http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/gary_weissArticles by GARY WEISS, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:40 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:40 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112100010.html?nav=rss_business/industriesOnce there was a simpler time, when pretty much everything that happened in the financial world had a straightforward explanation. Take the crash of Oct. 19, 1987. In one day, the stock market lost more than one-fifth of its value. Back then there was ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:24:14 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112100010.html?nav=rss_business/industriesRichard HofstadterCommodity Futures Trading Commissionhttp://seekingalpha.com/article/173195-bear-stearns-lehman-brothers-were-not-destroyed-by-naked-short-selling?source=feedReaders of this blog may find this article in Slate's The Big Money of interest, particularly the last part, in which I cite an academic study that debunks the theory that Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were brought down by naked shorting. The study ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:42:14 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/173195-bear-stearns-lehman-brothers-were-not-destroyed-by-naked-short-selling?source=feedMatt TaibbiOverstock.com, Inc.Patrick Byrnehttp://seekingalpha.com/article/173193-eureka-the-sec-enforced-regulation-g?source=feedThis isn't likely to get much notice, but it's pretty big news: the SEC actually enforced one of the most crucial regulations preventing public companies from cooking the books, known as Regulation G. The agency reached a settlement yesterday with ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:33:54 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/173193-eureka-the-sec-enforced-regulation-g?source=feedOverstock.com, Inc.SafeNet IncEnron CorporationPatrick Byrnehttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170525-lesson-from-madoff-liars-can-thwart-an-sec-investigation?source=feedThe 536 exhibits released by the SEC Inspector General late Friday on Bernie Madoff don't seem to contain any explosive new revelations, but underscore an essential point about SEC investigations: if you are the target of a probe, just lie, again and ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:37:50 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170525-lesson-from-madoff-liars-can-thwart-an-sec-investigation?source=feedOverstock.com, Inc.Patrick Byrnehttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170522-bernie-madoff-speaks-and-lies-while-arthur-levitt-s-memory-fails-him?source=feedNotes of Bernie Madoff's interview with the SEC inspector general were released on Friday, and they make fascinating reading--as long as you keep in mind that Madoff was lying through his teeth, primarily to protect people. Here's the SEC exhibits ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:31:10 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170522-bernie-madoff-speaks-and-lies-while-arthur-levitt-s-memory-fails-him?source=feedFrank DiPascaliBernard Madoffhttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170521-if-zelnick-had-bought-businessweek?source=feedIt's still unclear how many former BusinessWeek editors will be hired by Bloomberg L.P., but one thing is increasingly clear: it could have been a hell of a lot worse. Peter Kafka describes the nightmare scenario: a purchase by private equity ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:25:56 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/170521-if-zelnick-had-bought-businessweek?source=feedThomson Reutershttp://seekingalpha.com/article/164040-mcgraw-hill-is-is-not-leaning-toward-bloomberg?source=feedContinuing the maddeningly inconsistent coverage of the sale of BusinessWeek, Reuters reported that McGraw-Hill (MHP) is "leaning heavily" toward selling BusinessWeek to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Keith Kelly reports in the New York Post that all is quiet ...Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:13:10 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/164040-mcgraw-hill-is-is-not-leaning-toward-bloomberg?source=feedNew York PostNorman Pearlstinehttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/flash-frenzy/article1299047/F or people who rarely get out of the office, Wall Streeters whine a lot these days about “level playing fields.” Leave us alone, they say, keep the government out of our business, let us do our own job of keeping the markets “fair and efficient” all by ...Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:07:00 GMThttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/flash-frenzy/article1299047/Wall Street JournalGoldman SachsSecurities and Exchange CommissionMary Schapirohttp://seekingalpha.com/article/162431-did-businessweek-lose-touch-with-its-readers?source=feedMy old colleague Bruce Nussbaum, BusinessWeek's innovation guru, has an interesting blog post that is pretty much a first: a current BW staffer publicly engaging in soul-searching about the magazine's troubles, rather than just blaming it on the ...Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:29:16 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/162431-did-businessweek-lose-touch-with-its-readers?source=feedJon Finehttp://seekingalpha.com/article/161731-another-slaughter-at-businessweek?source=feedI've chronicled in this blog how my alma mater BusinessWeek has been decimated in recent years, with layoffs that have ousted its most experienced writers and editors. That, combined with an ill-conceived redesign and other missteps, has hurt the ...Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:35:38 GMThttp://seekingalpha.com/article/161731-another-slaughter-at-businessweek?source=feedJon FineWall Street JournalBruce Wasserstein