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Enslaved by Our 401ks?

Les Leopold | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Financial Crisis, CEO Pay, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, TARP Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Les Leopold

I'm worried that we've locked ourselves into the stock market to such a degree that we'll allow nearly anything to happen on Wall Street as long as our pension funds and invested savings recover.

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Why Goldman Still Owes Us

Marshall Auerback | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Bailout, TARP Money, Fed, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Business News
Marshall Auerback

They know exactly how to find leverage (no pun intended) and exploit it, and are frighteningly adept in negotiating strategy (as to what issues to run through what channels).

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When Someone Says "Financial Innovation," Put Your Hand on Your Wallet

Les Leopold | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Wall Street, TARP Money, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Business News
Les Leopold

The financial flack who came up with the phrase "financial innovation" deserves the Bernie Madoff Financial Engineering Prize of 2009 for the most outrageous fantasy finance concept of the year.

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The Greening of Goldman Sachs

David Paul | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Fdic, TARP Money, Aig, Henry Paulson, Credit Default Swaps, Citigroup, Business News
David Paul

The US economic turnaround may not be complete. The AIG turnaround may not be complete. The GM turnaround may not be complete. But Goldman Sachs is back.

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Happy Days are Here Again! (Here = Wall Street)

Les Leopold | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, CEO Pay, Bailout, Wall Street, TARP Money, Bonus Outrage, Economic Crisis, AIG Bailout, Aig, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Business News
Les Leopold

What did Goldman Sachs actually do that was useful for society, after having helped to drive our economy off a cliff? And why aren't our elected leaders doing something about it?

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Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Using Bailout Money to Kill Financial Consumer Protection Agency

Les Leopold | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Bail Out, Wall Street, Bank Nationalization, TARP Money, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Consumer Protection, Business News
Les Leopold

With a straight face, the captains of Wall Street like are telling us that they don't need to be heavily regulated -- that regulations will kill innovation and stifle consumer choice.

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Does the Chamber of Commerce Think We're Stupid?

Les Leopold | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street, TARP Money, Economy, Too Big to Fail, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Chamber of Commerce, Business News
Les Leopold

We all need instruction on how to save our vibrant free-enterprise economy from the ravages of Wall Street.

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Fear and Looting in America: Is President Obama a Financial Wimp?

Les Leopold | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, TARP Money, Income Inequality, Economic Crisis, Larry Summers, Franklin Roosevelt, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Gambling, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bailout, Joe the Plumber, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, Socialism, Great Depression, Business News
Les Leopold

We cannot thrive or even survive in an economy that only moves money around instead of producing tangible goods and services.

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Arthur Delaney

TARP Concerns Dog Geithner On The Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Timothy Geithner, Troubled Asset Relief Program, TARP Money, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared before a Senate committee Thursday to talk up the Obama administration's proposed reforms for regulation ...

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Arthur Delaney

Hatch, Lincoln Introduce Bill To Ban TARP Recycling

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, TARP Money, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

As ten of the nation's biggest banks gear up to repay $68 billion in taxpayer bailout dollars, Congress is battling the Obama administration over what...

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Left, Right & Center: Iran, Big Bank Payback, and Healthcare

Huff Radio | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: TARP Money, Iran Election, Iran Election 2009, Health Care Reform, Banks, Iran, Health Insurance, Politics News
Huff Radio

There's a big turnout for elections in Iran; will it change anything? Are banks REALLY ready to pay back their TARP money and on healthcare, will a public plan option become a reality?

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Elizabeth Warren: TARP Repayment, More Stress Tests and a Fall off the Pedestal

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: CBS Early Show, Elizabeth Warren, TARP Oversight, TARP Money, Bank Stress Tests, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

This morning, Ms. Warren fell off the pedestal on which I had placed her.

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Is JPMorgan a Bank or a Government-Funded Casino?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Cnbc, JP Morgan, World, TARP Money, Heatingoil, Oil, Tanker Operator, Vlcc, Banks, Financial Crisis, Malta, Energy, Politics, Foreclosure News, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

There is nothing wrong with a world-class bank helping in the financing of trade. But when the bank itself becomes the principal, the next financial crisis is not far around the corner.

