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Oct 24 2007 12:00am EDT

Extra Credit, Wednesday Edition

Brazil's Bovespa stock exchange could raise $3.67 billion in its IPO, on a valuation of as much as $9 billion.

It costs $9.99 per minute to talk to a human at mortgage servicer HFC.

The BIS's Nout Wellink makes a strong case that Basel II may not be perfect, but it's still an improvement on Basel I.

Tim Schilling has managed 1 2 3 4 5 6 posts on economic concepts in "The Music Man". Sample: "Professor Harold Hill's Seventy-six Trombones is his attempt to shift the demand curve."

Principles of Feminist Economics. For reals.

Who says the best blog entries are short? Errol Morris has now concluded his three-part blog series about a pair of photographs taken in the Crimea in the 1850s. (1, 2, 3.) They add up to 25,775 words in total. But if that's not enough for you, I think a part 4 might be forthcoming...


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