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Ludicrous suggestion that Warren Buffett's returns would be better if he were paid more. http://bit.ly/hinEwm 7:29 AM Mar 1st via web
JohnRentoul The Guardian in the 1860s was fiercely opposed to Lincoln and sided with the South in US Civil War @martinkettle http://gu.com/p/2nbq8/tf 1:49 PM Feb 24th via web Retweeted by stephenfoley and 4 others
Barclays could face £1.4bn writedown after US ruling on Lehman deal http://ind.pn/eaVdPz 7:16 AM Feb 24th via TweetMeme
Bad day for unions in WI. Walker emerges from David Koch scam with integrity intact; Rev Jackson sticks his oar in on union side. 12:04 PM Feb 23rd via web
Number of "problem banks" still rising, FDIC says. Now at 884. http://bit.ly/uWPcp 7:06 AM Feb 23rd via web
Barclays deal to buy Lehman Brothers was fair, judge rules. Good - for the aforementioned reasons. http://ind.pn/cKtjY0 9:56 PM Feb 22nd via web
Illinois Gov Pat Quinn calls state of emergency, opens refugee camps for fleeing Democrats of Wisconsin, Indiana 1:14 PM Feb 22nd via web
So, Countrywide's Angelo Mozilo won't face criminal charges. Proves attack is the best legal defence. http://nyti.ms/eWvCew 10:00 AM Feb 19th via web
In case you missed it: how JC Penney cheated the Google algorithm and got away with it - until the NYTimes called. http://nyti.ms/eEVIKx 11:07 AM Feb 18th via web
Delighted David Segal's Dirty Little Secrets of Search is on here. RT @thedailybeast The Week's Best Longform Journalism #longreads 11:05 AM Feb 18th via web
Must-read piece on why both Apple AND Google are ripping off publishers and app developers. http://bit.ly/hfVMdT 8:56 PM Feb 17th via web
Also, Jeopardy is stupid. Answer to “What's a graveyard?” is not “Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym Of The Atlantic”. 9:59 PM Feb 16th via web
IBM-Jeopardy experiment irritating for multiple reasons. First, Watson has advantage of no buzzer reaction time. http://bit.ly/ftFdJR 9:58 PM Feb 16th via web
RT @TheIndyNews From his jail cell, Madoff points finger at the banks - http://ind.pn/iim6RO 9:27 PM Feb 16th via TweetMeme
Game on. Google woos publishers with a 67% sweeter deal for Android app subscriptions than Apple. http://bit.ly/u1iX 8:57 AM Feb 16th via web
Like I said, it's not a bubble. RT @TheIndyNews Bubble 2.0: will the new dotcom boom go bust? http://ind.pn/fVVuRo 6:47 AM Feb 16th via TweetMeme
Groupon. Coupon culture hits the UK http://ind.pn/gHBPSG 6:45 AM Feb 16th via TweetMeme
Refinancing imminent at American Apparel? Lenders extending waiver by only a few days at a time now. http://bit.ly/hIg3zm 2:44 PM Feb 15th via web
Meet The Faceless Star Of The Facebook Movie http://t.co/91Fp5Yj via @businessinsider 8:12 AM Feb 15th via Tweet Button
The Guardian's ABC figures fall below 280,000. 6:39 AM Feb 11th via web

Name Stephen Foley
Location New York, NY
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Bio Associate Business Editor of The Independent, covering North American business news and tweeting - according to our lawyers - in a personal capacity