Paulson Policy Failures
The Treasury's policy did nothing to build confidence or stabilize the markets. The precipitous drop of the equity markets in October and November are the market's judgment on their policies.
The Treasury's policy did nothing to build confidence or stabilize the markets. The precipitous drop of the equity markets in October and November are the market's judgment on their policies.
DealBook | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business
Merrill Lynch's chairman and chief executive, John A. Thain, will remain at Bank of America after the merger of the two financial giants, Charlotte-ba...
Posted 08.21.2008 | Business
The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2007 at Standard & Poor's 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press. The total pay figures are rounded,...
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been in all-day meetings with Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain regarding a l...
BloggingStocks, Reuters, DealBreaker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business
DealBreaker's Bess Levin reports that Merrill Lynch's bad news this week is contagious: Emboldened by Merrill's courting of public embarrassment, Cit...
CNBC | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business
Merrill Lynch is now planning to cut 10% to 15% of its workforce--excluding brokers--sometime in May, CNBC has learned. Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain ...
Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business
U.S. bank Merrill Lynch will not need to return to the market again following the turbulence in credit markets that forced it to raise nearly $13 bill...
New York | Fiona Byrne | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business
Many of you know celebrity astrologer Susan Miller as the uncannily accurate predictor of your fate. You're in good company: She's got A-listers like ...
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — John Thain, presiding over his first set of earnings on Thursday as the new leader of Merrill Lynch & Co., cleared the decks with som...
Portfolio | Felix Salmon | Posted 01.17.2008 | Business
I wasn't on the Merrill call this morning, but David Gaffen was, and it seems from his live-blog - and the Merrill share price - that John Thain just ...
AP | Posted 01.16.2008 | Business
BlackRock Inc. named Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John A. Thain to its board, the investment manager said Wednesday. Thain, who left NYSE Euro...
CNBC | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
After geting burned by billions of dollars in losses from the mortgage meltdown, financial giants like Merrill Lynch and Citigroup are gearing up for ...
Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 12.05.2007 | Business
Merrill Lynch's new Chief Executive John Thain has received about $2.6 million in restricted stock and nearly 43,000 options to replace shares he forf...
New York Post | JAMES DORAN | Posted 11.18.2007 | Business
John Thain's country estate is so big that the new Merrill Lynch CEO has five different addresses for one palatial property that spans three separate ...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
Americans will start picking candidates early in January, well before we know what the issues are. I blame Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, and all the other ex-politicos who now pass themselves off as journalists.
CNBC | Posted 11.14.2007 | Business
John Thain told CNBC that he sees his new job as CEO of Merrill Lynch as "an opportunity to make things better" after the largest U.S. brokerage firm ...
AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 11.14.2007 | Business
Merrill Lynch & Co. has tapped New York Stock Exchange head John Thain to lead the world's largest brokerage through the unfolding credit market turm...
Portfolio.com | Jeffrey Cane | Posted 10.29.2007 | Home
Imagining Citicorp after Charles Prince or Bear Stearns after James Cayne have long been popular games on Wall Street. The calculations about what hap...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Alan Schram | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business