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Merrill Lynch Buyout

Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag

Robert Scheer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Robert Scheer, Treasury Department, TARP Money, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Economy, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Bank of America, Obama Administration, BofA Bonuses, Bofa, Judge Jed Rakoff, BofA CEO, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, Merrill BofA, Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Bonuses, Business News
Robert Scheer

Why has it been left to one stellar judge to sound the alarm on Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, and why is Congress and the Obama administration looking the other way?

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Jason Linkins

Rick Santelli To Fellow CNBC Host: "Don't Open Your Mouth And Say Dumb Things" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Video, Steve Liesman, Bank of America, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Rick Santelli, Financial Crisis, Telecom Immunity, Torture, Media News

The blogosphere is all abuzz with Rick Santelli again. Seems he got into one of those trademarked shouting matches on CNBC -- your source for tradema...

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Bank of America Does Due Diligence

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch Buyout, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Due Diligence, Economy, Business News
Christopher Brauchli

Bank of America's Kenneth D. Lewis may read this column, but it is not applicable, since the Present Financial Crisis demonstrates that due diligence has no place in BOA's dealings.

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Is John McCain Living in a Parallel Universe?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch Buyout, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Subprime Mortgages, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Aig, Recession, Business News
Joanne Bamberger

Lots of pundits are attributing our economic problems to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. But I say it's more than that.

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Wall Street Crisis Hits Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Fallout, Lehman Brothers Chicago, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Black Monday Chicago, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Merrill Lynch Chicago, Chicago Banking, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Chicago News

The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Bros. Inc. and the pending sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. to Bank of America Corp. threaten to hit Chicago's battered fin...

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A Terrible Day for the Economy, But a Great Day to Note the Social Security Noncrisis

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Deficit, McCain Social Security Privatization, Social Security Crisis, Economy, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Business News
Harold Pollack

Whatever you may hear, the system is in remarkably good shape these days, even as everything else seems headed to hell in a hand basket. Today is a great day to remember how terrific Social Security really is.

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From One Disaster To Another

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Collapse, Mortgage Industry, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Bros, Lehman Brothers Collapse, Business News
Hale

The problem is everybody is writing down debt and these writedowns are what is leading to events like the Lehman collapse. There is no reason to think we are anywhere near done with these problems.

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The Government Stood Firm... Was It The Right Call?

Wall Street Journal | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Finance, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Banks, Credit Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Lehman Bros, Business News

The decision not to risk taxpayer funds to save Lehman Brothers this weekend came just as the political appetite for bailouts had reached its limits i...

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Asian stock markets tumble after Wall Street falls

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Lehman Bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Worl Markets and Merrill Lynch, Economy, Business News

TOKYO — The steep decline in U.S. stocks sent Asian stock markets tumbling sharply Tuesday as investors were rattled by concerns over an expandi...

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