Richard Parsons

Giving Thanks for a Meritocracy Instead of Aristocracy

Maxim Thorne | Posted 01.29.2012 | Impact

Read More: Ronald Lauder, Maxim Thorne, Elizabeth Warren, Philanthropy and Tax Avoidance, Bill Gates Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Occupy Wall Street, Richard Parsons, Warren Buffett Taxes, Ows, Julian Bond, Tax Avoidance, Bono Philanthropy, Supersized Philanthropy, Neue Galerie, Maxim's Principle, Bono, Impact News

Although I appreciate all the good philanthropy does, I wish to alter the way supersized philanthropy operates in America as part of my commitment to keep America true to our founding freedoms.

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On Obama, Wall Street Shows A Reluctance To Commit

The New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 08.27.2011 | Business

Read More: Mark T. Gallogly, Richard Parsons, Robert Wolf, Jamie Dimon, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Big Banks, Goldman Sachs, William Daley, Morgan Stanley, Lloyd Blankfein, Daniel Boulud, Republican National Committee, Centerbridge Partners, Mitt Romney, Democratic National Committee, John Mack, Democrats, Barack Obama, Marc-Lasry, Ubs, JP Morgan, Michele Bachmann, Wall Street, Daniel Loeb, Banks, Hillary Clinton, Evercore Partners, Jamie Dimon JP Morgan, Roger Altman, Citigroup, Avenue Capital, Republicans, Business News

President Obama's $35,800-a-plate fund-raising dinner was the talk of Wall Street last week....

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Companies On Obama's Jobs Council Have Doubled Investments Overseas

Bloomberg | Mike Dorning | Posted 07.23.2011 | Business

Read More: Obama Jobs, Kenneth Chennault, Paul Otellini, Amex, Jobs Council, Obama, Richard Parsons, Procter & Gamble, Citigroup, Ge, Intel, Business News

Seven publicly traded U.S. corporations represented on President Barack Obama's advisory council for jobs and competitiveness -- including General Ele...

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Obama Administration Invites Controversial General Back To Public Service

New York Times | Posted 06.10.2011 | Politics

Read More: Mcchrystal, McChrystal Joining Forces, Military, Patricia Shinseki, Obama McChrystal, Stanley McChrystal, Richard Parsons, Joining Forces, Military Families, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who was relieved of command in Afghanistan after a magazine profile quoted his subordinates as disparaging senior civilian...

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Wall Street's Reaction To The Foreclosure Fiasco? Blaming Homeowners

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Wall Street, Banks, Wall Steet Foreclosures, Richard Parsons, Foreclosure Moratorium, Foreclosure Freeze, Business News

n order to understand Wall Street's shrug during this foreclosure crisis, which as many as 40 attorneys general are expected to announce an investigat...

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Citigroup Is 'Too Interwoven To Fail,' Bank's Chairman Says

CNBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Citigroup, Richard Parsons, Too Interwoven to Fail, Too Big to Fail, Business News

Citigroup remains too "interwoven" to fail even after the government has plowed billions into rescuing the banking titan and Congress has passed laws ...

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Who Will Replace Larry Summers? The Possible Candidates To Head White House Economic Team (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Slidepollajax, Larry Summers Replacements, Lawrence Summers, Mark Zandi, Ann Mulcahy, Gary Gensler, Rebecca Blank, Ann Fudge, Urusual Burns, Richard Parsons, Gene Sperling, Jeffrey Immelt, Business News

As pundits produce unofficial lists of candidates to replace top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers -- who will leave the White House to re...

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Bank Presidents and the U.S. President

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Lloyd Blankfein, Banks, Richard Parsons, Making Home Affordable, Mortgage Modification, Citigroup, Business News

Even though bank presidents have shown they can single handedly almost sink the economy, they can't control the weather that prevented them from making it to a meeting with the president.

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Wall Street Bankers Put Obama On Hold

nytimes.com | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Richard Parsons, Barack Obama, Financial Crisis, Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street, John Mack, Business News

President Obama didn't exactly look thrilled as he stared at the Polycom speakerphone in front of him. "Well, I appreciate you guys calling in," he be...

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Wall Street Tells the President of the United States to Bugger Off

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Lloyd Blankfein, White House, Citigroup, Congress, Amtrak, Washington, President Obama, Richard Parsons, John Mack, Goldman Sachs, Politics, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Bailout, Fed, Weather Forecasting, Business News

With the nation up in arms about the perversity of pouring billions into the coffers of the banks the symbolism of the three CEO's tone deaf failure to be present in Washington is beyond understanding.

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FDIC Pushes Citigroup To Change Management: WSJ

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Vikram Pandit, Citigroup, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Citigroup Board, Richard Parsons, Business News

NEW YORK — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is reportedly pressing for a management shake-up at embattled bank Citigroup Inc., putting CEO Vi...

