Bernie Madoff is twittering from jail!
It’s on the Internet so it must be true. A few excerpts:
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month March 2009
Quantitative easing, or why I don’t think it’s as rosy a picture as Bernanke paints
Helicopter Ben is back…. (Cartoon by BlueWire Studio.) He’s saying, ‘we’re fine, folks, be out of this recession in no time.’ Mr. Bernanke is, I believe, attempting to control and manage consumer sentiment and spending with his cheery optimism. But…
XBRL. Increased transparency in financial reporting worldwide
An initiative spearheaded by the SEC (yes, the SEC!) to create an open data standard called XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) for financial reporting is being adopted worldwide. XBRL, or “interactive data” as the SEC often refers to it, is…
Madoff’s accountant indicted
David Friehling, the do-nothing accountant for Madoff who apparently never actually did an audit, is now facing 105 years in prison. Gary Weiss That’s a lot of time. How much time will it take for him to flip? My guess…
Senate support of Cuba embargo has crumbled
So says Havana Note, noting that fifteen senators just signed a letter specifically endorsing agricultural shipments to Cuba. Moreover, in a time when our economy is hurting and Cuba needs food, supplies, and building materials to recover from their devastating…