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Kashkari: One Of People's Sexiest Men Alive

Silicon Alley Insider | Caroline Waxler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexiest Man Alive, US Treasury, Ben Bernanke, New Kids on the Block, People Magazine, Neel Kashkari, Todd Palin, Business News

This explains why he got such a harsh grilling the other day in Congress. Nobody likes a pretty boy! Wonder if he knew in his Ferrari-posing high sch...

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America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

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Paulson Deal Cheats American Taxpayers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, U.S. Treasury, Henry Paulson, $700 Billion Bailout, Warren Buffett, Congress, Alan Greenspan, American Dream, Richard Kovacevich, Wall Street Crash, Stockholder Bonuses, Congressional Bailout, Financial Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Corporate Bonuses, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

We need to bury the philosophy that worships only business, free markets, deregulation and free trade, and replace it with an economic program that rebuilds the middle class.

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The Last Supper on Wall Street: Sushi, Stocks, and Who is Picking Up the Check?

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bail Out, Stocks, Economy, Oversight, Aig, Bankers, Expat, US Treasury, Goldman Sachs, Paying Bills, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Lehman, Sushi, Financial, Wall Street, Business News
Vivian Norris

Denial was overtly present during a three hour dinner at an expensive sushi restaurant. Bankers threw stock prices into the conversation between the dishes of sashimi and cucumber martinis.

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Freddie and Fannie: Republican victims

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Lending Sector, George Bush, Sub-Prime, Housing, Investment Banks, U.S. Treasury, Fannie Mae, Eliot Spitzer, Real Estate Sector, Fraud, Mortgages, Fannie Mae Bailout, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns Bailout, Wall Street, Economy, Rrepublicans, Business News
Diane Francis

The announcement on Sunday that the Fed and U.S. Treasury will backstop these two financial intermediaries is an entirely predictable, latter-day outcome as a result of cowboy capitalism.

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How The Government Would Bail Out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Now that the federal government has thrown a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers could be on the hook...

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