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Jul 01

2010

Companies sitting on still more cash

Posted by Ron F in Tax, TARP, recovery, recession, economy, demand, default, consumer spending, Congress, cash management, cash concerns, Cash, Carmen Reinhart, Careers/Management, capital expenditures, capex, Banks

A survey released today by the Association of Financial Professionals will do nothing to dampen the austerity versus stimulus debate.

To wit: Forty-three percent of US corporations had larger US cash and short-term investment holdings this May than they did six months earlier. Only 24 percent of respondents reported that their short-term holdings had shrunk during the past six months.

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Dec 31

2009

2009: the year of the Wall Street book

Posted by kcates in William Cohan, This Time is Different, Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker, Kenneth Rogoff, In Fed We Trust, House of Cards, Henry Paulson, David Wessel, Carmen Reinhart, Bear Stearns, Barry Ritholtz, Bailout Nation

The stock market roared, the regulators stirred, the unemployment rate soared and the banks continued to show great reluctance to lend money.

What else happened in 2009? Oh, right, there was a tremendous binge of book publishing related to the financial crisis that began in the summer of 2008 - and Henry Paulson's version of events isn't even out yet (coming soon - Feb. 1 - to a bookstore/online warehouse near you).

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