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WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Adam Davidson , NPR correspondent for International Business and Economics, talks about the housing assistance bill just approved by the House and expected to be enacted next week. Then Sarah Gerecke , chief executive officer of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City , talks about the local impact of the legislation.
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WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Adam Davidson , NPR correspondent for international business and economics, updates us on the financial troubles facing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
THE bowling rivalry between Pilrig and Leith is intense so a night of drama was expected when they clashed in the first round proper of the Specsavers Opticians Edinburgh Cup
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Fact-esque (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Mick recently posted about some good coverage of the mortgage bubble in the pro-war WaPo. So far my favorite analysis of the whole scam was done by This American Life in a piece called The Giant Pool of Money. This...
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ETF Trends (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Adam Davidson, economics correspondent for National Public Radio, is hoping to interview active commodity exchange traded fund (ETF) traders. He'd like to talk to a few people who have recently begun trading commodity ETFs. He's interested in learning what attracted...
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Christina Ricci and Anjelica Houston will star in Adam Davidson's mystery Long Time Gone.
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Research Recap (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Hindsight may be 20-20 but Floyd Norris's latest New York Times column leaves one wondering whether buyers of subprime “piggyback” home loans had any sight at all. Norris nominates a Merrill Lynch offering as candidate for the worst ever mortgage security. Piggyback loans cover the remaining 20% of a home’s purchase price after the [...]
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JoBlo (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Josh Lucas and Justin Bartha are all set to star in the drama LONG TIME GONE for director Adam Davidson (THE LUNCH DATE). In the feature, based on April Stevens' 1994 debut novel, Ricci will play a mysterious woman who enters the life of a dysfunctional family and turns it upside down, one member at a time. Karen McCullah Lutz (TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU) wrote the...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Film News: Family drama stars Ricci, Huston -- GreeneStreet Films Intl. will rep international rights to Christina Ricci-Anjelica Huston-Josh Lucas family drama “Long Time Gone,” which director Adam Davidson begins lensing this summer.
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ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Josh Lucas and Justin Bartha will star in Adam Davidson's drama Long Time Gone , based on April Stevens' 1994 debut novel "Angel Angel," says The Hollywood Reporter .
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Marginal Utility (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
The question arose as to what my problem with Adam Davidson's analysis was, exactly. Davidson fielded a listener question asking how a seemingly small problem like subprime mortgage defaults could lead to a widespread financial crisis. Much of Davidson's answer discussed the role of leverage in amplifyng losses, which clearly is part of the story. The offending part was an introduction that ran with...
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Marginal Utility (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Cheers to Angry Bear's Cactus for pushing back against the meme that the near-wipeout of Bear Stearns shareholders means that there wasn't a bailout on. (For an example, hear Laurence Meyer in this NPR segment , which for the record starts with possibly the worst ever explanation of the origins of the present crisis from reporter Adam Davidson.) On a maybe related note, I was scratching my head over...
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Limerick Savant (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
When you run with the bulls, no one cares 'Til the bottom falls out of your shares And the lesson one learns, In the case of Bear Stearns , Is you're victim to very stern bears! Bear Stearns' Fall Ripple Effect Felt by Adam Davidson, NPR News, 3/20/08
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thoughtstreaming (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Across the TV, radio and print media spectrum, capitalism has gone into high gear to "explain" the current crisis to it's consumers, er ,I mean citizens, and reassure them that it is ALL UNDER CONTROL. The dominant narrative was pretty well laid out by NPRs Adam Davidson, one of their top propagandists, who described recession as "healthy", much like "the effects of a forest fire in maintaining a balanced...
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WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Reports from Albany confirm that Eliot Spitzer will resign as Governor of New York. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein brings us the latest news. And Adam Davidson , NPR's business and economics reporter, helps follow the money trail. Plus, Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice reflects on Spitzer's rise and fall.
