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• New Spitzer Hypocrisy In AIG Case

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer took to the New York Times OP-ED page to call for the full release of a AIG corporate e-mails to determine how and why the company crashed. This is the same Eliot Spitzer who stonewalled attempts by the New York State Senate Committee on Investigations and the New York ...
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• Obama: A Republican Plant?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  Many of us had no idea the Republican Party had it in them, but to devise and implement such a plan was ingenious. Think about it; party leadership acting totally inept while a charismatic young Democrat presidential candidate captures the imagination of the normally lethargic youth vote, captures the senior vote, ...
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• The Bankers on Obamas Team

  
  MoJo Articles — Authority: 727
  GOLDMAN SACHS CEO turned Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson wasnt the first, or the last, to use the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington. Heres a short list of Obama officials who got their start in the private sector—many, like Paulson, at "Government Sachs." OFFICIAL ...
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• Frank Rich Op-Ed: Were The "Aughties" The Age of Willful Ignorance?

  
  One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone — Authority: 428
  posted by Ethan Nichtern Alas, we are coming to the end of the first decade in the third millenium of the Common Era. The decade has been given, almost by default, a name about as disappointing as its historical content, " the aughties. " After reading the  Frank Rich op-ed wrote in the New York Times this ...
  6 days ago

• Wells Fargo Spoils Citis Party (Again)

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  At least twice over the past year or so -- and especially this week -- Citigroups best-laid plans have been derailed by Wells Fargo, its scrappier West Coast rival.
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• Critics Wail as Bernanke Basks in Praise

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  Facing a vote on reconfirming him as the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke came under renewed criticism from lawmakers right and left after Time magazine named him "Person of the Year."
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• Now thats embarassing

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 558
  It seems the Treasury ran into a small problem today regarding Citi. The U.S. government abruptly shelved plans to start trimming its 34% stake in Citigroup Inc., after investors demanded a price so low that the Treasury Department would have lost hundreds of millions of dollars on the deal. The ...
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• U.S. Said to Reconsider Quick Sale of Citigroup Stake

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  Two days after Citigroup moved to untangled itself from Washington, the Treasury reversed course Wednesday and backed away from plans to immediately sell a portion of its stake in the banking giant, according to a person briefed on the situation.
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• TIME Names Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Person Of The Year

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 706
  Via Los Angeles Times : Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine today for leading the "most-powerful, least-understood government force shaping our lives," Managing Editor Richard Stengel said. Bernanke, 56, was picked for his efforts to shepherd the U.S. out of the ...
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• Time Names Bernanke Person of the Year

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  Time magazine picked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke as its Person of the Year, noting the powerful hold he has over the economy and the aggressive steps he took to preserve it over the past year.
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• Government Gave Up Billions in Tax Revenue in Citigroup Deal

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 783
  Filed under: Economy , Wall Street The U.S. government agreed to forgo billions in tax revenue in a deal with Citigroup earlier this week to help the company repay its bailout money, the Washington Post reports . The Internal Revenue Service issued an exception to longstanding rules for Citi and other ...
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• Os Wall Street love affair

  
  Tara Lynn Thompson — Authority: 131
  "I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street." Obama 12/13/09 True. Thats Little Timmy Geithners job, along with Os economic advisers Michael Froman and Jamie Rubin. Heres the interesting part. O hired Wall Street while demonizing Wall Street to fix Wall Street. ...
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• Weather Keeps Some Bankers Away From Obama Talk

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  President Obama talked with the executives that he termed "fat cats" on Monday, asking the chiefs of the nations biggest banks to the White House to press them to help speed the economic recovery by providing more loans to small businesses and homeowners.
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• Another View: Redefining How to Repay TARP

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  The government must reexamine the standards by which banks can repay the billions of dollars they received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, an architect of the financial bailout writes in Another View.
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• In JPMorgan Auction, U.S. Made the Right Choice

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  Did the federal government get a better deal by auctioning off its warrants in JPMorgan Chase to private investors instead of letting the bank buy them back?
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• Paralysis by (Financial) Analysis

  
  City Lakes Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  Instant Amnesia -- Or Something Worse?If it exists, its possible.--unknownBelieve me, its not what it is.--caption, New Yorker cartoon (what husband caught in bed with another woman says to his wife, standing in the doorway).Lets see: as every investor, saver, employed person and sentient being knows, the U.S. ...
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• The House OKs a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 766
  Filed under: Economy The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last years Wall Street failures that plunged the nation deep into recession. The sprawling legislation would give the government new powers to break ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bair Says F.D.I.C. Questioned BofA Assistance

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation resisted pressure from the administration of President George W. Bush to extend assistance to Bank of America to complete its purchase of Merrill Lynch but was ultimately convinced of the need, its chairman, Sheila Bair, said on Friday.
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• Rhetoric Heats Up Ahead of Regulatory Vote

  
  DealBook — Authority: 772
  House Democrats defended their Wall Street regulatory overhaul on Thursday against Republican criticism that the plan would perpetuate a bailout mentality.
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• Taxpayers lose $61 Billion on AIG, auto bailouts

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 558
  Despite whatever you might have heard about these bailouts being a good investment, the taxpayers lost money on this deal. The Treasury Department is acknowledging for the first time that it lost $61 billion on two key programs designed to stabilize the economy after the largest financial crisis in decades. ...
  2 weeks ago

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