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| Our nation's economy has been in turmoil for some time now, with the financial sector being hit the hardest. Below are links to articles related to the financial sector in general and our industry in particular. Please feel free to post a comment after reading. | ||
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| "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." - Mark Twain, publish date unknown | ||
| "Speculation and sensationalism sell newspapers while, sadly, the facts and historical compliance get little ink." - As recently quoted by a fellow mortgage banker | ||
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| The American Press on Suicide Watch If you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suidice watch, it was almost exactly three years ago. read article |
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| Harkey Antagonists: Lots of Smoke, Still no Fire A common sense blog post on www.redcounty.com. read article |
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| SEC concerned about 'preferential redemptions.' The Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned that managers of locked-up hedge funds may be favoring themselves over their investors, Commissioner Elisse Walter said Friday. read article |
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| Freedom Debt Rating Falls Further; Payments Being Made, CEO Says Newspapers are quick to print and post any story that comes their way to create media buzz across all networks. Validity and research doesn’t matter much these days. Journalists are expected to produce content and are encouraged to create a flurry of response from readers, whether it’s good news or bad. However, is this type of reporting enough to keep them afloat? Today, in this economy even the largest newspapers in the country are struggling. They are losing readers and advertisers everyday. As you may have heard, the OC Register is also in deep financial trouble. Their problem, in part, is a conventional business model that has not taken the digital world seriously. Today, readers go online to access news and articles for instant gratification. It is also much easier to read multiple publications online and save millions of trees in the process. The days of sifting through printed newspapers to only read the sections of interest are almost over. read article |
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