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george weinbaum

Ken Lewis: Whistleblower?: George Weinbaum submits: "[Fed] Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Department chief Henry Paulson pressured Bank of America Corp. to not discuss its increasingly troubled plan to buy Merrill Lynch & Co.--a deal that later triggered a government bailout of BofA--according to testimony by Kenneth Lewis, the bank's chief executive....; Tags: Financial, US Market, George Weinbaum, Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.; External links 2009-05-06
Rating Agencies' 'Opinions' Should Be Subject to Suit: George Weinbaum submits: "Faced with a rash of litigation over their ratings of mortgage-backed securities, credit-rating agencies are hoping to rely on a long-time legal ace-in-the-hole: the Constitution. But that protection is being questioned amid allegations that the firms had conflicts of interest that encouraged them to give unduly...; Tags: Financial, George Weinbaum, Moody's Corp.; External links 2009-05-11
AIG's Whistleblower? (WSJ): George Weinbaum submits: From Jennifer Levitz at the WSJ, 2 May 2009 my emphasis: A former [AIG] lawyer says she was fired after protesting what she alleges was a potentially 'corrupt arrangement' between the financial-services company and a South Korean government agency that invested in an AIG real-estate fund....; Tags: Financial, George Weinbaum, American International Group Inc.; External links 2009-05-21