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The Moral Compass Missing From The Greatest Trade Ever

David Fiderer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Subprime Mortgage Market, Goldman Sachs, Cdos, Wall Street Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, John Paulson, Hedge Funds, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Fund Managers, Bear Stearns, Credit Default Swaps, Wall Street Journal, Dick Fuld, Business News
David Fiderer

As much as anything, what killed Lehman was Dick Fuld's emasculation of the risk management function, which served as a moral compass.

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Could We Expect Anything From the Pittsburgh Summit of the G-20?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Capital Ratio, Financial Reform, Bank of International Settlements, George W. Bush, New York Federal Reserve, Stimulus, Econommic Growth, Banking Lobbies, Barack Obama, Josef Ackermann, Nicolas Sarkozy, Emerging Markets, Investment Banks, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, G-20 Summit, Hedge Funds, Tim Geithner, Financial Crisis, Bill McDonough, Bonuses, World News
Georges Ugeux

Never was the G-20 intended to be anything else than a technical forum meeting twice a year. It has no power, no administration, let alone any authority.

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Activists Protest Deutsche Bank Golf Tournament

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust Golf Tournament, Steve Meacham, Protest, Clvu, Golf Tournament, Ee, Politics News
Richard Zombeck

Deutsche Bank holds the record in Massachusetts for the most evictions of any bank. It is responsible for 17 percent of all evictions in the state, according to activists at the protest.

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Judge Arthur Schack Fights The Foreclosure Crisis, One Case At A Time

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Hsbc, Deutsche Bank, Mortgages, New York, Bank Foreclosures, Economy, Brooklyn, Arthur M. Schack, Judge Arthur Schack, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure Judge, New York News

The judge waves you into his chambers in the State Supreme Court building in Brooklyn, past the caveat taped to his wall -- "Be sure brain in gear bef...

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Commercial Real Estate Is an Impending Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Atlanta, Rent, Equitable Building, Talf, Credit Crunch, Cmbs, Insurance Companies, Deutsche Bank, Score, Wall Street Crisis, Developers, Investor, Sba, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Great Mall, Barack Obama Administration, Financial Institutions, Landlords, Capmark, Reit, Business News
Jerry Chautin

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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FDNY Disciplines 7 In Deadly Deutsche Bank Fire

CBS | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Fire Department, Deutsche Bank Fire, Firefighters, New York Fire, Fire, Fdny, New York Fire Department, Deutsche Bank New York, New York City, New York, New York News

New York City's Fire Department has disciplined seven commanders over mistakes that led up to a deadly fire at a ground zero office tower in 2007. Th...

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AIG, Toxic Assets and the Call to Personal Sacrifice

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Tom Friedman, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Wall Street Mafia, Pres.Obama, Societe Generale, Teachers of Montgomery County, Ecomomic Mess, New York Times, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, Anderson Ranch, AIG Bailout, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

If there has ever been an example of "sow and ye shall reap" gone awry, it is the madcap stripping of the national treasure by those who have brought us to the edge of the cliff.

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AIG Aid: Top U.S. And European Banks Got $50 Billion From Company's Bailout

Wall Street Journal | SERENA NG and CARRICK MOLLENKAMP | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business

Read More: AIG Bailout, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Bailout, Business News

The beneficiaries of the government's bailout of American International Group Inc. include at least two dozen U.S. and foreign financial institutions ...

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Deutsche Bank To Report $5 Billion Loss For 2008

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Earnings, Deutsche Bank 2008, Business News

BERLIN — Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, said Wednesday it lost an estimated euro4.8 billion ($6.4 billion) in last year's fourth quar...

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Citigroup as the "Grim Reaper"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Cnbc, Charlie Gasparino, General Growth Properties, Financial Crisis, Wachovia, Tarp, FederalDeposit Insurance Copr, Goldmansachs, Ustreasury, Eurohypo, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

In an earlier post, I ended by paraphrasing Lenin, "Wall Street will sell us the rope to hang American Capitalism." Well, in Citigroup we have created the perfect "Grim Reaper."

