Day: October 31, 2008
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A McCain Voter Contemplates an Obama Presidency
I was going to write a poignant, insightful post about why this McCain voter is undismayed by the prospect of an Obama victory, but Peggy Noonan beat me to it. Saves me a few pixels, I suppose. An excerpt: A great moment: When the press was hitting hard on the pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old […]
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Wall Street Compensation in the Bailout Era
As bonus time approaches, Wall Street firms are trying to balance the need to retain key executives against concern about the “optics” of giving boatloads of bailout money to the people who arguably created the need for the bailout. It’s easy to sneer at what passes for frugality on Wall Street when it comes to […]