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Fed Chairman Blames Banks For Continued High Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernake, Too Big to Fail, John Reed, Paul Volcker, Mervyn King, Bank Lending, Tbtf, Paul Kanjorski, Bailout, Banks, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Glass-Steagall, Business News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday blamed banks for slowing the recovery and keeping unemployment high. Despite hundreds of billions i...

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, John McCain, Congress, Fdic, Hank Paulson, Liquidity, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Chris Dodd, Democrats, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Bank for International Settlements, Senate, Forum of Financial Stability, Treasury, Washington, Comptroller of the Currency, Central Banks, Sec, Global-Financial-Markets, Us, Sheila Bair, Republicans, Politics News

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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How to Live on $0 a Day: Assuaging Rage, One Prick at a Time

Lesley Stern | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

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If you're quivering with rage just thinking about Wall Street, it's time to take action. I've discovered a way to achieve a semblance of inner peace without therapists, tranquilizers or weapons.

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Stiglitz On Bank Bailout: "We Got A Bad Deal" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernake, Bailout, Banks, Ben Bernanke, Bank Bailout, Joseph Stiglitz, Tarp, Business News

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz appeared on Yahoo's Tech Ticker recently, and had some pointed words regarding the massive bank bailouts...

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Hirsh: Wall Street's 'Monster' Still Lives

newsweek.com | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Barack Obama, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Bank Regulation, Michael Hirsh, Newsweek, Finanical Reform, Business News

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have reported huge profits, the Dow has made it past 9000, and Barack Obama has moved on to health care. The horror s...

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Fed Hires Former Enron Lobbyist To Improve Its Image

bloomberg.com | Robert Schmidt | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Federal Budget Deficit, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Linda Robertson, Ben Bernanke, Enron Lobbyist, Lawrence Summers, Business News

June 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve intends to hire a veteran lobbyist as it seeks to counter skepticism in Congress about the central bank's gr...

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Hunting Good Will -- Ripple of Hope or Chaos Theory?

Sheila Tendy | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgages, Bailout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Ben Bernake, Business News

Banks have an opportunity to heal the global distrust in them and heal the economy. Sadly, they are viewed as the "evil enemy" with no requirement that they meet basic ethical standards.

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Culture Zohn: Requiem for an Era

Patricia Zohn | Posted 10.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Metropolitan Opera, Luciano Pavarotti, Ben Bernake, Entertainment News

It seemed only fitting that tonight was the sober, majestic performance of Verdi's Requiem in honor of Luciano Pavarotti at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Bush Cheerleads While the Economy Dives

Mona Gable | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Gas Prices, The New York Times, Indymac, Economy, Ben Bernake, Mortgage Crisis, George W. Bush, Politics News

I was extremely confused by Bush's rosy economic speech. Here my local bank, IndyMac, is collapsing, with distraught customers waiting in line for hours last week to get their money.

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