Mervyn King

Shahien Nasiripour

Wall Street Journal Supports Break-Up Of Big Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Add the Wall Street Journal editorial board -- of all people -- to the growing ranks of those calling for a restoration of barriers between commercial...

Shahien Nasiripour

Fed Chairman Blames Banks For Continued High Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


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

Nouriel Roubini: 'Too Big To Fail' Revisited

forbes.com | Nouriel Roubini | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business


Although the G-20 finance ministers pledged stronger prudential regulation and financial oversight of systemically important firms at their September ...

Doesn't Anybody Have Any Doubts About How We're Doing This?

Michael Wolff | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Michael Wolff

Who is going to play Mervyn King in America -- who'll play the prudent voice of reason? Not the obstructionist Republicans who long ago got disqualified from reasonableness.

Bank Of England To Pump $20.6 Billion Into Money Markets To Offset U.S. Credit Crunch

AFP | Roland Jackson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Bank of England said Thursday it would pump 10 billion pounds (13.9 billion euros, 20.6 billion dollars) into money markets amid the ongoing credi...