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Author: Bruce Krasting

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.Self-Serving Accounting

There’s been an ongoing row about changes in lease accounting. Big players in the leasing industry (think GE) have been fighting the changes tooth-and-nail. This article had some interesting data on the consequences of the n…

On FX

Want to see a completely wrong headline? Here’s mine from seven months ago:

The “deal” that I was referring to in this piece was changed dramatically from the one that is being worked on with creditors today.The haircut on bonds has changed, a…

Heroes

A know a man. Call him Eddie. He’s African American, going on about 63. When he was a boy he had no real home or much education, so when he was eighteen he took the only option available to him. He joined the military. That was 1967.

He must have be…

On Banknotes

There is a curious story in the Swiss press today. On the surface it appears innocuous.

Paper money has been in transition for the last ten years. Most of the big issuers of paper have updated their bills to minimize forgery. The US has spent a …

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