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- Wallstrip: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FNM, FRE)
- Will the government save the day, or has the sun already set? Julie Alexandria summarizes the current mortgage mess.
- Videos 2008-07-21
- Paulson's Message to Detroit: Drop Dead
- Kofi Bofah submits: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered tough talk directed at Congress rejecting any notion of allocating one penny of his $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program [TARP] towards the relief of the battered U.S. automotive sector. Mr. Paulson's testimony is a death blow to Detroit, Michigan and the...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Paulson's Citi Stock Purchases A Well-Deserved Endorsement Of CEO Pandit
- In asset management circles, Citi was jovially referred to as the ultimate "short trade" on which to hedge long bets made on rival firms. Now that's all changing. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Does Citi's Breakup Presage a Tougher Approach by Obama?
- OK, fine. Citigroup's "one-stop shopping" for financial services is being swept into the dust bin of history. The banking giant will downsize by at least one-third. What's next? That's a key question as we sit on the cusp of two presidential admininistrations. What we could be seeing...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- What To Do With Fannie and Freddie?
- Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson is tossing out a teaser. He would replace troubled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with private sector mortgage guarantors that would act much like public utilities, such as a power company. With only days before he leaves office, Paulson is stirring the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Paulson Fails Fast. Or Is He Just Flailing?
- What everyone wants is a quick fix for the world economy. That isn't going to happen -- the Fed and the Treasury are about out of options, and bodies like the IMF don't have any better answers. This impasse has people like David Roche, the author of "New Monetarism," almost...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Paulson Shuns Direct Auto Bailout
- Treasury Secretary Paulson said measures to free up consumer credit, including auto loans, would be a better use of money than buying up failed mortgages. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- 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
- Paulson's Bailout Plan Isn't The Only One
- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has presented his $700 billion bailout plan as the only solution to the financial crisis because he believes that what is needed is a fix both fast and furious. His plan would give the treasury secretary unprecedented power to buy up to $700...
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Wallstrip: Global Financial Crisis
- Does flooding the world with cash mean a credit thaw?
- Videos 2008-10-14
- Wallstrip: Bailout
- Our ship's sprung a leak. Now it's up to the House of Reps to decide if she should sink or swim.
- Videos 2008-10-02
- Paulson Drops the Ball Again
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Since Hank Paulson came out and said he no longer planned to buy assets off the balance sheets of troubled financials, the S&P 500 Financial sector is down 22%. Is there any wonder? Why would Mr. Paulson ever in his right mind come out and say...
- External links 2008-11-20
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- Treasury's Hank Paulson Fixes China
- Henry M. "Hank" Paulson, Jr. seems almost like superman these days. The ex-Wall Streeter and Secretary of the Treasury flies around the globe trying to fix dysfunctional financial regulation, heroically attempting to avoid economic recession. He's a super-diplomat playing striped-pants roles that, frankly, others should be playing, such as Secretary...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Paulson on Bended Knee: Why the Urgency?
- Paulson on Bended Knee: Why the Urgency?RE: Paulson on Bended Knee: Why the Urgency?Where were he & Bernanke 4 weeks ago? Last quarter? 6 months ago??? I'm not sure I'd trust them with $700B.RE: Paulson on Bended Knee: Why the Urgency?You forgot to mention the democrats in congress who were...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Hank Paulson Enjoys Power, Wants More
- Back in June 2006, when Hank Paulson agreed to become Treasury Secretary, you had to wonder what he was thinking. Paulson, then the CEO of Goldman Sachs, had one of the most lucrative jobs in the world, and perhaps the most prestigious job in finance. And he was going to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Paulson & Co.: Portfolio Update
- Market Folly submits: John Paulson's hedge fund Paulson & Co. recently filed two 13Gs with the SEC due to activity on December 31, 2008: The firm disclosed a 9.24% ownership stake in Rohm & Haas ROH. The filing shows that it now owns 18,041,111 shares....
- External links 2009-02-10
- When Paulson Met Goldman: From Russia With Love
- Still dubious that former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson showed favoritism toward Goldman Sachs, his former firm, during the financial crisis? Read on. In his new book, NYT reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, here via Felix Salmon, recounts Paulson's June 2008 meeting in Moscow with members of Goldman's board...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- In Financial Reform, It's Paulson vs. Cox
- You couldn't have two more different regulators and policy-makers. In one corner, you have Henry "Hank" Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury. The former head of Wall Street titan, Goldman Sachs, he is known as a tough, bald-headed earth-shaker. In others words, he's a shark. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Paulson Bets on Real Estate With CB Richard Ellis
- Market Folly submits: John Paulson's hedge fund firm Paulson & Co has made another bet. And, this time around, the firm is focusing again on the real estate recovery theme. After recently announcing its real estate recovery fund, Paulson has now announced that it will buy $100 million worth of...
- External links 2009-06-13
- On Merrill and Lehman, Hank Paulson Makes the Right Move
- On Merrill and Lehman, Hank Paulson Makes the Right MoveRE: On Merrill and Lehman, Hank Paulson Makes the Right MoveIs there any talk of NOT rewarding the CEOs at Freddie and Fannie with million-dollar parting gifts? This is the part I find most offensive.RE: On Merrill and Lehman, Hank Paulson...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
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