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• Elliot Spitzer on Tim Geithner

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Former NY governor Elliot Spitzer takes a look at a new report on the AIG bailout and how Goldman Sachs and others were made whole, what was clearly the exception to the rule last year as financial markets were imploding. He submits his findings in this commentary at Slate. Geithners Disgrace The new AIG ...
  1 week ago

• Morgan Stanley Speaks: Against Relying On Capital Requirements

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 639
  Just when momentum was starting to build for increased capital requirements as the core element of an approach that will reign in reckless risk-taking, Morgan Stanley (MS) effectively demolishes the idea.In “Banking – Large & Midcap Banks: Bid for Growth Caps Capital Ask,” (no public link...
  1 week ago

• Another call for Geithner to go

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Rep. Tom Brady (R-Texas) talks to Fox Business News after calling for Secretary Tim Geithners resignation during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee yesterday. This comes just two days after Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) suggested it might be a good idea to increase the jobless total by two - Geithner and ...
  1 week ago

• Panel votes to audit the Fed

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  MarketWatch reports that, much to the dismay of Fed chief Ben Bernanke, the House Financial Services Committee approved a measure sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) that would require the government to audit the Federal Reserve. Ron Pauls provision was opposed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the committees ...
  2 weeks ago

• DeFazio slams Goldman, Summers, Geithner

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) has a few choice words for Goldman Sachs and suggests the nation might be better off with two more job losses - Larry Summers and Tim Geithner. With all the criticism of the Federal Reserve lately, if Ben Bernanke happened to hear DeFazio talk, he would probably have been quite pleased ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meredith Whitney turns bearish

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Uber-bank analyst Meredith Whitney was on CNBC yesterday and was quite concerned about how the Federal Reserve is going to extricate itself from its asset purchase programs in the period ahead, programs that have kept long-term interest rates artificially low. When asked if the banking sector is now adequately ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Fed gets religion (well, a little)

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Its amazing the things that people and organizations will do when they perceive that their way of life or their very existence is being threatened. Such is the case with the recent announcement that the Federal Reserve will soon require banks to offer overdraft "protection" as an "opt-in" service rather than as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• "Kill all the bankers" iPhone app

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Spotted via Patrick.net over at The Huffington Post is what should be an increasingly popular way for people to pass the time as we close in on Wall Street bonus season. The games description on iTunes reads: Defend the White House and save the US taxpayers money before it gets stolen! Its time for you to give ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bankers are like bookies

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Peter Brown of MM&K talks to CNBC about the similarities between bankers and bookies and how bonuses are not really bonuses at all but, rather, profit sharing. Oh yeah, and this too - Goldman Sachs Head Says Banks Do Gods Work
  3 weeks ago

• The Parable of the Trading Sardine

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 421
  Buddy Christ approves this message. Sudden Debt recently posted this little story, and I would be remiss to not share a lesson taught by guys named "Zebediah" and "Yorick." Enjoy: Andy convinces Billy to buy a can of sardines at...
  4 weeks ago

• Ackermann vs. Hoenig: Take It to the WTO

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 639
  Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank (DB) and chairman of the Institute of International Finance (an influential group, reflecting the interests of global finance in Washington) is opposed to breaking up big banks.  According to the FT, he said,“The idea that we could run modern,...
  4 weeks ago

• U.K. to Break Up Biggest Banks

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 639
  The WSJ reports (on-line): “The U.K.’s top treasury official Sunday said the government is starting a process to rebuild the country’s banking system, likely pressing major divestments from institutions and trying to attract new retail banks to the market.”  The British style is typically...
  4 weeks ago

• Breaking Up the Big Banks, and Why Congress Won’t Do It

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 163
  by Robert Reich The Huffington Post And now there are five — five Wall Street behemoths, bigger than they were before the Great Meltdown, paying fatter salaries and bonuses to retain their so-called “talent,” and raking in huge profits. The biggest difference between now and last October is these biggies ...
  5 weeks ago

• The secret to our success

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  In todays commentary at Gluskin Sheff , David Rosenberg explains, among many other things, the secret to the banking sectors recent earnings success and the secret to Washingtons ability to continue borrowing mind-boggling sums of money. In answer to the question of what the banks have been doing with all the cash ...
  5 weeks ago

• Bankers get chilly reception in Chicago

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  Those attending the American Bankers Association gathering in Chicago were greeted by a none-too-pleased (and quite vocal) public last night with protests continuing today. Heres one of the many clips over at YouTube of last nights festivities. Apparently, this convention attracts mostly community bankers rather ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Five Wall Street Behemoths

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 639
  And now there are five — five Wall Street behemoths, bigger than they were before the Great Meltdown, paying fatter salaries and bonuses to retain their so-called”talent,” and raking in huge profits. The biggest difference between now and last October is these biggies didn’t...
  5 weeks ago

• More reasons to hate big banks

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 594
  More reasons to hate big banks and to do whatever it takes to get your credit cards paid off as quickly as possible and never, ever again carry a balance are provided in this column by David Lazarus in todays LA Times. Ed Myska works as executive vice president of El Segundos Bank of Manhattan, so its pretty fair ...
  5 weeks ago

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