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Feb 05 2009 12:45am EDT

Extra Credit, Wednesday Edition

Remarks by the President on Executive Compensation: Note that he uses the term "top executives" twice. This quite clearly does not apply to most bankers.

SEC Replies: Madoff Hearings Part II Liveblogged: The death throes of the SEC begin.

Risk Without Reward: An entire blog devoted to operational risk in hedge funds. I love the internet.

A shallow strategy: "Game theory has made the financial world in its image, and we are now trying to rescue ourselves from it."

Ben Stein responds to UVM flap: And shows all the graciousness of a rotting fish. "As for the commencement speech, he said, 'I didn’t really want to do it in the first place.'"

Alas, Yes. But a Definite "Yes.": Tom Peters thinks the CEO salary cap is a good idea.

Google Demands Time Warner Buy Back AOL Stake: For 25% of what they paid for it initially.

The collection catalogue is dead, long live the catalogue: An exciting initiative from the Getty.

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