Bail Out

Yep, You Heard it Here First .. and More Proof Romney Would Not Have Killed Osama bin Laden

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Bush Advisers, John Brennan, Bail-Out, Bain Capital, Romney, Bin Laden, Obama, Directive to Focus on Bin Laden, Tora Bora, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Obama Osama Bin Laden, Romney Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Sometimes it is necessary to describe the obvious. Romney would never have pursued Osama bin Laden. Democrats should keep up this story. It shows Romney for who he is, and is not.

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The European Agreement Offers Other People's Money

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Sovereign Debt, Debt, Bail-Out, Eurozone, Gnp, France, Restructuring, Basel III, European Union, Euro, Proprietary Trading, Greece, Germany, Private Sector, Volcker Rule, Banks, Efsf, European Financial Stability Fund, Europe, Business News

The simple notion that China might be part of that new fund is sending waves throughout Europe. Does Europe need the IMF and China to resolve a $500 billion problem?

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GM, Chrysler Beef Up Lobbying, Despite Government Ownership

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler, Motor Vehicle Safety Act 2010, Lobbyists, Gm, Fuel Efficiency, Bail-Out, National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, US Treasury, Obama Administration, Ralph Nader, Business News

The government's attempts to impose safety and environmental standards on automakers is being thwarted by the very car companies it, in part, owns. ...

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Citi Boosts Executive Pay

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Manuel Medina-Mora, Bail Out, Stocks, Taxpayers, Citi, Vikram Pandit, Bailout, John Gerspach, Citibank, Banks, Bonuses, Wall Street, Executive Pay, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK — Citigroup, still partly owned by the government after a rescue during the financial meltdown, is giving raises to top executives that...

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Bailed-Out Banks Finance 'Legalized Loan Shark' Lenders, Says New Report

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Iowa, Bail Out, Economy, Bank of America, Bottom Feeders, Kansas, Predatory Lending, Bailout, Public Accountability Initiative, Chicago, Loans, Business News, National People's Action, Cash America, Fees, Interest Rates, Loan Sharks, TARP Money, Wells Fargo, Dick Durbin, ACE Cash Express, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Wall Street, Loan Sharking, Advance America, Missouri, Illinois, Business News

Big banks that received TARP bailout money are funding payday lenders -- companies Senator Dick Durbin (D - Ill.) termed "bottom feeders" -- and which...

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The Recession Creates a New Business Paradigm: Entrepreneurial Independence and Individualism

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Susan Solovic, Small Business, Bail Out, Unemployment, Freelancers, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Independent Contractors, Recession, Business News

People are fed up and tired of fighting the traditional career path, so a number of people have become employed by creating their own jobs -- by starting a business.

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Your Retirement Funds to Bail Out Failed Banks?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fdic, Bail Out, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank Bailouts, Politics News

With the recent spotlight on a runaway Prius, few are paying attention to the latest government plan to bail out failing banks with retirement money. ...

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Bail out Could Cost Taxpayers Thirty Times more than Reported

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Obama Wall Street, Bail Out, Bush, Senator Jim Webb, Treasury, Big Banks Profits, Obama and Bail Out, Home News

In 2008 and 2009, 50 separate Federal programs offered $23 trillion in loans, grants, or asset guarantees to the financial sector. Huh! This item ...

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'Rediscovering Values': A Book I Didn't Expect to Write

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Bail Out, Economic Crisis, Values, Warren Buffett, Rev Wallis, Wall Street, Recession, Main Street, Books News

How will this economic crisis change us? Could there be good news in, through, and even because of this Great Recession? What is our role in creating a moral recovery?

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Downtown Activists Take On Bailout Recipients, Haiti Aid

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Allison Kilkenny & Zachary Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Bail Out, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Bail Out the People, New York Local, Financial Crisis, New York City Council, Charles Barron, Eyes and Ears, Video, New York News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit This past Friday, a coalition of groups under the banner "Bail Out the People" took to t...

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Showdown in Chicago: Creating a "Which Side Are You On" Moment

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Democratic Congress, Bail Out, Wall Street Crisis, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Showdown in Chicago, Financial Reform, Wells Fargo, Chicago, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Banks, Citigroup, Business News

Until our elected officials know there is a price to pay for siding with big money over everyday people, the average American will continue be on the losing end.

