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• in Politics
  Need a Hand? How the Economic Crisis Made National Debt a Problem
  A short intro and explanation on how the economic crisis caused the current national debt problem
  by anthonylock / on Nov 11, 2011
• in Business
  Dear Goldman Sachs, Where Were You During the Subprime Collapse?
  Goldman Sachs receives subpoena by the Manhattan DA, are there criminal charges? or just a slap on the hand with a tsking finger?
  by diskers / on Jun 2, 2011
• in Business
  Is Leap Wireless For Sale?
  With downward pressure on price and increasing popularity of mobile broadband devices, Leap looks at a change in game plan.
  by gearheadgal / on Feb 1, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “subprime”

 

• Our very ‘curious’ mayor

  
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  Gawd said, “Operation Timber Strike” has been a success, even though Scott may not think so. MMM asked me to blog about his speech at Democratic Forum, so here it goes. As a city official said to me once about Mike, “I really don’t get the guy.” and after you listen to him speak at an open forum, you ...
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• Breaking Politics News

  
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  Obama calls on Congress to help more homeowners White House offices evacuated, no danger to Obama 13 killed in blasts near Turkish-Syrian border Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. div#grabpreview { display:none !important; ...
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• Was the Basel Committee, and the Financial Stability Board, created in order to bypass democracies?

  
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  Sir, what would be the possibilities of passing a law, in any European parliament, which would dramatically increase banks expected risk-adjusted returns on equity when lending to a sovereign or triple-A rated borrowers, and thereby stop banks from lending to those perceived as more risky, like small and medium ...
  1 week ago

• Countrywide II Off to the Races

  
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  Updated from 9:58 a.m. ET to include Friday afternoon market action and additional information on Penny Mac. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Countrywide Financial may have made more subprime housing loans than any other institution before the housing bubble burst, but that certainly didnt scare away investors from the public ...
  1 week ago

• The Wizard of Sanford Falls will be speaking at Democratic Forum today

  
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  Get your questions ready, in a little over an hour (noon) our esteemed leader will be addressing Democratic Forum. VFW, South Minnesota Ave.
  1 week ago

• Regulators, and FT journalists, suffer from cognitive overload and malfunctioning prefrontal cortex.

  
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  Sir, Christopher Coker’s “ Technology is making humans the weakest link in warfare ” May 10 is an extraordinarily enlightening article…among other for understanding why bank regulators are seemingly not able to correct what they should correct. Coker writes “The digital world we have created may be ...
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• DealBook: Errors Afflict More Checks Issued to Aid Homeowners

  
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  Almost 100,000 homeowners got checks for less than they were owed under the settlement with the nation’s biggest banks.        
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• Higher bank capital ratios without eliminating distortions based on perceived risks, would make banks riskier

  
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  Sir, John Plender refers both to the draft legislation advanced by US senators David Vitter and Sherrod Brown , and to Anad Admati’s and Martin Hellwig’s “The bankers’ New Clothes” , in order to point out that “ Support is growing for higher bank capital ratios ”, May 8. Plender unfortunately entirely ...
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• Without eliminating regulatory distortions, neither austerity nor profligacy can help Europe

  
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  Sir, Martin Wolf writes: “the hope that [the European countries in crisis] will grow their way out of their difficulties, via eurozone demand and internal balancing, is a fantasy, in the current macroeconomic context”, “ The German model is not for export ” May 8.  Wolf’s line of argument, again, points ...
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• It was bank regulators who suffered the mother of all intellectual failures

  
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  Sir, John Kay writes that the left, were so horrified that a collapse of capitalism from its own global contradictions, might occur under their watch, that their only thought was to avert it by shoveling public money at the capitalists, “ Sinister or silly, protest politicians are united in grievance ” May 8. And ...
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• 11 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Should Be Abolished

  
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  Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog , If the American people truly understood how the Federal Reserve system works and what it has done to us, they would be screaming for it to be abolished immediately.  It is a system that was designed by international bankers for the benefit of ...
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• Deal Professor: Hasty Deal to Save Chrysler in Depths of Crisis Returns to Haunt

  
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  In a fight over the value of Chrysler, Fiat and the United Automobile Workers union are $6 billion apart, the Deal Professor writes.        
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• Subprime Bubble 2.0

  
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  Courtesy of The Federal Reserve Click on the Full-Screen icon at the bottom right hand corner. Subprime Bubble 2.0
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• Attitudes Toward Subprime Auto Loans Improving

  
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  Subprime mortgages caused big problems in 2008 and 2009 and subprime auto was tainted because it shared the same name, said Greg Goebel, CEO of Used Car University. Ill-informed people might see parallels, said Jack Tracey, executive director of the National Automotive Finance Association. Informed sources, such as ...
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• VIDEO: Consumer Credit Posts Smallest Increase in 8 Months

  
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  Consumer credit posts smallest increase in 8 months DealBook: Bank of America and MBIA Said to Agree to $1.7 Billion Settlement Opel expects cheaper car deals after taking finance in-house Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, ...
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• Ruling Clears Way for $7 Billion A.I.G. Suit Against Bank of America

  
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  A federal judge ruled that A.I.G. could pursue a fraud claim of more than $7 billion for losses after the federal government rescued it in 2008.        
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• Hasty Deal to Save Chrysler in Depths of Crisis Returns to Haunt

  
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  In a fight over the value of Chrysler, Fiat and the United Automobile Workers union are $6 billion apart, the Deal Professor writes.
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• Sub-Prime: Fitch Sends Shot Across Bow Of Auto Lenders

  
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  Seeing delinquencies and credit losses going up while used car sales and lending standards deteriorate, rating agency Fitch warned today that “U.S. auto lenders will likely report further weakening in asset quality metrics this year.” Translated into English, lenders will become increasingly dependent on ...
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• Obama Did It for the Money

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 600
  By Robert Scheer The president has chosen to fill two key Cabinet positions dealing with business practices with people who specialized in financial rip-offs. Related Entries May 7, 2013 Hunger Strike in Guantanamo May 7, 2013 Obama Did It for the Money
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• DealBook: After Years of Battling, Bank of America and MBIA Settle Mortgage Dispute

  
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  A $1.7 billion deal ends a legal dispute over mortgage-backed securities.        
  2 weeks ago

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