peHUB Second Opinion 5.27.10

Treasury auctions: Investors say “meh”
Related: The Fed is planning a massive debasement/monetization according to RBS.
Related: No sooner did we at peHUB call junk bonds a bubble than they continue to crash. Distress levels are rising.

On the bright side: The business of curing cancer is showing some optimistic breakthroughs.

Steve Ballmer: Microsoft sends out a snarky tweet that he will neither be at the Apple Developers Conference nor will he be on Dancing with the Stars.

David Einhorn: The world is ending. Debt is booming. Assets are worthless. It’s the government’s fault.

Altruism: It’s physically good for you. But tell that to the heckler who booed former Quadrangle Group founder Steven Rattner.

Related:
When to fire someone, according to the advice of Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis.

The tax bill:
Time for some schadenfreude or commiseration: other industries affected by the pending legislation.
Related: taxing sales of PE firms is discriminatory, says the Private Equity Council. But they’re not the only ones.

Ken Starr: The Hollywood money manager was accused of a $30 million Ponzi scheme.

Ford Mercury:
RIP after seven decades.

iPhone:
40% of sales of Apple’s cult phone are actually to business users. How do they explain the dropped calls?
Related: The Blackberry Fund is starting a $100 million venture fund along with China Broadband.

CBOE:
Shares of the IPO will be sold in the range of $27 to $29.

Trust and transparency:
Crucial business concepts for success. PricewaterhouseCoopers has some studies about it here.