Saturday, March 21, 2009

BC: catch up 03/21/09

March 19th, 2009 2:28 pm

The raincoat of Franklin Raines

Claudia Rosett tells a fascinating anecdote. While at the WSJ she and her colleagues had a discussion with Franklin Raines. At its conclusion, they walked Raines to the door.

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March 19th, 2009 10:19 am

Here to help you

Gordon Brown has apologized after an investigation showed that the British National Health Service-run Stafford Hospital was so abyssmally bad that patients drank water out of flowerpots and that too many died in squalor or agony as untrained and undermanned staff were forced to meet “targets” instead of providing the care they advertised. Brown claimed these were “isolated” incidents.

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March 19th, 2009 12:48 am

Who sent you?

According to Senator Dodd, certain unnamed persons from Treasury persuaded him to insert the amendment allowing the AIG bonuses to go forward. The Hartford Courant says

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March 18th, 2009 2:16 pm

More on AIG

A reader sends: Hank Greenberg talks about AIG. Video at the link.

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March 18th, 2009 1:14 pm

The Big Time

A trillion here, a trillion there; pretty soon you’re talking real money. The Washington Post reports:

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