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Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

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Things worth reading: 9th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … */ Today's must read John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, speaking at Wharton College on September 30th: "Creating things that you don't understand – that the buyer doesn't understand, that the rating agency doesn't understand, that the regulator doesn't understand – is really not a good idea no…

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Things worth reading: 8th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, Geithner, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on a conference call during the week of September 15th 2008 when Lehmans collapsed: Geithner (to Mack): 'We've spent a lot of time working on this, and we think you…

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Things worth reading: 8th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, Geithner, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on a conference call during the week of September 15th 2008 when Lehmans collapsed: Geithner (to Mack): 'We've spent a lot of time working on this, and we think you…

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Things worth reading: 7th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "One employee of a large bank discovered that his entire division was being eliminated via a Reuters wire."11 Horrific Layoff Stories (Billshrink) Companies Amazon Mobile Payments Service – Monetize your mobile applications or website easily with Amazon Payments (Amazon Payments Blog)First Direct sorry for text mess (Register)HSBC boss…

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Things worth reading: 7th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "One employee of a large bank discovered that his entire division was being eliminated via a Reuters wire."11 Horrific Layoff Stories (Billshrink) Companies Amazon Mobile Payments Service – Monetize your mobile applications or website easily with Amazon Payments (Amazon Payments Blog)First Direct sorry for text mess (Register)HSBC boss…

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Things worth reading: 6th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Amazon launched a new service which brings the company's payment processing tools to mobile devices. Called the 'Amazon Mobile Payments Service', the technology includes a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) for mobile developers which will allow them to provide payment options to their customers within…

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Things worth reading: 6th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: "Amazon launched a new service which brings the company's payment processing tools to mobile devices. Called the 'Amazon Mobile Payments Service', the technology includes a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) for mobile developers which will allow them to provide payment options to their customers within…

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Things worth reading: 5th October 2009

Things we're reading today include: * Today's must read “New malware being used by cybercrooks does more than let hackers loot a bank account; it hides evidence of a victim’s dwindling balance by rewriting online bank statements on the fly.”New Malware Re-Writes Online Bank Statements to Cover Fraud  (Wired) Crisis How the government bailout saved…

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Things worth reading: 5th October 2009

Things we're reading today include: * Today's must read “New malware being used by cybercrooks does more than let hackers loot a bank account; it hides evidence of a victim’s dwindling balance by rewriting online bank statements on the fly.”New Malware Re-Writes Online Bank Statements to Cover Fraud  (Wired) Crisis How the government bailout saved…

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