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May 01 2008 12:00am EDT

Extra Credit, Thursday Edition

Sovereign wealth fund pushes back against EU regulation

Is Personal Consumption Really Up?

No Uptick Rule: Convenient Scapegoat? Related: A New Wave of Vilifying Short Sellers

For the record: stupidest moment in policy ever? I find it hard to believe that cap-and-trade will ever be effectively implemented when both Clinton and McCain support the idiotic idea to repeal the federal gasoline tax. Related, and much more sensible: What to Do About Gas Prices?

Finding The Time To Interview (How Many Trips To The Doctor Can You Have In One Week?): "Honesty can be the best policy here. I was upfront when I went to interview elsewhere and specifically told everyone on my team what I was doing (no, not where I was interviewing, just that I would be out for "private equity interviews"). No one ever made an issue out of it. The most I ever got was, “Ok, make sure someone else is covering your deals.”"

Bank Robbers Post Strong Quarter

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