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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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“Downton Abbey” Finally Went Too Far

"Downton Abbey" viewers have been through a lot over the last two years, but nothing like this.

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“Downton Abbey” Finally Went Too Far

Why the show’s depiction of rape is becoming a real problem. An extremely upsetting turn for fans.

— by Emily Orley

Elsewhere in Entertainment

Shia LaBeouf is appearing in an art stunt in LA called #IAMSORRY. It involves him wearing a paper bag on his head. It is weird.

This Valentine's Day, give the gift everyone really wants: A love note from Pitbull.

Taylor Lautner’s latest role? Replacing Andy Samberg in the British sitcom "Cuckoo."

In other British TV news: Meet Dan Osborne. He's the TV hunk you should be obsessed with.

North West just keeps getting free clothes. Ah, to be a celebrity baby.

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Trends with benefits

Yesterday, the Obama administration announced it would delay a part of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, giving companies with more than 50 employees at least another year, and as much as two years, to make sure they cover all of their employees. At a press conference today, reporters asked the President whether the delays mean that the administration “is in part trying to push Americans toward the individual health insurance market and decouple insurance from employment”.

The President denied the allegation. Sarah Kliff writes that “this delay will likely amount to a relatively small, if non-existent, change”.

Ezra Klein and Josh Barro argue that workers are too reliant on their employers for healthcare. “Employers became the main vehicles for insurance not because anyone thought it was a good idea, but because the tax code made it a bargain”, writes Klein. Employers only began offering healthcare benefits to workers during WWII when wage controls didn’t allow them to offer higher salaries. The only thing that has perpetuated the system up to now is fear of change, he says.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that the ACA, through its individual exchanges, will have some effect on the relationship between employment and healthcare. The law won’t kill jobs; rather, it will allow people just working for the benefits to reduce their hours or quit outright. Read their FAQ here. “All of a sudden, employment isn't such a key ticket to accessing affordable health insurance”, writes Sarah Kliff.

AOL is an example of a company that would likely benefit from insurance-employment decoupling, Ezra Klein writes. CEO Tim Armstrong said last week that the company had chosen to change its 401(k) matching program because healthcare costs had skyrocketed last year due to 1) Obamacare, and 2) two “distressed babies” that had resulted in million-dollar pregnancies. Like many large companies, AOL self-insures, which means its risk pool is much smaller than, say, Medicare, with 49 million beneficiaries. It may also have reinsurance. Armstrong’s comments were not well-chosen, but Klein says AOL's problems are real, and Obamacare may actually save the company in the long term:

An irony of Armstrong’s predicament is that Obamacare, which he partly blames for his company’s increased costs, might be its salvation. Starting in 2017, states can choose to let large employers enter state health-care exchanges. That means companies would be able to add their employees to a much larger risk pool  -- in some cases, millions strong.

And that’s good for everyone. -- Shane Ferro

On to today’s links:

Remuneration
Barclays: soon with 8% fewer workers; 13% more banker comp - DealBook

Decline and fall
The power of algorithms? Upworthy traffic is down 46% in two months - BI

Charts
Fractal inequality: the 0.1% are leaving the 1% behind - Annie Lowrey

Wonks
Inequality and indignity - Paul Krugman

"The best way to shorten unemployment is to make job-seeking less emotionally painful" - Megan McArdle

Apple
iTunes would be ranked as number 130 in the Fortune 500 if it were a standalone company - Horace Dediu

Primary Sources
Janet Yellen's full prepared remarks for her Congressional testimony today - Federal Reserve
Felix cuts through the Fed-speak and annotates Yellen's remarks - Rap Genius

It’s Academic
Planet Money podcast better at teaching students macro than "boring lectures" - SSRN
Study: "Citigroup was not only TBTF but also too large and too complex to manage or regulate effectively" - SSRN

Financial Arcana
Loan rates tied to CDS spreads - Deus Ex Macchiato

Deals
"Klout, the online popularity contest startup" is being acquired - Recode

Please Update Your Records
Women denied mortgage because her credit report listed her as deceased - WSJ

Hilarious
“Like walking onto a trading floor where a pack of goons were desperately displaying the contents of their wallets and/or underwear" - Choire Sicha

Oxpeckers
Gawker's new recruiting program - Nick Denton

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Dov Charney Dreams Big — Despite Stock Struggles

The controversial American Apparel founder has high hopes despite recent financial woes.

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Business Today: Yellen stays the course, says Fed to keep trimming stimulus

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Yellen stays the course, says Fed to keep trimming stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, fresh from taking the helm of the Federal Reserve, made it clear on Tuesday she would not make any abrupt changes to U.S. monetary policy, saying the central bank was on track to keep reducing its stimulus even though the labor market recovery was far from complete.
Relief over debt ceiling, Fed lift Wall Street for fourth day
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday as Congress agreed to advance legislation extending U.S. borrowing authority and the Federal Reserve's new chief held off from making any changes to its schedule for trimming stimulus.
Analysis: Wall Street's best-kept secret may be earnings growth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors can't blame the stock market's bumpy ride so far this year on S&P 500 earnings, which could end the reporting period with the best quarterly growth in more than two years.
New York regulator moving ahead on bitcoin regulation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's financial regulator on Tuesday revealed new details on his agency's plans to govern virtual currency firms in the state in order to protect consumers and combat money laundering.
Ono board clears stock market plan, defers Vodafone offer
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Directors of Spain's largest cable operator, Ono, on Tuesday agreed to push ahead with their plan to list the company on the stock market and deferred a takeover approach from Britain's Vodafone , a source with knowledge of the matter said.
Barclays to cut 12,000 jobs, pays bigger bonuses
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays said it would axe up to 12,000 jobs this year even as it raised bonuses for investment bankers, prompting fury among politicians and unions who said it had not learned the lessons of the financial crisis.
Porsche to hit 200,000 car-sales target years ahead of plan: CEO
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Porsche expects to hit a target of selling more than 200,000 sports cars next year, three years earlier than originally scheduled, as the brand keeps pushing into sport-utility vehicles, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said.
Corzine fails to win dismissal of MF Global customers' lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a lawsuit to move forward that seeks to hold former MF Global Holdings Ltd Chief Executive Officer Jon Corzine and other executives responsible for the brokerage's collapse.
Tough winter makes economic assessment hard: Fed's Plosser
NEWARK, Delaware (Reuters) - Assessing the U.S. economy's underlying economic trends has become more difficult because of record low temperatures and heavy snowfall across much of the nation, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said on Tuesday.
Lloyds to bulk up bonus pool by nearly 10 percent: Sky
(Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group is handing out 395 million pounds ($651.12 million) in bonuses for last year, including an award of just under 2 million pounds to its chief executive, Sky News reported, without citing sources.
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