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Financial Crisis: Why Are So Few Culprits Are In Jail?

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, Bear Sterns, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Financial Crisis, Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financials, Recession, Wall Street Corruption, Business News

WASHINGTON -- More than a year into the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression, millions of Americans have seen their home values and ret...

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Phil Angelides: Financial Crisis Panel To Begin Inquiry

AP | By ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Bear Sterns, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Financial Crisis, Aig, Fannie Mae, Financial Inquiry Commission, Phil Angelides, Economic Meltdown, Citigroup, Business News

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The Most Damning Internal Emails Of The Financial Crisis (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Slidepoll, Countrywide Finanical, Bear Sterns, Daniel Mudd, Fannie Mae, Internal Emails, Angelo Mozilo, S&P, Matthew Tannin, Brendan Ciofi, Ubs, Business News

In case you haven't heard, emails live forever. Which may mean that the full story of the financial crisis is lying dormant somewhere on a few forgott...

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Lehman's Failure: Why We Bailout Banks And Not Families

nytimes.com | Uwe E. Reinhardt | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Bear Sterns, Bailout, Social Insurance, Lehman Brothers, Business News

A year ago, century-old Lehman Brothers lapsed into bankruptcy, completely spooking the oligarchy that runs our nation's financial sector. The olig...

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Budget Deficit Hits Record At $189.7 Billion

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Bear Sterns, Federal Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget Deficit, Record Deficit, Business News

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit soared to a record for May of $189.7 billion, pushing the tide of red ink close to $1 trillion with four...

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William H. Miller: Famed Stock Picker Did Great Until Picking AIG, Wachovia, Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac

Wall Street Journal | TOM LAURICELLA | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Legg Mason Value Trust, Bear Sterns, Freddie Mac, Stocks, Legg Mason, William H. Miller, Financial Crisis, Bear Stearns, Wachovia, Business News

William H. Miller spent nearly two decades building his reputation as the era's greatest mutual-fund manager. Then, over the past year, he destroyed i...

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, FInancial Markets, Corporate America, Corporations, Weak Economy, Financials, Economy, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Bear Sterns, Bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, Tax Breaks, James Cayne, Business Ethics, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bailout, FHA Loans, Financial Ethics, Pbgc, Business News
Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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Real Estate Roulette

Gihan Perera | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Housing Bust, Bear Sterns, Economy, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, Bear Sterns Bailout, Politics News
Gihan Perera

The game is rigged: while Bear Stearns got a $29 billion government bailout, over $60,000 of wealth equity per homeowner was lost in the crash. We must demand the next president to take action

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A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line

The New York Times | Gretchen Morgenson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Sterns, Fed Bailout, Bear Sterns Bailout, Bear Sterns Collapse, Business News

WHAT are the consequences of a world in which regulators rescue even the financial institutions whose recklessness and greed helped create the titanic...

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Warren Buffett Considers Buying Minority Stake In Bear Stearns

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Warren Buffett, Bear Sterns, Business News

Legendary investor Warren Buffett may be considering buying a minority stake in the nation's fifth-largest investment bank, according to a New York Ti...

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