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- Financial Roundup: Crisis Threatens Europe, Banks Fight, and More
- Financial Roundup: Crisis Threatens Europe, Banks Fight, and MoreRE: Financial Roundup: Crisis Threatens Europe, Banks Fight, and MoreThanks Robert, and a good point about how we haven’t heard from the Asian markets yet. It will be interesting as to how this crisis will affect perceptions of free markets in...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Financial Roundup: Bank Mergers, Fat Wall Street Bonuses, Paulson Backlash
- Financial Roundup: Bank Mergers, Fat Wall Street Bonuses, Paulson BacklashRE: Financial Roundup: Bank Mergers, Fat Wall Street Bonuses, Paulson BacklashIt is foolish of investment banks and other large financial services firms to dole out hefty bonuses given the current meltdown. The rationale for these outsized annual bonuses has always...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Financial Roundup: Greenspan Speaks, Goldman Cuts, Hedge Fund Woes And More
- Financial Roundup: Greenspan Speaks, Goldman Cuts, Hedge Fund Woes And MoreRE: Financial Roundup: Greenspan Speaks, Goldman Cuts, Hedge Fund Woes And MoreGreenspan was part of the problem. Flooded economy with cheap money and was slow to take the punch bowl away.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
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- Financial Roundup: Greenspan Speaks, Goldman Cuts, Hedge Fund Woes And More
- Former Fed Chairman Greenspan speaks -- Appearing before a House committee investigating the nation's financial crisis, Alan Greenspan said the economy is "in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami" but expressed confidence the $700 billion federal bailout will ease the storm. Greenspan added that he was "shocked" the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Financial Roundup: GMAC Gets Bailout, AIG Dumps Derivatives, Banks Need Help for TARP Aid, FASB Gives Fair Value Break
- Merry Christmas, GMAC! -- The financial arm of General Motors, GMAC Financial, got a big present Christmas Eve when the Federal Reserve allowed it to become a bank holding company. Doing so lets GMAC apply for the $700 billion bailout program and perhaps avoid bankruptcy. [Source: The Associated Press] ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-26
- Financial Roundup: Banks Not Lending, Frank Summons Chiefs, 3 Banks Shut, No Bonuses
- Show me the money: Despite the $400 billion federal bailout to ease credit, bankers continue to tighten lending standards. A Federal Reserve survey showed that 79 pecent of 53 loan officers said they tightened credit over the past three months and 85 percent raised the cost of credit lines. [Source:...
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Financial Roundup: Bailout Expanded, KKR Delays, Tough Fight for Feds, Arizona Homeowners Get Break and More
- Treasury mulls expanding bailout â€" Bond insurers and specialty finance firms such as GE Capital and CIT Group Inc. could benefit if Treasury expands the $700 billion bailout to include them. Begun to buy bad loans, the bailout now includes buying shares in various financial firms. [Source:  The Wall Street Journal ]...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Financial Roundup: Bush May Expand Bailout, Commercial Credit Thaws, SBA Loans Dry Up, EU Leaders Want Fast Reform
- Are Feds planning a big bailout expansion? -- With President-elect Barack Obama searching for a new Treasury chief, the Bush Administration may be expanding the $700 billion bailout well beyond the $250 billion earmarked for banks. Beneficiaries could include auto financing firm GMAC, insurers Prudential and MetLife, and homeowners who...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Financial Roundup: Fannie Mae, AIG Claim Feds Too Strict, Bailout Effects Will Take Months, Citi Eases on Homeowners, Banks Gave Big Political Money
- Fannie Mae, AIG complain about federal bailout -- Two sagging financial giants, AIG and Fannie Mae, say that conditions and interest rates for their initial bailouts were too strict. The feds have redone AIG’s bailout with easier terms and Fannie Mae wants the same treatment. [Source: The Washington Post] ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Financial Roundup: Global Summit, Possible Homeowner Bailout, Employers Cut 401(k)s, and More
- Global confab to spotlight cooperation -- A financial summit of 20 countries will meet in Washington Saturday to work out coordinated responses to the financial crisis. European leaders see causes as a lack of regulation in the U.S. while the Bush administration is shunning the idea of a single global...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Financial Roundup: Paulson Leaving Bailout Reserve, BofA's Chinese Deal, Swaps Get a Market, and More
- Paulson to leave bailout reserve -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview that he will leave a reserve in the $700 billion bailout fund for the incoming Obama administration, making it unlikely that homeowners will be getting immediate mortgage relief. He has tapped about $290 billion of the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Financial Roundup: 3 Big Deals Official, ING Reorganizies, Citi Bosses Lose Out, the Skinny on Fannie Mae
- Three big deals done -- It's official. Bank of America has taken over Merrill Lynch, making it the largest bank in the U.S. with assets of $2.7 trillion. Wells Fargo & Co. owns Wachovia Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group has bought Cleveland's National City Corp. [Source: The Wall Street...
