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“Investing” in AIG, et. al.: understand the scandal

I haven’t posted here due to a lack of time, but what we are wit­ness­ing is no short of the most abject scan­dal run by the col­lu­sive polit­i­cal and finan­cial sides of Amer­i­can elite. Oh, and incom­pe­tence is a hall­mark too. Here are a few must-read if you want to fol­low what’s going on, but be warned, this will ele­vate your …

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Bankers' cut on YHOO-MSFT deal

From Mar­ket­watch: The four advis­ers, Gold­man Sachs, Lehman Broth­ers, Mor­gan Stan­ley and Black­stone, stand to make as much as $1.3 bil­lion between them, ana­lysts and experts said. Even if the dynam­ics lead­ing to these rip-offs are well under­stood (financ­ing need, lit­i­ga­tion pro­tec­tion for the boards, etc.), this just rein­forces Umair’s point. But con­sider the irony here:

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