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David Fagin: The Final Straw: Break Up the Banks

2012-05-30T09:53:50Z

Breaking up the banks might not be the answer to the "Economic Utopia" we all dream of, but, after the events of the past five years, could it get any worse?

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The Surprising Casualty Of The Financial Crisis

2012-05-24T16:43:00Z

By Michelle Conlin May 24 (Reuters) - The financial crisis and its aftermath have been brutal for Wall Street's riches...

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Paul Krugman: This Is Why We Regulate Wall Street

2012-05-14T02:12:06Z

One of the characters in the classic 1939 film “Stagecoach” is a banker named Gatewood who lectures his captive audience on the evils of big gover...

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Wall Street's Arrogance Led To Financial Collapse, Documents Show

2012-05-07T09:15:17Z

Bloomberg View:

If one wants to understand the full complicity of Wall Street in the Great Recession, look no further than the voluminous package...

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Kevin Connor: In Latest Sign of Trouble, Chesapeake Energy Hires Lehman Spin Doctor

2012-05-02T11:25:42Z

Will Chesapeake emerge from the crisis in one piece, or will it go the way of Lehman or Enron?

Read more: Aubrey McClendon, Fracking, Chesapeake Energy, Sard Verbinnen, Lehman Brothers, Otis Mason Hawkins, Business News

Charles Gasparino: An October Surprise on Wall Street

2012-05-01T11:46:04Z

Coming this fall, as President Obama makes his final push for a second term, his Justice Department will finally give the public what it wants in the form of an arrest of a major Wall Street figure for his role in the financial crisis.

Read more: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, Lehman Brothers, MF Global, Financial Crisis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street, Dick Fuld, Business News

In Widely Published Photo, A House That Illustrates The Foreclosure Crisis

2012-04-24T23:45:34Z

ISLIP, N.Y. -- Photographer Spencer Platt spotted the small white house with boarded-up windows and doors a couple months ago, when he was out here on...

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Lehman Brothers Investigator: 'They'd Fudged The Numbers'

2012-04-23T10:45:09Z

Lehman Brothers, the firm that collapsed four years ago causing a global financial crisis, misrepresented its financial health prior to its bankruptcy...

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Michael Martin: A Backstage Pass to a Show You Wouldn't Believe

2012-04-20T09:11:27Z

If you want an honest and painfully truthful story memoir about what happens inside the branch of a typical stock brokerage firm, you must read the new book by Josh Brown.

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Forget The Squid. Meet The Whale.

2012-04-12T13:38:39Z

Never mind the Squid. Keep your eye on the Whale.

JPMorgan, that is, which is not nearly as vilified as Goldman Sachs, but is bigger and potentiall...

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JPMorgan May Be Fined Over Lehman Demise

2012-04-04T03:34:00Z

April 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator is set to penalize JPMorgan for actions linked to the demise of investment bank Lehman Brothers at the height o...

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Judge On Ex-Lehman Broker: 'He Betrayed The Trust Of Everyone'

2012-03-23T18:12:00Z

* Devlin stole secrets from PR executive wife * Helped convict four friends of insider trading By Grant McCool ...

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Surprising Share Of Jobless Say American Dream Within Reach

2012-03-22T09:20:25Z

Despite the economic hardship that the Great Recession has caused millions of Americans, belief in the American Dream is still alive and well, even fo...

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After MF Global, Regulator Tells Smaller Firm: 'Don't Screw With Customer Funds'

2012-03-13T17:43:00Z

* CFTC says JPMorgan account held unsegregated funds * Tens of millions of dollars commingled--CFTC * MBF says no custom...

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European Bankers Hire Ex-BP, Lehman PR Man To Boost Image

2012-03-06T09:41:00Z

By Tom Bergin LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Europe's bankers have hired the man responsible for leading oil giant BP's public relation...

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Leo W. Gerard: American Workers: The Best Bet

2012-03-05T09:20:44Z

Three years later, after President Obama placed his faith in workers, the nation's economic outlook is brighter. As is that of GM and Chrysler. President Obama wagered on American workers. And it paid off.

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Sheila Bair: It's 2012: Do You Know Where Your Money Market Fund Is?

2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

Would you take money that your daughter needs for braces and make a short term loan to a Wall Street firm? Probably not, but if you've put your ready cash in a prime money market fund, those are the kinds of places where your money may be sitting now.

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Robert A. Berman: Business Owners Can Learn To Love Actuaries -- While Still Hating Credit Scores

2012-02-24T14:51:34Z

It's not really fair to blame actuaries for creating the biggest financial crisis in living American memory. I am, of course, talking about how tens of thousands of small business owners with long and successful track records are going out of business because they cannot get a simple business loan from their neighborhood banker.

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Forget About Lehman: Dow Hits Highest Level Since Before Crisis

2012-02-21T12:00:38Z

NEW YORK — It came and went in a flash each time, a number on a board for mere seconds, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed.

The Dow J...

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Robert Teitelman: Tyler Cowen Tackles the Big-bank Problem

2012-02-16T15:25:39Z

Over the weekend, Tyler Cowen put up a column in The New York Times arguing a) that financial institutions should not be broken up and b) that shareho...

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Occupy The SEC Marches In Support Of A Strong Volcker Rule

2012-02-14T17:16:54Z

NEW YORK -- A crowd of some 60 people were milling outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Financial District Monday afternoon. They liste...

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Bank Loan Rates Could Spike Following Money Market Rules

2012-02-07T16:40:00Z

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The cost for banks and other borrowers to raise funds in short-term markets could jump ...

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10 Retailers With The Most Sales Worldwide

2012-02-05T09:00:59Z

Regardless of the number of mom and pops around the world, a small number of retailers continue to dominate the industry as a whole.

Of the top 25...

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We Can Get Your Financial Crisis Kitsch For You Wholesale

2012-01-19T13:29:00Z

Over at the Washington City Paper, "Rich People Things" author Chris Lehmann goes questing after rumors that post-crash tchotchkes from the House of L...

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SEC Ramping Up Efforts To Stop Hedge Fund Fraud

2011-12-27T19:46:38Z

Memo to hedge fund managers: It's a bad time to try to overachieve. The Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down on hedge fund fraud, and t...

Read more: Financial Fraud, Video, Insider Trading, Freddie Mac, Hedge Fund Fraud, Hedge Funds, Allen Stanford, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Financial Crisis, Ponzi Scheme, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News