Hey Bob Fernandez how is the WSJ? This seems like yesterday but also a lifetime ago.

McNesby was super-effective as an advocate for Philly cops even if you didn't agree with him at times. inquirer.com/crime/philly-f…

Touchdown on this one!

The Federal Reserve has a problem: its own rate hikes. The central bank’s latest financial documents show $1.3 trillion in unrealized losses on securities. by Bob Fernandez wsj.com/articles/pro-t…

Bob Fernandez . we crossed over into $2T

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Federal investigation is looking for at least $75 million in missing silver and gold from a Delaware warehouse inquirer.com/business/first… via The Philadelphia Inquirer

.FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel tells Congress agency has no authority “over lead remediation, mitigation, or abatement” in communications networks. Agency regulates communications services. The Wall Street Journal $T $VZ docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

More Fed!

my latest: Remember Bankrate report claimed Philly area car insurance premiums rose fastest in USA? I asked em to check math. They admit they exaggerated. Big. Was 21% (below US average) Not '154%' They say they input wrong Zip codes Others, too inquirer.com/business/car-a…

A skyscraper in Pennsylvania just went pending at a shocking $20 per sq ft - yes, that's not a typo The 450k sq ft tower in Allentown, PA is under contract to be sold for $9 million They are practically giving away office buildings at this point but there aren't many takers

Russia: Good video of the size of the population that turned out for Alexey Navalny's funeral in Moscow, the largest public gathering since anti-Putin protests under Boris Nemtsov's leadership over a decade ago, before he too was assassinated by Putin.

Powerful piece on what the imprisonment of ⁦⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩ means for the rest of us from ⁦Greg Macafee⁩, editor of The Vindicator in Youngstown. With gratitude #IStandWithEvan

California added just 50,000 jobs between September 2022 and 2023, down from initial estimates of a 325,000 gain. Employment surveys overestimated job growth in higher-paying private-sector jobs and underestimated government job growth lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Art…

Downtown Cleveland’s Greyhound Bus station is hanging on but probably not for long. (my pics from 1/30/24). On an August trip from Philadelphia, Pa., to Columbus, OH, the Philly station had been moved to tiny storefront; Columbus drop-off was no longer downtown but miles away

There have been a few recent articles in the press about Disney 'winning' its proxy contest with Nelson Peltz based on early election returns that have been leaked to the media. We don't have an investment in Disney, but I thought it useful to point out the inappropriateness of

We are in an era of higher-for-longer interest rates and stronger-for-longer job markets. Incredible really when compared with job market post-dot com and post-GFC.

Stunning, stunning story! How Opioid Giant Endo Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty propublica.org/article/endo-s… by Bob Fernandez Craig R. McCoy w/ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Opioid firm Endo dodged billions in U.S. taxes and put Americans in danger of addiction, disease and overdoses for profits. Here's our story published by ProPublica and the Phila Inquirer: propublica.org/article/endo-s…

📺DEBUT: ‘The Rockford Files’ starring James Garner premiered as a TV movie 51 years ago, March 27, 1974, on NBC