Fed chief Ben Bernanke and President Obama both took their licks this week, but BP stands alone when it comes to the ire of the Twitterati. As they watch BP s oil gush into the Gulf and its stock price plummet, the Tweetsers are also keeping tabs on the rest of this leaky economy: the birth of the iPhone 4, the Senate s private equity takedown, and a simple way to get a handle of your local real estate market.

JT Smith, chief investment officer of Aristar Funding.

Didnt Bernanke also say the subprime and credit markets WOULD NOT spread into macro market

Twitter.com/jtsmith24

Best predictor of home sales in a given area is search engine queries for real estate agents
Auren Hoffman, CEO of Rapleaf, which provides businesses with automated search services.
Twitter.com/auren

President on Today show this morning looked bad responding to crtics demands for "toughness" with "kick ass"..Authenticity critical in leader
Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric.
Twitter.com/Jack_welch

The Senate's planned VC carveout on carried interest tax change (7 yr hold period) will also cover many PE investments.
Dan Primack, editor of private equity focused site, pehub.com. He is referring to a plan to tax long-term holdings at a lower rate than the more than doubling of taxes proposed for shorter-term investments held by partnerships.
Twitter.com/danprimack

Business

Om Malik, founder of technology focused site, gigaom.com, referring to the HD camera on the new iPhone and the popular standalone Flip recorder, owned by

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Twitter feed of Bain Capital.

Did Apple s iPhone 4 Just Kill the Flip?
Cisco
Twitter.com/om

From 1995-2008 pharma M&A deals yielded 2.1% above their sector index; medtech acquirers saw excess returns of 7.7%.

Twitter.com/BainAlerts

The Markets

Editors of finance blog, zerohedge.com

Rumor China studying rules to ban index future trading

Twitter.com/zerohedge

It pays to go long CDS and puts, then spread a rumor on $BP. For the record, it is NOT a Ch. 11 candidate anytime soon. Impossible.
Anonymous hedge fund investor.
Twitter.com/Hedgefundinvest