Wall Street bailout

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How to tell i-bankers they're not getting a bonus this year
How to tell i-bankers they're not getting a bonus this year
December 9, 2008 - Wall Street bankers are still having trouble swallowing the whole "you don't get bonuses for crippling a global economy" thing. Merrill Lynch's CEO John Thain recently asked his board for a $10 million...
Will Durst
From The Room: The Clueless Cup
December 5, 2008 - In an upset worthy of Marin Day School covering the spread against the Green Bay Packers through the first three quarters of a spirited scrimmage at Lambeau Field, the coveted Clueless Cup appears to be on the verge of falling out of the clutches of President Bush's staff for...
Jeffrey Jena
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: How Is That Bailout Coming?
December 2, 2008 - The CEOs of the big three auto makers are back in Washington today. They were sent home two weeks ago by Sister Nancy after showing up for their bailout without their book reports. Later it was disclosed that, GASP! HORROR! SHOCKING! They flew to D.C. on corporate jets. Those...
Jerome Halligan
From The Room: Henry Paulson Suggests Allocating $35 Billion of Rescue Funds to Henry Paulson
November 24, 2008 - NPNR's David Overbearing reports on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee...
Identity thieves - Forgotten victims of the financial crisis
Identity thieves - Forgotten victims of the financial crisis
November 21, 2008 - As recently as 2006, identity theft was still considered one of the most lucrative fields of non-violent crime for computer literate Americans to get into. But with so many Americans losing their homes and drowning in debt, stealing the right identity has become much trickier. A single social secu...
Jerome Halligan
From The Room: CEOs Say They May Have to Cut Back on Hookers and Blow
November 21, 2008 - Washington, D.C. -- The CEOs of several investment banking, insurance and financial services giants appeared before the House Financial Services Committee Thursday to testify about the state of their companies' financial health. What the committee members heard were tales of despera...
Jeffrey Jena
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Will the Last Person Not on the Dole Please Punch in and Get Busy?
November 12, 2008 - The problem with bailouts, aside from the fact they promote socialism, take away the incentive to succeed, allow crappy businesses to continue, stifle innovation, prevent morons from making needed career changes, and generally screw up the economy, is that they don't work. I am trying to think of a...
Leighann Lord
From The Room: Alan Greenspan's Self Delusion
October 29, 2008 - I've always been a little smitten with Alan Greenspan. I am drawn to the former Federal Reserve Chairman in the same way that I am drawn--god help me--to Larry King and Wolf Blizter. If you grew up believing in Santa Claus, it's hard not to see...
John Knefel
From The Room: Things I've Learned About the Economy in the Last Three Weeks
October 22, 2008 - I'm a pretty serious person, so I've been following the stock market for a total of about 22 days now. I've learned a fair amount about global finance in that time, which I present to you now, because you don't know any of it. The stock...
Hosed
From The Feed: Hosed
October 14, 2008 - Jim Slattery subtly reveals his proclivities...
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