Morgan Stanley

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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Arthur Delaney

Edward Liddy Avoids The B-Word

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Aig, Edward Liddy, Bonuses, Retention Awards, Ed Liddy, Business News

AIG CEO Edward Liddy, facing tough questions from a congressional panel reviewing the government-subsidized firm's $165 million in bonus payments, sai...

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Stopping the Next AIG

Bob Edgar | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citigroup, Aig, Wall Street Crisis, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Common Cause, Edward Liddy, Politics News
Bob Edgar

Something is horribly wrong when a company that receives billions in taxpayer money from the federal government gives its senior managers big pay rais...

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Arthur Delaney

Keep Blowing The Whistle: Tell HuffPost About Bailed Out Firms Wasting Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Tarp, Bailout, Whistleblower, Waste, Wall Street, Citigroup, Bailout Outrage, Business News

On Feb. 4, we asked HuffPost readers to send us tips if they knew of wasteful spending by banks that had benefited from taxpayer funds through the TAR...

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Morgan Stanley's 13% Payout Offer To Short Ford Stock (EXCLUSIVE)

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Short Sale, Morgan Stanley Short Sale, Morgan Stanley, Ford Debt Restructuring, Short Selling Morgan Stanley, Short Selling, Ford, Ford Debt, Ford Motor Co, Ford and Stock, Morgan Stanley Ford, Nyse:Ms, Ms, Ford Stock, Business News

Morgan Stanley was offering Ford shareholders a highly unusual deal on Monday. Two days before Ford announced a major debt restructuring that diluted...

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Billions for AIG to Protect the Speculative Profits of Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Goldman Sachs, Bail Outs, Morgan Stanley, Derivatives, Financial Crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Goldman-Ceo Blankfein, Credit-Default Swaps, Cds, Credit Default Swaps, Economy, Stimulus Package, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

It is past time that a distinction be made between that part of AIG's business that was a "large and stable insurance company," and that part that was a "hedge fund," or better put, a casino.

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Morgan Stanley Golf Tournament Canceled

Reuters | Joseph A. Giannone | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Northern Trust, Morgan Stanley, Golf Tournament, Corporate Sponsorship, Morgan Stanley Golf, Business News

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MS.N), citing a tougher market and political environment, said on Wednesday it will not entertain clients...

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Morgan Stanley Broker Bonuses As Much As $3 Billion

CNBC | Jonathan Stempel | Posted 03.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Broker Bonuses, Broker Bonuses, Bailout Bandits, Bank Bonuses, Business News

Morgan Stanley's brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc will pay brokers as much as $3 billion to stay on, while Wells Fargo & Co will not offe...

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Sonny Kalsi, Morgan Stanley Top Official, Suspended

Financial Times | Jamil Anderlini. Francesco Guerrera and Greg Farrell | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Morgan Stanley, Sonny Kalsi, Morgan Stanley China, Business News

Morgan Stanley has suspended its global head of real estate investing after revealing that actions by an employee believed to be the former China prop...

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Newsweek: Geithner Needs To Put Failing Banks Out Of Their Misery

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Banks, Morgan Stanley, Bank Bailout, Too Big to Fail Banks, Bailout Outrage, Business News

It was a classic populist spectacle, reminiscent of William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech or Huey Long's mid-Depression campaign to "Share t...

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Executive Pay Caps Cut Out Of Stimulus Compromise: WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street CEOs, Morgan Stanley, Executive Pay, TARP Money, Wells Fargo, Ceos, Bank of America, Obama Executive Pay, Executive Compensation, Politics News

Congressional efforts to impose stringent restrictions on executive compensation appeared to be evaporating yesterday as House and Senate negotiators ...

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Banks Racing To Pay Back Bailout Funds After Congressional Lashing

Bloomberg | Linda Shen and Bradley Keoun | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Ken Lewis, Bank CEOs, Bankers, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Jpmorgan, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley may decide after enduring yesterday's Congressional hearing tha...

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TARP Recipients Testifying For Congressmen They Bankrolled

Open Secrets | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Spence Bachus, TARP Money, Melvin Watt, Wells Fargo, Barney Frank, Bank of America, Campaign Donations, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Jim Himes, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon, State Street Corporation, House Financial Services Committee, Citigroup, Politics News

The eight CEOs testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee about how their companies are using billions of dollars in bailout f...

