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2008 Financial Crisis

Study: Third Of Financial Advisers May Have Had PTSD After Crisis

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 05.11.2013 | Business

The entire country suffered greatly during the most recent financial crisis, but a recent study reveals that financial professionals were affected in ...

Why Hank Greenberg Owes the American Taxpayer Money

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business
Sanjay Sanghoee

I don't care if Greenberg wants to sue God. It is a free country and he can do what he wants. But I do care when someone tries to reverse the consequences of their own bad decisions by using up the resources of my government.

AIG's former CEO, Hank Greenberg: "The Government Exceeded Its Authority"

92nd Street Y | Posted 03.28.2013 | Business
92nd Street Y

On March 19, Hank Greenberg, AIG's former CEO of 40 years and now head of Starr Companies, sat down with Bloomberg Television anchor Betty Liu at 92Y ...

FBI Should Investigate Bankers, Not Protesters

Carl Gibson | Posted 01.02.2013 | Politics
Carl Gibson

It's offensive that it is now considered criminal activity to peacefully protest economic inequality. But it's disgusting that our government is letting real terrorists and criminals get away while going after the very people trying to make things right.

Mark Gongloff

Risky Business Pays Off For Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 09.06.2012 | Business

To listen to bankers tell it, President Barack Obama has been their worst nightmare. But considering how easy banks have actually had it since the fin...

Are We Better Off Today Than We Were Four Years Ago? Part 1

Mark Cuban | Posted 11.05.2012 | Small Business
Mark Cuban

I only wish that candidates were held to the same standards of fact that CEO's of public companies are. If CEOs were as vague, fast and loose with the facts as our candidates are, they would be in big trouble.

Goldman Execs Win Dismissal Of TARP, Mortgage Lawsuit

Reuters | Posted 10.14.2012 | Business

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc officials won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of breaching their fiduciary duties by...

Wells Fargo Rids Itself Of Charges Of Duping Non-Profits

Reuters | Posted 10.14.2012 | Business

* SEC says Wells Fargo sold products tied to risky mortgage securities * Former Wells Fargo vice president also settles SEC charges ...

Ex-Bailout Watchdog: U.S. 'Pretty F*cked'

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 08.07.2012 | Business

Neil Barofsky, the former Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Fund, can sum up the state of the nation in two words: "Pretty fucked." Th...

Emails Give Glimpse Into Deals That Helped Fueled Financial Meltdown

ProPublica | Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein | Posted 08.06.2012 | Business

As ProPublica has been detailing for two years, Wall Street banks and the hedge fund Magnetar worked together to build mortgage-backed deals that the ...

Whoever Wins This Baby Better Be Ready For Economic Trouble

Project Syndicate | Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 08.01.2012 | Business

NEWPORT BEACH – The conventional wisdom about the November presidential election in the United States is only partly correct. Yes, economic issues w...

Fear the Other Guy, but Do Not Hope

Annabel Park | Posted 09.30.2012 | Politics
Annabel Park

We must emerge as a voting bloc: the feared and coveted swing voters. We are fed up with both parties and outraged that Main St has been allowed to fail and our future held hostage to politics.

Fed Officials Warn Of Looming Economic Crisis

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.10.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Federal Reserve officials are open to taking further action to support the struggling U.S. economy. But minute...

Bailed-Out Company Wants Millions In Taxes Back

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 09.05.2012 | Business

American International Group, the insurance giant saved by a massive federal bailout, wants some tax money back – from 1991. AIG is suing in Fe...

Ex-AIG CEO May Take On Federal Government

Reuters | Posted 09.02.2012 | Business

July 3 (Reuters) - A company run by former American International Group Inc Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg may pursue a $25 billion lawsui...

Winners and Losers in the G-Zero World

Ian Bremmer | Posted 08.28.2012 | World
Ian Bremmer

Where are we seeing a growing role for states as actors in international politics and the global economy? A better question might be: where aren't we?

You May Be Suffering From 'Abused Investor' Syndrome

Dan Solin | Posted 08.26.2012 | Business
Dan Solin

For years, investors have been separated from their money by a greedy and often corrupt securities industry, culminating in the 2008 meltdown which almost precipitated a global depression.

Eurozone Crisis Sparks Fear Of 'Replay Of 2008 On Steroids'

Reuters | Posted 08.24.2012 | Business

(Repeats) By Jennifer Ablan and David Gaffen June 24 (Reuters) - Grim. Serious. Terrifying. Nerve-rattling. ...

Banking Industry Reaps Biggest Earnings Since Before Crisis

Reuters | Posted 07.24.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. banking industry for the first quarter reported its highest quarterly earnings since the first half of 2007,...

Why a Banker Thinks Wall Street Should Be Regulated

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 07.21.2012 | Business
Sanjay Sanghoee

Most bankers are not the unethical and blindly greedy creatures that politicians and the media make them out to be; and there is no doubt that without the productive activities of the banking sector, no other industry in our nation would be able to survive or thrive. But that does not mean there isn't a ghost in the machine.

How JPMorgan's Loss Will Affect Four Key Parts Of Financial Reform

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 07.15.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congre...

SEC Head: 'All The Regulators Focused On' JPMorgan Loss

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.11.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency is focused on a surprise $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan Chase. ...

Paul Krugman: Our Political System Has Been Warped By A Small, Wealthy Minority

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.04.2012 | Politics

Before the Great Recession, I would sometimes give public lectures in which I would talk about rising inequality, making the point that the concentrat...

Bernanke: Fed Responded To Crisis With 'Best Of Bad Options'

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.13.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the Federal Reserve was left with few good options when it stepped in to shore up the larges...

Michael Lewis: It's A Bad Idea To Give Millions To 24 Year-Olds Who Don't 'Know Anything Really'

Posted 03.01.2012 | Business

When the history books make their judgments about pre-crisis Wall Street, they'll come down hard on those salaries for twenty-somethings -- at least a...