Archive for

July, 2010

The AIG e-mails, or, 250,000 pages of bail-out oddity

Currently sweeping the blogosphere: 250,000 pages of AIG-related emails.

The documents were released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in May, but have been helpfully sifted through and linked to by the New York Times. More…

Moody’s on Spain: It’s not Portugal, and it’s not Greece

On Wednesday, Moody’s warned that it was reviewing Spain’s sovereign rating for possible downgrade. FT Alphaville spoke to Kristin Lindow and Naomi Richman, senior vice presidents with the rating agency’s sovereign group. More…

Further reading

Elsewhere on Thursday,

- Hunting the buy-side to extinction?

- Some thoughts from the Barclays Capital Inflation Conference.

- I want, I need . . .  European liquidity.

- A history of the dark cross — the technical signal that is upon us. More…

Pink picks

Comment, analysis and other offerings from Thursday’s FT,

Howard Davies : Wall Street’s new double-act comes up short
Messrs Dodd and Frank may think it’s all over, as the saying goes, but that is far from the case. More…

Snap news

Breaking pre-market news on Thursday,

- Australian government and miners strike deal over super-tax — report.

- Chloride talks to Emerson as ABB walks away from bid — statement and statement.

- Tate & More…