This Week’s Links

Barry Ritholtz puts together a complete picture of today’s economy.

Consumerist voted Comcast the worst company in America.

Danone is fighting viral rumors
with…viral rumors (in Argentina).

The Epicurean Dealmaker on the dissolution of Goldman Sachs’ reputation premium.

80 condo owners in Washington State are staging a mass default.

Other recent stories

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Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) is a prolific blogger, too. VaynerMedia has early proof that geolocation marketing will succeed. Does Apple’s secrecy work? Dean Baker on why our children won’t suffer. If you’re a chart wonk, check out… Read more

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Keith Yost’s firsthand account of his time with the Boston Consulting Group in Dubai is shocking and eye-opening (via Stingy Investor). A good economic history of China’s transition to a floating currency. Felix Salmon has more on the… Read more

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Mashable describes how 5 brands are mastering the game of Foursquare. Worldometers measures world stats–real time. Zero Hedge on a 1929-30 media propaganda push that looked an awful lot like ours today. Think labor laws are always good… Read more

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The Becker-Posner blog has intelligent analysis of the Obama healthcare reform bill. Congress Check has a neat post on what makes blogs useful, and where the mainstream media falls short. Barry Ritholtz has a list of what the top 10 hedge… Read more

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Check out Financial News Express for financial crisis news and links (sister blog Big Picture Agriculture has good ag content, too). Vitaliy Katsenelson on China’s big, fat bubble. The Daily Beast on Carl Icahn’s attempts to take over… Read more

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Inc. Magazine has a fantastic list of interviews with leading CEOs. Did drug money keep the financial system afloat during the crisis? George’s Employment Blawg has great tips on answering 25 tricky interview questions. Barry Ritholtz… Read more

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Ultimi Barbarorum on how econbloggers need their crisis back. Calculated Risk has an excellent post on China’s supposed housing bubble. Footnoted on how Carnival’s CEO donated his own compensation to relief organizations. The sex.com… Read more

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Bloomberg on for-profit companies acquiring nonprofit colleges. The Big Picture on how municipalities are responding to grievances about property assessments. ReadWriteWeb covers the explosive projected growth of touchscreen devices. The… Read more

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Private industry in the US funds the biggest innovation machine in the world. (via rtable.net) The new rules of short selling, explained. The Wall Street Journal has a list of 10 Wall Street blogs you need to read. This isn’t something… Read more

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The Economist has the story behind the General Growth takeover. Zero Hedge on Britain in the Falkland Islands. Barry Rithotlz has his prints all over the latest Matt Taibbi article. Salon explores the blame game behind the guy who flew… Read more

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Why Google failed in China (Investment U). Niall Ferguson on why Greece’s crisis is coming to America (via Brian Sullivan). This Atlantic article on financial oligarchy is relatively aged, but in a good way. Kathy Kristof on a nasty… Read more

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Dr. Salary is a darn good blog about salaries. BNET has the biggest business blunders of 2009. Barry Ritholz has a list of lessons learned from the decade (written by Jeremy Grantham). Dealbook on how to diagnose a coming bubble (via… Read more

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Springwise has a good list of business ideas for 2010 (via BusinessWeek). Econbrowser covers the lost decade for stocks (the last one, that is. Unless you got out before it ended). Dean Baker on blaming Geithner. Public Relations Blogger… Read more

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Penguin Unearthed has some great business book reviews. BusinessWeek says that today’s entrepreneurs are likely to be senior citizens. Business Insider has a slideshow on why China is the most obvious bubble ever (via Brian Sullivan)…. Read more