Scott Jagow

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For-profit universities revisited

Dec 8, 2009
Thought you might like an update on one our recent hot topics. The government looks to be cracking down on incentive pay for recruiters at these...

The TARP over our eyes

Dec 7, 2009
The government says TARP won't cost the taxpayers as much as original estimates. Seems like a pretty good deal if TARP indeed helped save the...

AIG execs: Cut our pay and we'll quit

Dec 7, 2009
There's no end in sight to the battle between the government and the private sector over bonuses and benefits. A group of executives at AIG have...

Your questions answered

Dec 7, 2009
If you have questions that haven't been answered here, I'd like to point out a new collaboration in the public media world. The Economy Story...

Planet Money

Dec 7, 2009
With apologies to the NPR blog, I just thought it an appropriate title for this topic. I've been doing a lot of reading on the climate change...

Morning Reading

Dec 7, 2009
Good morning. Hope you had an excellent weekend. A few items to start the week:...

189 days till the World Cup!

Dec 4, 2009
In South Africa today, they drew the match-ups for the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. 32 countries. 8 groups. Charlize Theron. David Beckham...

The FCC wants answers from Verizon

Dec 4, 2009
This morning, the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless asking the company: What's up with doubling the penalties...

Wall Street tax still in play

Dec 4, 2009
One of the hottest topics on the blog lately has been the proposal to tax Wall Street transactions such as stock trades. At first, I thought this...