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Is Elizabeth Warren About to be Nominated to Head the CFPB?

We apologize for our recent failure to exhibit our obsession -- see our 9 earlier posts on the topic! -- with whether Elizabeth Warren will head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But we are back in business! An article in today's Washington Post explains that Warren has just pulled out from teaching contracts this coming semester at Harvard Law School:

When fall classes began Wednesday at Harvard Law School, Elizabeth Warren was scheduled to be teaching contract law to first-year students. But something happened on the way to the chalkboard. "I'm writing to let you know that Professor Jerry Frug will be teaching your Contracts class this term instead of Professor Elizabeth Warren," law school dean Martha Minow wrote to students on Tuesday, according to an e-mail obtained by The Washington Post. "Professor Warren regrets that she will not be able to teach you this fall and we regret the last minute change."

To read the whole article go here.

Scary Weather and Energy Prices

Unless I'm missing something, this CNBC report is discussing energy traders' disappointment that the two storms moving toward the East Coast are not bad enough to cause energy prices to spike.