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  1. Here's my post on how new fixed-rate student loans are making private lenders more competitive w/ govt loans ow.ly/b6J55
  2. A deadly trail as AT&T raced to build 3G towers to satisfy iPhone traffic ow.ly/b4FfY by @Ryan_Knutson & @lizdday
  3. RT @dealbreaker: Treasury Wants To Make Banks Boring Again By Selling CDOs Of Community-Bank Hybrid Capital Instruments bit.ly/JMsw0n
  4. "Assembly line" dentistry for schoolkids at taxpayer expense thanks to private equity ow.ly/aYFVJ #muckreads
  5. RT @jodyshenn: Mortgage-Bond Transparency Plan Meets Resistance From Traders bloom.bg/Koxka9 via @BloombergNews
  6. AIG leaves shareholders in the dark on legal costs ow.ly/aXtxM by @NBuhayar It was the only investor question at the annual mtg
  7. Facebook’s Saverin avoided at least $67 million in taxes by renouncing his US citizenship bloom.bg/JS4MbH By @JesseDrucker
  8. RT @nbuhayar: $AIG buying "under-loved" subprime bonds in wager that, this time, it's different bloom.bg/JnZzIK @ZTracer @JodyShenn
  9. FDIC lawyer leaves for corporate firm where the avg salary ($2.7M) is 10x the highest salary at the FDIC ow.ly/aVQ05
  10. How debt collectors are getting big money (& salaries) from the govt to collect on student loans bloom.bg/JPxsSK #muckreads
  11. MT @danielalpert: All that off-the-charts consumer credit growth and meh retail sales growth. The consumer is releveraged and stalling out!
  12. RT @johnbattelle: The Audacity of Diaspora battellemedia.com/archives/2012/… via @johnbattelle @joindiaspora #wwhw
  13. "Their idea would lead to a turbulent two years that would include a move to Silicon Valley, fame, scrutiny, & tragedy" ow.ly/aR7ZF
  14. Here's my feature on @joindiaspora's quest to give us more ownership over what we post online buswk.co/IG3az4
  15. RT @propublica: Struggling with your student loan? Share your story with us: propub.ca/IVSgdf
  16. MT @paulkiel: columbus dispatch analyzed 30K consumer complaints about credit-reporting agencies bit.ly/K8Y4iL horror stories aplenty
  17. New @CRLONLINE study says high-fees credit cards add risk (instead of mitigate it as issuers say) ow.ly/aMiXV
  18. RT @counterparties: In the wake of the mortgage collapse, rents are hitting historic highs lat.ms/JZPxKX
  19. A Family's Struggle to Keep, Then Sell, Its Home ow.ly/aM4Ww A follow-up on my @ProPublica story ow.ly/aM50y