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Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Outpacing Commercial Lenders

Bloomberg | Elizabeth Hester | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Commercial Lenders, Business News

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, securities firms that morphed into banks to endure a loss of confidence in Wall S...

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Sam Stein

Bailed-Out Firms Distributing Cash Rewards: "Please Do Not Call It A Bonus"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retention Financial Advisers, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney Retentions, James Gorman, Retention Awards, Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley Retention, Barney Stanley, Retention Packages, Bailout Bucks, Citigroup, Politics News

Two Wall Street firms that received at least $60 billion in government bailout funds will be rewarding their financial advisers with controversial ret...

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Patrice Delatour, Wife Busted For Looting Customers' College Education Accounts

New York Post | MURRAY WEISS | Posted 03.10.2009 | Business

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A former Morgan Stanley executive and his wife looted $400,000 from bank accounts set up by customers to pay for their children's college education, p...

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TARP is Welfare; Control It

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Food Stamps, Welfare Mothers, Troubled Asset Relief Program, U.S. Treasury, Welfare Queens, Congress, John A. Thain, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Corporate Welfare, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Security and Exchange Commission, Welfare, Tarp, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Taxpayers, who despise the notion of welfare queens, should demand Congress "discredit" and dethrone the kings of Wall Street.

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Sitting in Natural Hot Springs, Sipping Champagne, and Noshing on Caviar in Davos?

Judith Ellis | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Charles Schwab, Vladmir Putin, Arianna Huffington, Davos, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, World Economic Forum, Gordon Brown, Switzerland, Economy, Davos 2009, World News
Judith Ellis

Considering the climate at Davos, I wonder what the bankers and financial analysts will say and to whom will they be saying it? The likes of themselves?

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Your TARP Money is Being Used to Prop Up the Price of Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Bush Administration, Exxonmobil, Oil, Oil Prices, Bloomberg, Bankers, Obama Administration, Supertanker, TARP Money, Obama TARP, Obama, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

No, it's not about your local gas station not getting a loan from its bank to keep it in business. It is far more insidious. It's about hundreds of millions of TARP dollars being spent on oil speculation.

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Bailed-Out Firms Use Offshore Tax Havens

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Taxes, Tax Loophole, Morgan Stanley, Corporate Taxes, Tax Havens, Citigroup, Business News

WASHINGTON — Eighty-three of the nation's 100 largest corporations, including Citigroup, Bank of America and News Corp., had subsidiaries in offshor...

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2009: The Year of Light Green

Andrew Winston | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Clayton Christensen, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Munich Re, 2009 Predictions, Green Business, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Wave, Swiss Reinsurance Co, Carbon Principles, HSBC Holdings, Risk, Citigroup, Green News
Andrew Winston

What will happen now in this damaged economy? It would be silly to suggest that the intensity of the focus on green will continue unabated. But we'll see a form of what I'll call "light green" this year.

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Citigroup Confirms Morgan Stanley Merger Talks

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Citi Morgan Stanley Merger, Morgan Stanley, Citi Morgan Stanley, Business News

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley agreed Tuesday to combine their brokerages in a deal that shows how much Citigroup wants to slim do...

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Maddow Busts Morgan Stanley Board Member for Lack of Transparency

David Sirota | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Henry Paulson, Morgan Stanley, Maddow Transparency, Msnbc, Wall Street Bailout, Video, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Laura Tyson, Laura Tyson, Financial Crisis, Laura Tyson on Financial Company Boards, Laura Tyson Conflict of Interest, Media News
David Sirota

In the name of transparency, Rachel Maddow went back and clarified that a bailout-justifying guest of hers actually had a blatant conflict of interest.

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Morgan Stanley Losses: $2.37 Billion In Fiscal 4Q

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Morgan Stanley Losses, Morgan Stanley, Finance, Economy, Business News

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley said Wednesday it lost $2.37 billion during its fiscal fourth quarter as it took a range of losses on assets amid one ...

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No Cheer For Investment Banks: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs To Report Losses

New York Post | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Banks, Morgan Stanley, Investment Banks, Business News

Morgan Stanley's expected to ring up losses of about $1 billion when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday. Continued fretfulness...

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