WSJ: How to Twitter
Puget Sound Business Journal: Foreclosure path started with mortgage after 2 bankruptcies — Puget Sound Business Journal follows some of the 172 families that were served foreclosure notices in Kings County during one week in December. Good reading.
TechCrunch: Robert Scoble To Leave FastCompany
ProPublica: GMAC, MetLife Among Banks Undergoing Stress Tests — Based on the criteria announced by the Treasury Department and publicly available data, ProPublica compiled a list of those 19 banks undergoing stress tests.
Banks on ProPublica’s list:
| Name | Total Assets (Billions) |
|---|---|
| 1. JPMorgan Chase | 2,175 |
| 2. Citigroup | 1,947 |
| 3. Bank of America (not including Merrill Lynch) | 1,822 |
| 4. Wells Fargo | 1,310 |
| 5. Goldman Sachs | 885 |
| 6. Morgan Stanley | 659 |
| 7. MetLife | 502 |
| 8. PNC Financial Services | 291 |
| 9. U.S. Bancorp | 267 |
| 10. Bank of New York Mellon | 238 |
| 11. GMAC | 189 |
| 12. SunTrust | 189 |
| 13. State Street | 177 |
| 14. Capital One Financial Corp. | 166 |
| 15. BB&T | 152 |
| 16. Regions Financial Corp. | 146 |
| 17. American Express | 126 |
| 18. Fifth Third Bancorp | 120 |
| 19. KeyCorp | 105 |
WSJ:Spitzer Is Back in D.C. — in Real Estate
WSJ: Those Who Are Still Working Spend Less, Deepening Gloom
WSJ: He Created T-Ball to Give Small Fry a Chance to Learn the Game
WSJ: ‘Rebalancing’ Your Portfolio Can Be a Tough Ride
WSJ: Poet of the Ordinary — recalling the work of Horton Foote.
Dave Winer: Poor man’s email? — Includes Google’s interest in Twitter, how Pepsi established itself against Coke and how already established companies react to a successful upstart.