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		<title>Buffet&#8217;s Sweet Goldman Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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While the players and regulators were struggling to get investors to commit capital to the major banks to avoid a meltdown, Warren Buffet was called upon several times.  He consistently turned them down because the assets were too complicated to understand, and he did not trust most players on Wall Street. But he was finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Costs of Poor Customer Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a Schwab account that was closed out years ago. Because of the imperfections of the process of closing accounts it has a balance of eighteen cents.
If I call I will face 20 minutes of voice mail. I stubbornly refuse to spend 44 cents to get 18 cents. There is no e-mail address easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digging Fannie Mae a Much Deeper Hole</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While banks are returning TARP money, some having taken it under duress, Fannie Mae continues to lose money and receive more bailout. In return for such dismal performance executives are getting pay raises and bonuses.
It is a growing contention that Fannie played a disproportionately large role in a once in a century compilation of bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seeds of our Next Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most intriguing concepts of economics is the concept of &#8220;moral hazard.&#8221;  It is a corollary to a more obvious principle that everything has a cost. An understanding of it is critical for those whose world view is a never-ending series of crisis that demand a government solution.
Insurance, for example, encourages the risk [...]]]></description>
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