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by Felix Salmon
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May 12 2008 12:00am EDT

Extra Credit, Monday Edition

Calling oil wrong: Futures prices bear no relation to future prices.

Let's not write the Fed a blank check: Why not? Isn't that precisely what a central bank should have?

So much for the efficient markets hypothesis: Bad results, rising share price: Today it's MBIA's turn.

Hold the Presses: Rupert Outbid! "We’re sure the folks at Cablevision know what they’re in for: just think how they’ve elevated professional sports in New York City."

Buying Chanel (All of It): Would cost at least $10 billion, and possibly as much as $15 billion.

Hail Emily Oster! If at first you don't succeed, change your mind.

Banshou: Blogging the search for a job in the City.

What Does an Appraiser Do? When a pointy-head (Steven Levitt) meets the real world, house-appraising edition.

Ethical finance standards must be restored: Says Evelyn de Rothschild.

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