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Dick Parsons, Citigroup Chairman, Has Love Child With MacDella Cooper

nydailynews.com | George Rush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Dick Parsons Divorce, New York, MacDella Cooper Foundation, Citigroup Chairman, Dick Parsons, MacDella Cooper, Richard Parsons, Bank Bailout, Citigroup, Business News

Parsons and model-philanthropist MacDella Cooper are the parents of a baby girl named Ella. The 61-year-old former Time Warner chairman said only: ...

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Dick Parsons: Citigroup's Teflon Board Member

Crain's New York Business | Aaron Elstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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Nearly all of the old regime on Citigroup Inc.'s board of directors is on the verge of being swept away at the bank's annual stockholders meeting on T...

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Citi Turmoil: Urged To Ditch Chairman, Parsons Potential Replacementb

New York Times | ERIC DASH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Dick Parsons, Citi, Citigroup, Richard Parsons, Winfried F. W. Bischoff, Dick Parsons Citi, Business News

Federal banking regulators are pressing Citigroup to shake up its board and replace its chairman, Winfried F. W. Bischoff, in an effort to restore con...

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Jeff Bewkes Named Time Warner Chairman

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Dick Parsons, Time Warner, Richard Parsons, Jeff Bewkes, Media News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Time Warner Inc. says Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes is replacing Richard Parsons as chairman of the board. Parsons will step down D...

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Penny Pritzker, Adam Posen, Alan Murray, James Galbraith, George Soros, Doug & Heidi Rediker, Leo Hindery, Eric Schmidt, Richard Parsons, Tom Gallagher, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Economic Team, Warren Buffet, Kevin Phillips, William Daley, William Donaldson, Jennifer Granholm, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Samuelson, Paul Krugman, Roel Campos, William Bonvillian, Jeffrey Sachs, C. Fred Bergsten, Robert Reich, Antonio Villaraigosa, Joseph Biden, Charlene Barshefsky, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Austan Goolsbee, David Bonior, Economic Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Bernard Schwartz, Jason Furhman, Sheila Bair, Anne Mulcahy, Roger Ferguson, Clyde Prestowitz, Sherle Schwenninger, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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Charter Schools Get the Test Scores Up

Tom Lowry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: New York City Schools, Urban Schools, Jeffrey Bewkes, Education, Herb Allen, Charter Schools, Sun Valley, Richard Parsons, Deborah Kenny, Jeff Bewkes, Politics News

Unlike most of her audience of media moguls, charter school impresario Deborah Kenny has some positive results to brag about. Test scores have improved dramatically at her schools in just five years.

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Icahn: I Made $300M On Time Warner

CNN/Money | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Richard Parsons, Time Warner, Icahn Time Warner, Carl Icahn, 60 Minutes, Time Warner Shareholders, Business News

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn may have lost his bid to break up Time Warner Inc., but he will tell "60 Minutes," how he walked away with $300 millio...

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GOP, Dems Face Off In Corporate Boardrooms

Wall Street Journal | George Anders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Goldman Sachs, Political-Campaign Financing, Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner, Richard Parsons, Business News

Political-campaign financing is supposed to pit rival interest groups against one another. But in this year's wide-open presidential race, some intere...

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Jeff Bewkes On Yale, Greenlighting "The Sopranos," And How He's Going To Boost Time Warner's Stock Price

New York | Lloyd Grove | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Hbo, Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes, Don Logan, Aol, The Sopranos, Chris Albrecht, Dick Parsons, America Online, Richard Parsons, David Chase, Yale Alumni, Jeff Bewkes, Sarah Jessica Parker, Business News

Jeffrey Bewkes, the new chief executive of sprawling, stalled media conglomerate Time Warner Inc., hardly fits the mold of a swashbuckling visionary. ...

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Time Warner Expected To Announce New CEO This Week

The Wall Street Journal | Melissa Marr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Richard Parsons, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner Inc, Media News

Like bottles of Brunello di Montalcino cellared at Time Warner Inc. chief Richard Parsons's Italian vineyard, investors in the media company have been...

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Parsons Expected To Name Bewkes As Successor At Time Warner

Reuters | Robert MacMillan, Paul Thomasch, Kenneth Li | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes, Richard Parsons, Business News

Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Richard Parsons is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer Je...

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Analyst: Bring Me Dick Parsons' Head - Now!

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Richard Parsons, Time Watner, Pali Research, Rich Greenfield, Jeff Bewkes, Business News

Pali Research's Rich Greenfield pens another poison letter to Time Warner management: He concludes that AOL is screwed because kids these days spend a...

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Putting the "Fun" in "FundRace"!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Fundrace, Goldman Sachs, Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Bewkes, Huma Abedin, Henry Kissinger, Lehman Brothers, Dennis Kucinich, Doug Band, Jessica Seinfeld, James Carville, Richard Parsons, Hillary Clinton, Mary Matalin, Eat the Press, Media News

As we mentioned yesterday, HuffPo recently launched our addictive FundRace™ feature, which lets you search the donor database by name, address, z...

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