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Fed Commercial Paper Holdings Rise to $295.1 Billion (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects borrowing by bond dealers in second paragraph. The story was originally published on Nov. 28.) Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve expanded its purchases of commercial paper to $295.1 billion and its loans to securities firms increased as the central bank uses its balance sheet to combat the worst financial crisis in seven decades.Broadway’s Shubert Organization Gets Ready to Appoint Successor (Bloomberg)
Directors will “implement the succession,” Lee J. Seidler , a Shubert director and former Bear Stearns Cos. partner, said in a telephone interview. The new chairman of both Broadway’s largest landlord and the top U.S. theatrical foundation succeeds Gerald Schoenfeld , who died on Nov. 25 at 84.Richard Fuld Jr., Villain or Victim? (New York Times)
Is Richard Fuld Jr., who presided over the fall of Lehman Brothers , a victim of his own hubris or a convenient scapegoat? A long cover story in the latest issue of New York magazine looks at Mr. Fuld’s attempts to save the firm and suggests he is, in some sense, a victim.Reverse ‘wealth effect’ could deal blow to economy (Fort Worth Business Press)
The stock market is nothing if not a psychological barometer. The present signal is unmistakable: fear. It's not just that the market dropped by more than half; that decline parallels some previous post-World War II bear markets (48 percent in 1973-74 and 49 percent in 2000-2002).Same Old New Deal? (Jewish World Review)
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Early in what became the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes was asked if anything similar had ever happened. "Yes," he replied, "it was called the Dark Ages, and it lasted 400 years."Forum
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