Angelides Commission

Both Sides Now w/ Huffington & Matalin: On Egypt, Climate, Obama's New Narrative, Sex and Food

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 16 and Pregnant, Both Sides Now, Skins, Angelides Commission, Unemployment, Egypt, Sex, Food, Mary Matalin, Sotu 2011, Arianna Huffington, Global Warming, Politics News

Arianna and Mary come to a consensus on Egypt, but clash over whether the science behind man-made global warming is prophetic or merely profitable.

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Robert Rubin: Amoral, Blundering ... And Still Influential in Washington

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dolly Parton, Citi, Robert Rubin, Richard Bowen, Naked Cds, Bear Stearns CDS, Henry Paulson, Arbitrage, Alan Greenspan, Angelides Commission, Citibroup, Business News

If there is one thing we need to accomplish for the good of our economy, it is the permanent discrediting of Robert Rubin. His policies fostered economic disaster, and in business he was a clever but irresponsibly reckless gambler.

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John Dugan: Why It's So Hard to Hold Wall Street Accountable

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Dugan, Angelides Commission, Phil Angelides, Wall Street, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Business News

In John Dugan's warped history of the past decade, both he and the banks he regulates never really did anything wrong.

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In the Dark: A Good Prosecutor Would've Pinned Greenspan Down

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pecora Commission, Angelides Commission, Subprime Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Fcic, Over-the-Counter Derivatives, Financial Reform, Phil Angelides, Fannie Mae, Credit Default Swaps, Heather Murren, Alan Greenspan, Brooksley Born, Politics News

The American people deserve a prosecutor to get to the bottom of this financial mess. They need someone who will hold the Alan Greenspans of the world accountable.

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Alan Greenspan: As Unrepentant as Ever

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aig, Angelides Commission, Alan Greenspan, Phil Angelides, Brooksley Born, Politics News

Like George W. Bush's claim that "everyone" got it wrong about the intelligence showing that Iraq had stockpiles of WMD, Alan Greenspan is still trying to convince us that "everyone" got the housing bubble wrong too.

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Greenspan's Testimony: Will the 'Maestro' Face the Music?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Lehman Brothers, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Nassim Taleb, Ayn Rand, Paul Krugman, Alan Greenspan, Objectivism, Too Big to Fail, Angelides Commission, Politics News

Greenspan will attempt to obfuscate. He will condescend, lecture, and distract. For the sake of the country, and to understand how we arrived here, the Angelides Commission must not allow that to happen.

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To Bankers and Regulators: Why the Risky Business?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pecora Commission, Financial Crisis, Angelides Commission, Fcic, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Business News

The Angelides Commission should focus on why the financial institutions represented took excessive risk. The questions should be designed to enable Americans to understand how this occurred.

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Shadow-Boxing With the CEOs: Day One at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Hearings

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Angelides Commission, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Business News

The heads of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America came to testify and said... just about nothing. Yes, they made mistakes. But gee, they had learned a great deal and they certainly didn't cause the crash.

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Angelides Should Call Those Who Warned the Bank CEOs Early

Jeff Madrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phil Angelides, Credit Crisis, Obama Administration, Angelides Commission, Business News

Who we really want to hear from are lower-level executives who understood the market and warned their their bosses.

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FCIC: First Panel Report

Mike Konczal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pecora Commission, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Angelides Commission, Morgan Stanley, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Too Big to Fail, Bank of America, Aig, Financial Crisis, Fcic, Business News

You'll be happy to note that all four bank CEOs understand that Too Big To Fail shouldn't exist, and that they've spent a lot of time re-examining their compensation packages.

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Angelides Commission Staff Announced Before Probe Into 2008 Meltdown

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Recovery, Meltdown, Bradley J. Bondi, Investigation, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Thomas L. Krebs, Angelides Commission, Martin Biegelman, Dixie Noonan, Thomas Greene, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Wall Street, Angelides, Politics News

The Angelides commission, convened by Congress to investigate the financial meltdown of 2008, today announced a passel of "senior staff" appointments....

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Is The Angelides Commission The New Pecora Commission?

LA Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pecora Commission, Angelides Commission, Phil Angelides, Angelides, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Angelides FInancial Crisis Inquiry, Business News

With the appointment today of the 10 members of a congressional commission to investigate the financial meltdown, many people are hoping that the spir...

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