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Matt Taibbi: The Real Housewives Of Wall Street

Rolling Stone | Matt Taibbi | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Real Housewives of Wall Street, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout Bandits, Christy Mack, Wall Street, Talf, Susan Karches, Rolling Stone, Business News

Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?...

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The Whirligig of Time Fails to Bring Its Revenges

Vicky Ward | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Raj Rajaratnam, Alan Greenspan, Dodd-Frank, Insider Trading, Blankfein, Talf, Hedge Fund Fees, Bernie Madoff, Business News

Greed never dies; rules are made to be bent; the rich are indeed different from the rest of us -- and Shakespeare's fool was wrong. It would seem the whirligig of time does not, alas, bring its revenges.

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Banks Slash Borrowing From Fed: $7.6 Billion In Fed Loans This Week

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Federal Reserve, Credit, Emergency Fed Loans, Fed, Talf, Banks, Term Asset Backed Security Loan, Wall Street, Ben Bernanke, Business News

WASHINGTON — Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, a fresh sign that credit problems are ...

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Commercial Real Estate Is an Impending Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Many of us know of people who have lost their homes through foreclosure. To a lesser extent we hear about struggling commercial properties vying for a limited pool of tenants.

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It's a Lot of Money

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Politics, Talf, Socially Responsible Funds, Stock Market, Ethical-Investing, Ppip, Business News

Government continues to be surprisingly effective in fighting the economic battle, in creatively looking at ways to tax, to incentivize good behavior, and in raising America's reputation abroad.

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Federal Program To Boost Private Lending Struggles To Get Money To Consumers

Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Talf, Lending Initiative, Consumer Loans, Securities Loan Facility, Federal Program to Boost Lending, Business News

In its first two months, the government's signature initiative to support consumer lending has fallen well short of expectations, deploying only a fra...

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Gaming the Bailout: How Washington Continues Making The Saudi Arabia of Bond Funds Ever Richer

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

To see how access, power, and influence over the government and media is literally lifting billions from the pockets of taxpayers, one need not look further than a firm called PIMCO.

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CNBC Anchors Change Tune On Obama (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lester Holt, Erin Burnett, Barack Obama, Cnbc, Jim Cramer, Video, Tim Geithner, Rick Santelli, Financial Crisis, Talf, Bank Bailout, Tarp, Eat the Press, Media News

For a long while, CNBC has been one of the White House's most fervent critics, what with all the "wealth destruction" and the support for "loser's mor...

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New month for Wall Street, but old problems linger

AP | SARA LEPRO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Economic Crisis, Stocks, Economy, Financial Crisis, Talf, Wall Street, Wall St, Dow Jones, Recession, Business News

NEW YORK — The arrival of March is unlikely to bring much relief to a stock market battered by bad news throughout February. Trepidation is mor...

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The Bastard at the Wedding

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Krugman, Pakistan, Somalia, Bail Out Legislation, President Barack Obama, Guantanamo, Talf, Iraq, Afghanistan, President George W. Bush, Politics News

The Presidency is the toughest job in the world and I think it calls for bold, strong action by Obama. I am afraid that he may be, by nature, a compromiser, and that's why I feel like the bastard at the wedding.

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Hedge Funds Gain Access To $200 Billion In Fed Aid

Financial Times | Krishna Guha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Funds Government Money, Talf, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds Government Aid, Business News

Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200bn programme intended to support consumer credi...

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