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The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold

Andy Kroll | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Bailouts, Bailout, Citigroup Bailout, TARP Money, Bank of America, Taxpayer Money, Aig, Bank of America Bailout, Citigroup, Business News
Andy Kroll

It's not your health that the government is focused on, it's theirs -- the very banks whose convoluted financial systems brought us to the brink of another Great Depression.

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Arthur Delaney

Geithner's "Incredible" New Justification For Recycling Bailout Money (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Treasury Department, Tarp Recycling, TARP Money, Tim Geithner, Politics News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that he has "no plans to request additional funding" for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief P...

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Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim

Barney Frank: TARP Recycling Okay If Money Goes To Small Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp Recycling, Troubled Asset Relief Program, TARP Money, Barney Frank Tarp Funds, Tim Geithner, Barney Frank, TARP Funds Recycling, Politics News

Now that some bailout recipients have begun sending checks back to the Treasury Department, the question has become: Whose money is that? Deficit haw...

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Arthur Delaney

Geithner Plans To Give Recycled TARP Money To Small Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Tarp Recycling, Bailout, TARP Money, Tim Geithner, Banks, Politics News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Wednesday morning that the Treasury Department plans to give small banks access to bailout funds returne...

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Unmasking The TARP Wife

New York Magazine | Jessica Pressler | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, TARP Money, Tarp Ceo Wife, Tarp Wife Confession, Tarp Wife, Business News

What's fun about reading the sundry "I Used To Be Rich" stories appearing in various publications is that the heroines -- and the writers of these sto...

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TARP Wife Confesses All

Portfolio | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Wife of Ceo, TARP Money, Tarp Ceo Wife, Tarp Wife, Business News

I am a TARP wife. In keeping with the unwritten code of this new sisterhood, I have taken a vow of financial abstinence. I returned the presents my...

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Bankers Balk at Fees

Tom Pappalardo | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, TARP Money, Douglas Leech, Investment Bankers, Frank Pallotta, Federal Reserve, Bankers, Timothy Geithner, Centra Bank, Tarp, Business News
Tom Pappalardo

Can you imagine being stuck on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with these bankers and suddenly you get ill and need more water than what has been allotted to everyone?

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A Call For Questions For Timothy Geithner

Richard H. Neiman | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Treasury Department, Tarp Oversight Board, TARP Money, Ask Tim Geithner a Question, Timothy Geithner, Congressional Oversight Hearings, Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Richard H. Neiman

I am one of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP, and I would like the people who are living with this recession to get a chance to ask their questions to Geithner.

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US To Put Conditions On TARP Repayment

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs TARP, Chase TARP, TARP Money, Money TARP, Goldman Sachs Repay, Bailout Funds, Bailout Fund, Chase Repay, Tarp, Business News

Strong banks will be allowed to repay federal bailout funds, but only if such a move passes a test to determine whether it is in the national economic...

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Treasury says bank lending declined in February

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp Banks, Tarp, Bailout Outrage, Banks, Tarp Banks Lending, Banks Leding, Banks TARP, TARP Money, Business News

WASHINGTON — Bank lending to consumers and businesses for many types of loans fell in February despite the billions of dollars in government sup...

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The Problems of Nationalizing the Banks Remain

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Tarp, JP Morgan, Chrysler, TARP Money, Bank Nationalization, Banks, Business News
Hale

Asking a bank which prudently managed its risk to now kick that prudence to the curb because it took TARP money sets a politically dangerous precedent.

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TARP Recipients Must Modify Loans: HUD

bloomberg.com | Dawn Kopecki and Peter Cook | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp Banks, Tarp, Restrictions Tarp, Tarp Restrictions, Banks TARP, TARP Money, TARP Rules, Business News

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Banks receiving federal aid through the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program must also take part in the government's mortgage mod...

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