Gretchen Morgenson

Insider Trading May Just Be A Fact Of Life On Wall Street

The New York Times | Gretchen Morgenson | Posted 05.20.2012

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Federal authorities today are trumpeting efforts to root out insider trading, and they’ve caught some big fish. Yet many on Wall Street suspect that...

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Deceit, Discontent, Depression -- Happy Year of Destiny!

Denise Bostrom | Posted 03.20.2012

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Republican, Democrat: Who cares? It's time to unite our talents and willingness to ask the hard questions of what it takes to re-grow our businesses, schools, and communities. It's time to be more than we thought we could be. Here's to our Year of Destiny.

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Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment"

Robert Teitelman | Posted 08.30.2011

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There are roughly two kinds of books written about the financial crisis, much as there are two broad reactions to events that culminated in the implos...

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Two Sets of Rules: One For Goldman Sachs and One For the Rest of Us

Democracy Now! | Posted 08.02.2011

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Today's announcement that Goldman Sachs received a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney has left many wondering whether any top executives will face criminal prosecution for the company's role in causing the financial meltdown of 2008.

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'I Really Have No Recollection': Fannie Mae And Barney Frank's Roles In The Financial Meltdown

Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner | Posted 07.26.2011

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This is an adaptation from "Reckless Endangerment", an exploration of the origins of the recent financial crisis, by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Ros...

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Partners, Not Adversaries: The Federal Reserve's Role In The Financial Collapse

Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner | Posted 07.24.2011

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This is an adaptation from "Reckless Endangerment", an exploration of the origins of the recent financial crisis, by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Ros...

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Wall Street's Reckless Endangerment And Brush With Economic Armageddon

Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner | Posted 07.23.2011

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This is an adaptation from "Reckless Endangerment", an exploration of the origins of the recent financial crisis, by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Ros...

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Bipartisan Senators Indict Wall Street, Media Yawns. Six Guys Push Stale Deficit Hype, Media Goes Wild

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.18.2011

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It should have been the lead story from coast to coast: A bipartisan panel of senators released a damning report that slammed bankers, regulators and ratings agencies. Yet the media responded with a collective yawn.

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Gretchen Morgenson: Attorneys General May Be Rushing Proposal for Loan Servicers

nytimes.com | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ONE crucial reason the nation's mortgage industry ran itself -- and the entire nation -- off the rails was its obsession with speed. Mortgages had to ...

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Gretchen Morgenson: In Bank Crisis Report, a Whodunit With Laughs and Tears

nytimes.com | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRULY startling revelations were few in the voluminous report, published last Thursday by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on the origins of th...

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Foreclosure Mess Could Be Easy To Cure And Pose Big Problems For Banks Involved

The New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is the banks' sloppy paperwork a matter of simple technicalities that are relatively easy to cure, as the banks contend? Or are there more far-reachin...

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Gretchen Morgenson: Wall Street Refused To Stop Shady Practices In Order To Keep Profits Flowing

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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"WHAT did they know, and when did they know it?" Those are questions investigators invariably ask when trying to determine who's responsible for an of...

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AIG Failure Would Have Meant Big Losses For Goldman Sachs, Documents Show

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the United States government stepped in to rescue the American International Group in the fall of 2008, Goldman Sachs has maintained that it wou...

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'100 Percent Protected' Isn't As Safe As It Sounds

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brokers selling complex securities that they once contended were safe and sound have saddled individual investors with billions in losses since the cr...

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How C.D.O.'s Brought Down A Credit Union

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WHEN Wall Street is accused -- as it has been so often these days -- of selling risky products to unwitting customers, it usually argues that investor...

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Gretchen Morgenson On The Goldman Lawsuit (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost's Ben Craw has put together a collection of recent TV appearances by The New York Times' Gretchen Morgenson shedding light on the Goldman Sac...

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The F Word: Economy is in the Eyes of the Beholder

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the U.S. right now, some see robust growth, others a limping progress. Where Tim Geithner sees gentle waves, New York Times business reporter Gretchen Morgenson sees tsunamis.

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Gretchen Morgenson: Banks Bilking Taxpayers By Refusing To Buy Back Toxic Loans They Sold To Fannie And Freddie

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the earliest days of the credit crisis, the nation's big financial institutions have been less than forthcoming about ballooning loan losses buri...

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3,000 Pages Of Financial Reform Still Not Enough

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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For decades, until Congress did away with it 11 years ago, a [34-page] Depression-era law known as Glass-Steagall ably protected bank customers, indiv...

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Goldman Sachs Responds To The New York Times

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Did Goldman Sachs dissemble and equivocate in its responses to the New York Times?

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How About a Smart-Plus-Greedy-Equals-Stupid Tax?

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

How about a smart-plus-greedy-equals-stupid tax? We will save it for the absolutely inevitable moment in the not-so-distant future when Wall Street will forget the lessons of 2008.

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All the News That's Fit to Neuter

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gretchen Morgenson, Newspapers, Clark Hoyt, Opinion Writing, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Media News

It's New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt's recent distinction between "straight news" and "personal opinion" that I think captures the reason that journalism is on the skids.

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