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[List-o-links] 6-29-07 Subprime Cuts: iPhones Used To Get Past Subprime Disconnect

by Jonathan Miller | @jonathanmiller

June 29, 2007 | 12:32 pm |

Wall Street Journal Credit, Finance, Mortgage, Rates Distressed Housing List-o-links Time Out Federal Reserve, New York

Ok, not really but its a great way to present both subjects, which dominate the news right now. I was inspired by a colleague of mine who favors graph paper style shirts, and who suggested I address how the subprime mortgage implosion can be resolved through use of iPhones.

But try not to read between the lines.

Looking for Contagion in All the Wrong Places [Bill Gross – PIMCO]
His place in iPhone history is secure [LA Times]
Bank regulators agree on subprime rules: sources [Reuters]
Is the iPhone the 128K Mac? [PC World]
House Prices and Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies (pdf) [Federal Reserve – SF]
Cheaper iPhone needed by next spring to keep momentum [SF Chronicle]
Subprime lending: Business as usual [CNN/Money]
Apple – iPhone
Subprime woes led to 50 lender failures [Reuters]
Smart phone makers brace for iPhone [BW]
The sub-slime that ate Wall Street [Salon]
The Apple iPhone: Fast iFacts [Fox]
Subprime Crisis Is Likely To Continue Its Sting [WSJ]

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