Archives for “banking”

Sheila Bair wants to paper over the black hole

Now I actually like Sheila Bair better than just about anyone else at the Treasury, FED and FDIC combined, but the talking points on this ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:19 am.

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Path to Meltdown Paved With Industry Dollars

Via WallStreetWatch.org: The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 6:51 pm.

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Video: The Crisis of Credit

Decent summary of the major pieces of the credit crunch.  Unfortunately, not much mention of ratings agencies, monoline insurers, ABS complexity or macro-level monetary theory, ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 6:29 pm.

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First Former Soviet Satellite Nation Falls..

In a sign of what may be the future for more than one former Eastern Block nation, Latvia has defaulted after a week of rumors ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 10:04 pm.

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Bush to next Generation: Kiss Off.

Ok, gentle readers, this is THE moment we have to stop the largest fraud our Government has ever attempted to perpetrate on the taxpayers. ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 4:30 pm.

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The Candidates Speak

Opining on the news of the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac seizures by the Treasury Department, both Presidential candidates, as well as President Bush have ...

0 Comments. Posted by Admin on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 10:42 pm.

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