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Cox to Head SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SFAS 123

…Republicans who likely agree with Al Hunt. The close of their debate was classic: NOVAK: I’m going to send you some editorials from your old publication, “The Wall Street Journal,”…

Hiltonomics

Under Kash’s post on the repeal of the estate tax, reader Rupert posted a Wall Street Journal op-ed with the title Hiltonomics. Yes, the Wall Street Journal is defending shifting…

…twist on how financial economics impacts tax contorversies. Janet Yellin’s “The Bringe Mentality in the Federal Deficit” drew a parallel to what Wall Street has come to know as Enron…

More Signs of Life? I didn’t have time to mention this yesterday: Jobless claims hit three-year low New weekly claims for unemployment benefits come in lower than Wall Street forecasts….

…analysts said would expand the budget deficit for years to come. The year-end binge has alarmed analysts in Washington and on Wall Street, coming as it does after three years…

…“Even Luckier Duckies” who pay little or nothing in federal income tax (at least by the standards of Wall Street Journal editors; $800 is more than a chunk of change…