http://counterparties.com Counterparties Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/M1OJW_XvSZQ/Euro-crisis-Cash-strapped-Italy-sells-off-iconic-lighthouses http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_297699526/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27:05 +0000 csmonitor.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13197 Counterparties.com →]]> Italy is auctioning off picturesque lighthouses to help pay down its debt

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]]> http://csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0222/Euro-crisis-Cash-strapped-Italy-sells-off-iconic-lighthouses http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/5gMih1kOmJ4/industrial-policy http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_297774666/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:17:44 +0000 economist.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13189 Counterparties.com →]]> "It's very difficult to make the case that manufacturers are deserving of special treatment"

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]]> http://economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/02/industrial-policy http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/r7nKSGACZ8A/ben-bernanke-washington-s-quiet-hero.html http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_294055286/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:17:25 +0000 thedailybeast.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13188 Counterparties.com →]]> Everyone hates Bernanke, so he must be a great Fed chair. Or something.

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Citigroup accused of fraud over deficient loans it sold to Fannie and Freddie

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]]> http://bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/citigroup-defrauded-fannie-freddie-whistle-blower-claims.html http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/bh1ZfJYktxM/ http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_297613803/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:53:00 +0000 dealbook.nytimes.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13181 Counterparties.com →]]> The Volcker Rule is "as good as dead"

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The cost of presidential campaigns, from Lincoln to Obama

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]]> http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/historic-price-cost-presidential-elections http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/AVKAIR-HPZk/icelandic-anger-brings-record-debt-relief-in-best-crisis-recovery-story.html http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_293859945/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:46:41 +0000 bloomberg.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13176 Counterparties.com →]]> Iceland owes its recovery to the decision to forgive unpayable household debt

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Amazing, award-winning photos from the French journalist recently killed in Syria

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]]> http://worldpressphoto.org/photo/2012remiochlikgns1-al?gallery=2634 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/-XhAeznoees/how-modern-manufacturing-has-redefined-marriage-in-america http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_296127686/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:16 +0000 npr.org http://counterparties.com/?p=13164 Counterparties.com →]]> How modern manufacturing allows families to outsource chores

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]]> http://npr.org/blogs/money/2012/02/20/147165878/how-modern-manufacturing-has-redefined-marriage-in-america http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Counterparties/~3/_mECNSvvYhQ/ http://counterparties.com/2012/02/22/perc_296317632/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:58:50 +0000 dealbreaker.com http://counterparties.com/?p=13167 Counterparties.com →]]> "...the only people who gain materially by an unexpected improvement in the Greek economy are the Greeks"

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Ryan McCarthy: "A non-default level of rioting is fine." http://t.co/6X69eMKr

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