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- Economists' 'moral hazard' applies only to the poor
- BOSTON -- I don't know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But there are times when they talk about virtue and temptation as if they were free-market holy rollers. Consider the phrase that has been popping up all over the Bear Stearns debacle: "moral hazard." No,...
- Research articles 2008-03-21
- German bank WestLB bails out units hit by US subprime woes
- FRANKFURT AFP — The regional German bank WestLB has drawn up credit lines for two troubled investment vehicles, Harrier Finance and Kestrel, a spokesman said Tuesday, as problems grow in the fallout from the US subprime home loan crisis. "WestLB has decided to make liquidity available to these two...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- Emergency spending bill spotlights GOP division
- WASHINGTON -- The White House and Senate Republican leaders are gearing up to oppose a $106.5 billion spending bill for the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina this week because some lawmakers have added unrelated aid for farmers and fisheries, highways and ports. The unusual battle pits President Bush...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Bailing out Congress: an assessment and defense of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act of 2001.
- This Note provides the first detailed account of the conception, impact, and success of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ATSSSA of 2001, an $18 billion federal bailout of the airline industry passed eleven days after the terrorist attacks of September 11. The Note argues that, far from...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- New CEO's task: Move med center into the black
- The new interim chief executive officer of Westchester Medical Center says he'll lay the groundwork for generating annual profits during a eight-month term in which state and county officials are expected to complete a package of subsidies for the regional hospital. Michael D. Israel balked at setting a date for...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
- Chicago Tribune David Greising Column.
- By David Greising, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28--Donald Carty gave me that clear-eyed stare, the way a big cat focuses just before the pounce. The American Airlines chief executive had come to O'Hare to hear President Bush...
- Research articles 2001-09-28
- Q: What's the best way to deregulate providers of electric power?
- Consumer choice and market competition are prized American values. Today, through scores of state-based reforms, the benefits of market competition are being extended to millions of electricity consumers. In just the last year, my home state of New Hampshire, along with Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and California, has initiated reform without...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
- Filling in the hollowed-out corporation: the competitive status of U.S. manufacturing
- The strength of the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy is often underestimated. By the end of 1988, the rate of industrial production was 40 percent above the previous cyclical low and 24 percent over the previous cyclical high. The manufacturing sector today contributes just about the same proportion of...
- Research articles 1990-01-01
- Geithner, Under Fire, Defends AIG Bailout
- By David Lawder and Emily KaiserWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.Before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Geithner faced fierce criticism of his role in...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Geithner, Under Fire, Defends AIG Bailout
- By David Lawder and Emily KaiserWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.Before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Geithner faced fierce criticism of his role in...
- News items 2009-11-19
- 'Toxic-Bank' Details Released
- Public and private money will buy up bad assets in an effort to jumpstart the economy, reports Bill Plante. Harry Smith talks to Dr. Christina Romer, a White House adviser, on the economic strategy.
- Videos 2009-03-23
- Obama's Economic Confidence
- President Obama and top White House staffers are urging Americans to remain confident about the economy and its ability to rebound. CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid reports.
- Videos 2009-03-13
- Great Minds on the Market
- Even market high priests have been humbled by the massacre of the Dow. For wisdom that goes beyond the same old advice, listen to these four. The worst financial markets in a generation have thrown into question virtually every long-held tenet of investing. Conclusions backed by 70 years of history...
- Articles 2009-03-09
- Banks Fire Back on House Bill
- The White House has not said whether President Obama intends to sign the house bill that would impose a heavy tax on bailout bonuses. Wyatt Andrews reports on the backlash.
- Videos 2009-03-20
- AIG "Professional Losers"
- In response to AIG's brazen use of taxpayer money, a bill was passed imposing a 90% tax on executive bonuses above $250,000 for firms getting a $5 billion or more bailout.
- Videos 2009-03-19
- Joe Cassano Behind AIG Mess?
- Former AIG executive Joseph Cassano has been keeping a low profile but, as Elizabeth Palmer reports, Cassano may be responsible for the multi-billion dollar financial crisis at this insurance giant.
- Videos 2009-03-19
- Treasury's AIG Tap Dance
- The Treasury Department wants to get AIG to return executive bonuses paid with taxpayer bailout money, reports Bill Plante. Sen. Richard Shelby from the banking committee speaks to Maggie Rodriguez.
- Videos 2009-03-17
- Paying Back Bailout Money
- When the government put up $700 billion last fall to bailout the financial system, bankers stood in line to get money. Now, many of them can't wait to pay it back. Sharyl Attkisson reports.
- Videos 2009-03-16
- AIG Pays Millions In Bonuses
- Insurance giant AIG - propped up with $170 billion in taxpayer dollars - is paying more than $100 million in bonuses to retain key employees. Randall Pinkston reports.
- Videos 2009-03-15
- AIG Executive Bonuses Outrage
- There is growing anger over AIG's payment of bonuses to executives, after receiving a taxpayer bailout. As Chip Reid reports, a new CBS News poll shows only 37% of Americans approve of such bailouts.
- Videos 2009-03-16
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