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OMG! Greenspan Goes Populist?

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bail Out, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, TARP Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Business News

For Alan Greenspan, the apostle of free markets, to admit that financial free markets are not self-correcting is an enormous concession.

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An Elephant in the Room?

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freud, Dreams, Bail Out, Elephants, Bonus, Dream Interpretation, David Lynch, New York Times, Carl Jung, Books News

The Times article is delicious reading if you are interested in the strange world of past and present psychiatry, but what caught my eye most was a dream that the journalist reported to have had.

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A New Form of Capitalism: Dealing with the Cause Versus the Effect

James Arthur Ray | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Conscious Business, Conscious Capitalism, Bail Out, Economic Stimulus Package, Consciousness, Conscious, Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism, Healthy Living News

Michael Moore's new movie on capitalism, like all of his movies, is thought provoking to say the least. I like Moore, not because I necessarily agree ...

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The Problem With Bail-Outs

Nick Jefferson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bail Outs, Leadership, Ups, Obama, Bail Out, Management, Business News

Whether or not any of us thinks that bail-outs can be justified in principle, in practice they tend at best to reinforce poor management, and at worst they even reward it.

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Bailed-Out Banks Making Profits -- For Taxpayers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Money wasn't just "given" to Wall Street firms. It bought something of value. And now that the firms (and the market in general) are recovering, they're starting to pay it back. With interest.

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Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Using Bailout Money to Kill Financial Consumer Protection Agency

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bail Out, Wall Street, Bank Nationalization, TARP Money, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Consumer Protection, Business News

With a straight face, the captains of Wall Street like are telling us that they don't need to be heavily regulated -- that regulations will kill innovation and stifle consumer choice.

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The Trouble with Markets

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bail Out, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economic Crisis, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Business News

In recent months, the spread between short and long-term bond yields has increased significantly, hitting record extremes. Many market-watchers believ...

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Fear and Looting in America: Are We Really Out of Money?

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Debt, Bail Out, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Billionaires, Barack Obama, Business News

The top 400 billionaires are sitting on a huge pile of money, while our country is going deeply into debt to fix a financial system that has contributed mightily to their enrichment.

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Fear and Looting in America: Geithner Caves to Wall Street

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, CEO Pay, Bail Out, Wall Street, Barack Obama, Wages, Great Depression, Geithner, Business News

We need a President's Wage Cap because the Obama administration does not want to put the screws to Wall Street's lavish compensation packages.

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Auto Industry Teammates

Dan Dubno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Bail Out, Dan Dubno, Cars, Chrysler Bailout, Ford, Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Business News

We all know that the car occupies a central position in our way of life, yet aside from adding DVD players and coffee cup holders, we've done little to integrate ideas from the rest of our society.

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America: The Bank-Owned State

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Labor, State-Owned-Enterprises, Bail Out, Wall Street, Abraham Lincoln, Green New Deal, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Business News

The US administration has itself been hijacked, and America is now, effectively, a Bank-Owned State. Democracy has been usurped by what Abraham Lincoln called 'the Money Power'.

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Funny But True: Lessons from A.I.G.

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A.I.G., Bail Out, Bailout, A.I.G. Bailout, Aig, Comedy News

These are real pamphlets of wisdom put out by A.I.G. (Apparently the artwork is from Highlights.)

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Don't Most Republican Need Social Security, Too?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Social Security, Baby Boomers, Bail-Out, Republicans, Wall Street, Retirement, Gop, Politics News

It's folly to give Republicans credit for anything. The lack of rhyme in their response to the stimulus suggests that at this point they stand for nothing more than sheer nihilism.

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A New Movement

Amy Ephron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, National Science Foundation, Ben Nelson, Bail-Out, Exxon, Gm, Kyoto Agreement, Gray Collar Movement, Climate Change, Amtrak, Stimulus Package, Wall Street Bailout, Economic Stimulus Package, Bank Bailout, Politics News

There is a movement to strip billions of dollars from the stimulus bill led by Ben Nelson of Omaha (whose Democratic status is debatable) and Susan Collins (Republican) of Maine.

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