1 France stuck to its ideals while the US and UK became socialist monsters. Vincent Fernando: "The reality is that France showed the most spending restraint of all nations during the financial meltdown"
2 Paulson, in Memoir, Defends Bailout. Peter Lattman: "He confessed to missing the housing bubble, and he regretted saying in a speech in April 2007 that subprime mortgage problems were 'largely contained'"
3 iPad: forget the old people—it’s a chick magnet. Baruch: "As an appliance, iPad has the potential to tap a much greater prize, that vast hard-to-reach segment of consumer tech: busy, empowered women"
4 A Colossal Failure Of Governance: The Reappointment of Ben Bernanke. Simon Johnson: "Do not be surprised if pushing Bernanke through, come what may, was the beginning of the end for any serious attempt at reform"