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		<title><![CDATA[On GM's Bankruptcy and the Need for Focus]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F141197-on-gm-s-bankruptcy-and-the-need-for-focus%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: It's no secret to anyone who has read this blog on a regular basis that I've been pushing for [[GM]] to declare bankruptcy for months now. The reason being that I felt that the bailout and restructuring efforts were just prolonging the inevitable, and because I believed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:08:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/markham+lee.html"><![CDATA[Markham Lee]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Quick Thoughts on Toyota's Recent Profitability Issues]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F139458-quick-thoughts-on-toyota-s-recent-profitability-issues%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Some quick thoughts on Toyota and their recent profitability issues:    Toyota's profitability issues seem to be a classic case of "money hiding a multitude of sins", as their success caused them to abandon some of the company's key values with respect to efficiency, keeping...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:46:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Markham's Mix Tape: April 13, 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: The usual mixture of news stories and other tidbits I think you may find interesting, today's edition is primarily composed of item from last week with only a couple of items from this one.    Let's start off today's mix with some humor, namely Stanley...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/j.p.+morgan+chase+%2526+co..html"><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GMGMQ</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JPM</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Detroit Uses Aid to "Open-Up" Auto Lending: Not Necessarily Good for GM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F130104-detroit-uses-aid-to-open-up-auto-lending-not-necessarily-good-for-gm%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: A recent Bloomberg article discussed how [[GM]] and Chrysler have been using government aid to "open-up lending" and mitigate the slide in automotive sales:        From Bloomberg: "April 6 Bloomberg -- U.S. sales are &#8220;starting to open up&#8221; as $7.5 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:30:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Greenberg: Please Stop Talking in Public]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F129278-dear-mr-greenberg-please-stop-talking-in-public%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: In "please stop talking you're embarrassing yourself" news, Maurice Greenberg is once again beating the drum of "everything was great at AIG when I was there." Apparently he wants us to pretend that he didn't create the divisions, policies and strategies that destroyed the company, and put...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:21:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The AIG Death Star]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F128638-the-aig-death-star%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Hey don't look at me like that, you know full well that this is the level some of the populist furor over the economy ([[AIG]] in particular) is starting to reach&#8230; click to enlarge by Markham Lee]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:01:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM of the Future: Much Smaller and Actually Profitable]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F128630-gm-of-the-future-much-smaller-and-actually-profitable%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: In light of some of the recent news on [[GM]] I figured it would be a good time to clarify some of my comments around GM needing to become more efficient to survive, because they could easily be misconstrued as simply advocating for more cost cuts. Despite...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:43:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The NAR's Latest Housing Numbers: Cutting Through the Bull]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F127791-the-nar-s-latest-housing-numbers-cutting-through-the-bull%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: I have to say that I've found the recent headlines around the "rise in home sales" more than just a little bit irritating, the reason for is that it's a very interpretive reporting of the real story around housing. I say interpretive because while the data they're...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:28:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Farmland Prices from Around the World Show Relative Resilience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F127782-farmland-prices-from-around-the-world-show-relative-resilience%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is a look at a sector of the real estate market that has been relatively resilient despite the world-wide downturn in real estate: Farmland.      From the Economist: "Farmland has outperformed the property market in many countries. Investors rushed into agricultural land...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:03:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Foxes, Henhouses and Questionable Treasury Appointments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F127526-on-foxes-henhouses-and-questionable-treasury-appointments%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: I know this is old news but I still want to comment on this one:      I have to say that I'm surprised at the lack of outrage and/or incredulousness over the news that Citibank's Chief Economist has been appointed to join the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:41:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/ubs+ag.html"><![CDATA[UBS AG]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">C</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">UBS</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Needs to Be Leaner and Meaner If It Wants to Survive]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F127523-gm-needs-to-be-leaner-and-meaner-if-it-wants-to-survive%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is the latest on [[GM]]'s attempt to convince bondholders to swap debt for equity. At present many of the bondholders think the plan is too risky and have written a letter to the treasury articulating their position on the matter. Their main point is that GM's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:35:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/markham+lee.html"><![CDATA[Markham Lee]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/general+motors+corp..html"><![CDATA[General Motors Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GMGMQ</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Markham's Mix Tape: March 23, 2009]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F127520-markham-s-mix-tape-march-23-2009%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: The usual "Mixture" of news stories and other items I think you may find interesting; as I didn't publish a mix-tape last week this version will be   mixture of the old and the new.      Here is a look at the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/american+international+group+inc..html"><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AIG</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The AIG Bonus Furor: Let's Focus on What Really Matters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F126762-the-aig-bonus-furor-let-s-focus-on-what-really-matters%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Don't get me wrong: I believe that taxpayer funded bonuses for the employees of failed divisions at failed companies is as egregious as the next guy, however I do think that we have some bigger fish to fry.      Rising unemployment, saving the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:04:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China's Investment in U.S. Debt Has Increased 50% YoY]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F126628-china-s-investment-in-u-s-debt-has-increased-50-yoy%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is a look at the increase in Chinese Investments in U.S. debt over the past year:      From AFP: "WASHINGTON AFP &#8211; China consolidated its position as the top creditor to the United States, with 739.6 billion dollars in US Treasury bond...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:40:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The AIG Bonuses and Selective Vilification]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F126626-the-aig-bonuses-and-selective-vilification%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is an interesting counter-argument on the [[AIG]] bonuses furor that basically boils down to the following: what the AIG executives are doing in terms of receiving bonuses, is no different from the irresponsible greed on the rest of Wall St. or on Main St. for that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:34:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Protectionism on Immigration Will Hurt Our Economy More than We Realize]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F126296-protectionism-on-immigration-will-hurt-our-economy-more-than-we-realize%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is another look at the way protectionism can hurt more than it can help:   (From the Economist.com): "FOR all its current economic woes, America remains a beacon of entrepreneurialism. Between 1996 and 2004 an average of 550,000 small businesses were created every month. One...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:23:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hank Greenberg Sues AIG Over a Problem He Helped Create]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F124480-hank-greenberg-sues-aig-over-a-problem-he-helped-create%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg suing his former company for "misleading investors" as a result of a $2 billion loss from [[AIG]] stock, has to be the most ridiculous thing I've come across in some time. How in the world can a sane person think that they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:41:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/american+international+group+inc..html"><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nasdaq's Bailout Index]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F124064-nasdaq-s-bailout-index%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: The Nasdaq has compiled an index looking at the performance of the companies that have received government money compared with the rest of the S&P 500:      From the Economist: "AMERICA'S government has bailed out over 20 ailing companies since the demise of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:50:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AIG</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saab's Problems Stem from GM's Brand Mismanagement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F124030-saab-s-problems-stem-from-gm-s-brand-mismanagement%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: Here is a quick look at the latest on Saab's attempts to find a buyer and/or become independent from [[GM]]:  From The WSJ: by Markham Lee]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:49:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citi Update: Government Closes in on Beefed Up Deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F123187-citi-update-government-closes-in-on-beefed-up-deal%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Markham Lee submits: It appears that the government is close to a deal in which they will take a larger stake in Citibank C:     From the WSJ: "Citigroup Inc. and the U.S. are close to an agreement in which the government will substantially increase its stake...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:54:22 -0800</pubDate>
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