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Financial Roundup: Thain Fallout; CapOne Losses; More
- More fallout from Thain departure -- Bank of America is trying to reassure its workforce, investors and the public that the ouster of former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain doesn't mean its takeover of the investment firm is in jeopardy. Thain resigned over concerns that he didn't tell BofA chief...
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
- Financial Roundup: Crisis Threatens Europe, Banks Fight, and More
- The sharks are circling Europe -- How does that goofy Disney song go? "It's a small world, after all..." Well, today's stock market plunge of nearly 800 points proves that point. It is a small world and we're in the midst of a full-blown global economic crisis....
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Financial Roundup: Paulson Backs Mitsubishi, Bailout Takes Shape
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson couldn't stomach the possibility of Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group walking away from its announced investment in wobbly Morgan Stanley. So Paulson made Mitsubishi an offer it couldn't refuse: The U.S. will back your play. Despite the mass infusion of taxpayer-backed funds...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Financial Roundup: Bank Mergers, Fat Wall Street Bonuses, Paulson Backlash
- Big regional banks look like merger bait -- Non-megabanks such as National City, Fifth Third Bancorp and Keycorp all posted big losses in the third quarter, and that weak performance -- combined in some cases with low stock prices -- make them look a lot more like merger candidates. For...
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Financial Roundup: 16 Regionals Get U.S. Funds, Bailout Managers Scarce, "Mark to Market" Under Review, and More
- Regional banks to get federal money -- At least sixteen regional banks are lined up to get more than $30 billion in stock investments by the Treasury Department. Leading the list are PNC Financial Group with $7.7 billion; Capital One Financial with $3.6 billion; and SunTrust Banks with $3.5 billion. [Source: istockanalyst.com]...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Financial Roundup: Obama Picks Experienced Team, U.S. Bancorp Expanding, Bank Analyst Layoffs, And More
- Obama goes with experience on economics team -- President-elect Barack Obama is assembling an experienced economics team to boost his proposed stimulus package and tighten financial regulation. Congressional budget guru Peter R. Orszag is expected to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Other veterans include proposed National...
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Financial Roundup: LandAmerica Leaves Investors Hanging, GAO Urges Faster Bailout Controls, Small Business Credit Available, Go Bankrupt and Face the SEC
- Investors trapped in LandAmerica bankruptcy -- Hundreds of real estate investors are scrambling to recover their money from what were to be low risk and brief investments with title insurance firm LandAmerica Financial Group. The Richmond, Va.-based firm declared bankruptcy last week after a merger with a rival failed. [Source:...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Financial Roundup: Chevy Chase Buyout, Credit Suisse Cuts, Obama Team Infighting, BofA Retirement Survey
- I'm Chevy Chase and you're not, anymore - Capital One Financial is acquiring backyard rival Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock. Bethesda, Md.-based Chevy Chase is the latest in a parade of regional banking comanies that have been acquired since the banking crisis bloomed earlier this...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
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