beginner's guide to Twitter
--Mike Mayo doesn't trust Citi

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