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Too Big to Fail Banks

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Know If The New Treasury Secretary Will Be As Bad As The Old One

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled Treasury Secretary Jack Lew at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday, press...

Mark Gongloff

Eric Holder: Actually, I Meant To Say No Banks Are Too Big To Jail

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business

Attorney General Eric Holder wants to clear up something he said months ago: We only thought he said that some U.S. banks are too big to jail. What he...

Jason Linkins

Former Obama Adviser To Help Bank Of America Elude Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

"Big Banks Push Against Tighter Rules," says the headline in this piece from the Wall Street Journal. 'Twas ever thus, but now, "big banks" are doing ...

Big Banks Have Raked In $102 Billion In Subsidies Since 2009: Report

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.10.2013 | Business

America's biggest banks want you to believe that they get no special advantage, no subsidies, from being too big to fail. And yet people keep finding ...

How the Federal Reserve Became History's Biggest 'Bad Bank'

Bill Frezza | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business
Bill Frezza

Each turn of the cycle brings tighter global connectivity and integration, everything riding on hair trigger algorithmic trading seeking to squeeze out the last drops of advantage. Many believe this interdependency has reduced the risk of catastrophic failure.

'Too Big To Fail' A Thing Of The Past, U.S. Regulators Tell Wall Street

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Business

* Federal Deposit Insurance Corp pushes bailout alternative * Analysts say bond investors starting to price in FDIC plan ...

Bair: Too Big To Fail May Be Over

Posted 04.11.2013 | Business

Sheila Bair says the era of too big to fail banks may be coming to an end. And she should know, since her former agency could be a big reason why. ...

Emily Swanson

Poll: Break Up The Banks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

Most Americans think banks have grown too big, but many are uncertain about what to do about it, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Sixty-one...

Senator Targets 'Too Big To Jail' Banks

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is preparing to introduce legislation that would break up the notorious “too big to fail” banks, The Hill reported Wed...

Big Banks Face $100 Billion Legal Tab (At Least)

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.28.2013 | Business

You may think that being a too-big-to-fail bank is just one long, consequence-free romp, but it does come at some cost: an enormous and growing legal ...

Elizabeth Warren Hails Symbolic Vote Against 'Too Big To Fail'

The Huffington Post | Nick WIng | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics

Calling it "an important step forward," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) commended her Senate colleagues on Sunday for their recent bipartisan vote to ...

Poll: Half Of Americans Want To Break Up Big Banks

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.23.2013 | Business

If the American people had their way, big banks may not stay so big much longer. According to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports, 50 percent of Americ...

Greenspan: Too Big To Fail Problem 'Is Getting Worse, Not Better'

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 03.15.2013 | Business

Alan Greenspan, a former Federal Reserve chairman, told CNBC on Thursday morning that “the too big to fail problem” is “getting worse, not bette...

7 Wall Street Bankers Pushing To End 'Too Big To Fail'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.12.2013 | Business

It's troubling when some of the nation's top economists tell us Wall Street banks are too big. It's even more worrisome when bankers themselves have t...

An Etiquette Lesson for Elizabeth Warren From 'El Loco'

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Politicians and regulators serve criminal banks for the very same reason that Willie Sutton robbed them: That's where the money is.  If these senators don't figure that out pretty soon, they're going to have to go to the people to raise money.

It's Official: Too Big to Fail Banks Are Too Big to Jail

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Robert L. Borosage

Congress has only two choices. The big banks can be nationalized and treated as public utilities. The public would pocket their profits and cover their losses. Or the big banks can be broken up, and be accountable to both the law and the market.

Mark Gongloff

Holder: Banks Too Big To Prosecute

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.06.2013 | Business

When the Attorney General of the United States admits some banks are simply too big to prosecute, it might be time to admit we have a problem -- and t...

The Real Super Bowl Winner

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.04.2013 | Business

Science has determined that people need to know 7.5 things per day, on average, about the world of business. You can't argue with science. Lucky for y...

Too-Big-To-Fail Banks Gamble With Bernanke Bucks

Bill Frezza | Posted 03.09.2013 | Business
Bill Frezza

We have learned nothing. The Dodd-Frank bill enacted to make sure "this never happens again" has accomplished nothing. The Sarbanes-Oxley bill enacted after the last crisis to make sure "this never happens again" accomplished nothing.

Banks Hit With Laughably Small Fines

AP | Posted 12.27.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority says five of the country's largest banks will pay $4.5 million to settle claims they used mu...

Too Big To Fail Banks Benefit Society, Says Too Big To Fail Bank

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 11.27.2012 | Business

Wow, guys, you'll never guess who thinks too-big-to-fail banks are super great for society! OK, you'll guess: It's a too-big-to-fail bank. In a res...

Can the Private Sector's Large Depositors Revive the Economy?

Dennis Santiago | Posted 12.29.2012 | Business
Dennis Santiago

What if $2 trillion dollars of corporate, brokerage and fund money began to migrate back to Main Street using the full 7,800+ population of banks instead of hyper-concentrating in under 100 too big to fail institutions?

Banks Are Too Big To Succeed

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 10.11.2012 | Business

Thing One: Too Big To Succeed: Instead of cursing the too-big-to-fail banks like we do, maybe it's time we tried to sympathize with them. We're not...

14 Things Obama Doesn't Want You To Know About The Economy

Posted 09.05.2012 | Business

How is the U.S. economy doing nearly four years into President Obama’s presidency? Not so great by some measures. Despite promises to rein in Wa...

Taxpayers Still On The Hook For Too Big To Fail Banks

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2012 | Business

* "Too big to fail" banks still not reformed * Key global deadlines for new rules seen slipping By Huw Jones ...