Public Private Investment Program

Wall Street: Too Big To Regulate

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Financial Reform, Fdic, White House, Bank of America, Treasury Department, Hank Paulson, Willaim K. Black, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel, Federal Reserve, Timothy Geithner, Public Private Investment Program, Thomas Hoenig, Sheila Bair, Tarp, Business News
Garrett Johnson

How can the Treasury, White House, and Congress be so tone deaf to calls to stop the massive give-away to the same people who got us into this mess?

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FDIC Sells Failed Bank's Toxic Loans To Private Investor

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Fdic, Residential Credit Solutions, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Ppip, Franklin Bank, Business News

WASHINGTON - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Wednesday named the first winning bidder under a test of the government's program to back private ...

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Public-Private Partnerships: Creating Infrastructure and the Expertise to Run It

Josh Ruxin | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Public/Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, Health Care, Rwanda, Public-Private Investment Program, Health, World News
Josh Ruxin

In Rwanda, the most effective programs constitute a true partnership between donors with funds, equipment, and skills, and the communities who need them.

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Public-Private Investment Program: What's the Point?

Jim Randel | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Mortgages, Private Capital, Ppip, Mortgage Crisis, Taxpayer Money, Obama Administration, House Poor, Politics News
Jim Randel

PPIP will put decisions about people in mortgage trouble into the hands of private capital with no interest in the public agenda.

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Treasury Announces List Of PPIP Fund Managers

AP | Martin Crutsinger and Daniel Wagner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Ppip, Public-Private Investment Program, Treasury Department, Rialto Capital Management, Tim Geithner, Alliancebernstein, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department on Wednesday selected nine large investment managers to operate funds for a long-awaited program to buy tox...

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Whistling Past the Economic Graveyard: The Audacity of Misplaced Hope

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Geithner Plan, Toxic Assets, Banks, Economic Recovery, Financial Market, Timothy Geithner, Clo, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Recession, Business News
Arianna Huffington

The latest stock market bubble has undermined the urgent push for reform, which seems to have given way in Washington to a push to move on to other things and leave that little financial kerfuffle behind us. It puts a whole other spin on the audacity of hope. READ MORE Mission Shrink: We've Gone From Saving Wall Street in Order to Save Main Street to Just Saving Wall Street The problem continues to be the administration's habit of conflating the health of the Wall Street economy with the health of the real economy -- when, in fact, the two economies have become decoupled. READ MORE WATCH: Arianna Discusses Events in Iran, Obama's Agenda on Larry King Live WATCH: Arianna Discusses America's Response to Iran on The Situation Room

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Pumping and Dumping the 401(k) Crowd

Max Keiser | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Pump and Dump Scam, Tim Geithner, Max Keiser, Economy, Recession, Economic Crisis, Business News
Max Keiser

In America, the people are mad as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore. Or that's what you would think if you tuned in to any cable channel spewing the new populism.

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Ryan Grim

Treasury Extends Deadline For Geithner Plan Participation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geithner Plan, Toxic Assets, Public-Private Investment Program, Politics News

The Treasury Department announced Monday that it's extending the deadline for investment firms to apply to participate in the Geithner Plan -- the Pub...

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Jason Linkins

CNN Parrots Dubious Wall Street Talking Points On "Mark-To-Market"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Mark to Market Accounting Bank Bailout Plan, Finance, Economic Crisis, Ppip, Mark to Market, Public-Private Investment Program, Media Criticism, Politics News, Video, Cnn, Toxic Assets, Mark to Market Accounting, Tim Geithner, Suspending Mark to Market, Timothy Geithner, Public/Private Partnerships, Financial Crisis, Mark to Market Suspended, Media News

Do you ever get the feeling that as your media professionals "explain" why the "financial system" seems to be "crapping its pants in public" that thei...

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It's Like Trusting A Drug Addict To Arrange His Own Intervention

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Mark to Market Suspended, Finance, Tim Geithner, Mark to Market, Ppip, Economic Crisis, Public/Private Partnerships, Toxic Assets, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Suspending Mark to Market, Mark to Market Accounting, Mark to Market Accounting Bank Bailout Plan, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

As long as banks are allowed to continue denying the true toxicity of their toxic assets, the longer the current financial impasse will continue.

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Thomas B. Edsall

"Economists Laid End To End": Judging The Geithner Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Rescue Plan, Public-Private Investment Program, Economists on Geithner, Krugman Geithner, Stiglitz Geithner, Tim Geithner, Business News

"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion" -- George Bernard Shaw Disagreements among the cadre of economists critic...

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Ryan Grim

Republican Leaders Split On Geithner Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Mitch McConnell, Judd Gregg, Timothy Geithner, Politics News

Republican leaders in Congress offered a range of reactions on Monday to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to partner with private investors to b...

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Geithner Wall Street Journal Piece: My Plan for Bad Bank Assets

Wall Street Journal | TIMOTHY GEITHNER | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Public-Private Investment Program, Treasury Toxic Assets Plan, Geithner Plan, Bad Assets Plan, Wall Street Journal and Tim Geithner, Tim Geithner Wall Street Journal Article, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Journal, Geithner Wsj, Toxic Assets Plan, Business News

The American economy and much of the world now face extraordinary challenges, and confronting these challenges will continue to require extraordinary ...

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