BizJournals Portfolio
Nov 20 2007 12:00am EDT

Extra Credit, Tuesday Edition

Fed's Gary Stern Makes Lame Arguments Against Increased Credit Market Regulation

Washington Mutual: What I have told you was true... From a certain point of view: A WaMu bond investor's lament.

Fox Business News's Apple-AMD flub: Apple? Sounds a bit like Abu Dhabi, and "Dhabi" sounds a bit like "Dubai"...

'The Undertaker' and His Economic Doobie Brothers: Jeff Matthews wonders what Alan Greenspan has been smoking.

One Market Remains Sound: Money Is Still There for Best Art: Damien Hirst spent $33 million on a Francis Bacon self-portrait. Unsurprising. More surprising is Eli Broad dropping $23.5 million on the Koons heart.

Frequent Flier Food: Tim Harford defends flying food around the world.

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