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Flashback: "Citigroup's Self-Immolation and the Beginning of the Eclipse of American Style Capitalism"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Vikram Pandit, Chuck Prince, Robert Rubin, American Capitalism, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Citigroup, Lenin, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Sorry, I was wrong ten months ago. The Citigroup bell has not tolled. The rot at the heart of American capitalism continues unabated.

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Trump Sues Deutsche Bank Over Tower

Reuters | Grant McCool and Matthew Lewis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Trump International Hotel & Tower, Deutsche Bank, Steven Schlesinger, Chicago Architecture, Donald Trump, John Gallagher, Chicago Trump Tower, Trump Sues Deutsche Bank, Trump Deutsche Bank, Chicago News

Luxury hotel and resort developer Donald Trump sued Deutsche Bank and several other banks on Monday, demanding $3 billion in damages, claiming they br...

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Trump Tower Hits Snags

The Wall Street Journal | Alex Frangos | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump Tower Chicago, Trump Tower, Chicago Architecture, Fortress Investment Group LLC, Chicago News

Donald Trump's tallest construction project ever is facing some tall challenges. Many real-estate developers are under pressure these days as lenders...

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Deutsche Bank Calls for A Green Economic Recovery Plan

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Wall Street Crash, S Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Rebuilding Infrastructure, Deutsche Bank, Green Infrastructure, Economic Recession, Mark Fulton, Alternative Fuels, Coal-Fired Power, Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Climate Change, Climate Change 2009: Necessity and Opportunity in Turbulent Times, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

If these trends in the fossil fuel markets continue, prices will drop, but that means companies won't invest in new projects. Inevitability, we will be looking at a brownout future.

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New York Psychiatrist Uses Verbal Abuse On Wall Street Clients

The Daily Beast | Dr. Stephen Josephson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Therapy, Psychiatry, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, Merril Lynch, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Moody's, Economy, Finance, Business News

A New York psychiatrist says caustic verbal abuse is the best treatment for traumatized Wall Street jocks. Last week the bottom dropped out of the fi...

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Paramount, Deutsche Bank Drop $450 Million Movie Financing Deal

AP | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Paramount, Deutsche Bank, Paramount Deutsche Bank Deal, Paramount Financing Deal, Business News

LOS ANGELES — A tight credit market prompted Viacom Inc.'s movie-making subsidiary, Paramount Pictures, to drop a deal for $450 million in finan...

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Green Banking, Good Banking

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Carter Glass, Gramm, Carbon Bank, Cdo, Vanguard, Clean Energy, Hsbc, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Jack Brennan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Energy Efficiency Index, Morgan Stanley, Lehman, Phil Gramm, ABN Amro, Bear Stearns, Glass-Steagall, Brennan, Ceres, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

If Ceres Climate Change ratings had been used as a proxy for long-term thinking, they would have been helpful. They would, in the context of the illiquidity of the credit markets, have been a good predictor of the Bankers Panic of 2008.

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Bernanke To Address Congress This Week

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Fed Cuts, U.S. Economy, U.S. Central Bank, Recession Fears, Housing, Federal Reserve, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Recession Watch, Business News

Housing's in the tank, banks are scared to lend, but oil is at $100 a barrel and inflation is threatening to pick up -- what's a central banker to do?...

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Deutsche Bank's Ackermann Rejects Citi's CEO Job

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Chuck Prince, Citigroup, Citigroup CEO, New York Stock Exchange, Charles Prince, Josef Ackermann, Business News

Deutsche Bank boss Josef Ackermann is the latest executive to turn down a chance to be the top dog at Citigroup - a sign there could be more trouble a...

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NYSE Censures 15 Firms

Wall Street Journal | JAIME LEVY PESSIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Brokerage Firms, Citigroup Global Markets, Nyse, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

NYSE Regulation said it censured and fined 14 member brokerage firms and one former member firm a total of $10.4 million for prospectus-delivery failu...

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Deutsche Bank To Write Off About $3.12 Bil

AP | Matt Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann, Business News

Deutsche Bank AG said Wednesday it will write off around $3.12 billion related to the U.S. mortgage morass, but that gains from asset sales and tax cr...

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