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More Easy Money for Wall Street
(www.thenation.com)
A permanent security blanket for big boys of finance will further inflame public opinion. Only the public isn't likely to know.
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Treasury Finally Focuses TARP On Small Banks And Credit
(airamerica.com)
At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the full sum of the... More
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Obama's second biggest test: reforming Wall Street
(www.prospect.org)
Citigroup -- the giant Wall Street bank still on life-support courtesy of $45 billion from American taxpayers -- wants to pay its 25 top executives an average of $10 million each this year, and award... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
The TARP Time Bomb the Media Missed
(www.motherjones.com)
Over at Politics Daily, MoJo's DC bureau chief, David Corn, points out that all the fuss over death panels and granny-killing government health care has overshadowed some very disturbing economic... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Business As Usual
(www.motherjones.com)
Among the feverish press reports of imminent economic recovery, there are two telling signs that it’s business as usual on Wall Street.
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
The More Things Change
(www.thenation.com)
In the great Italian historical novel The Leopard, the Sicilian prince asks his nephew Tancredi why he is joining Garibaldi's revolt against their king. Tancredi replies, "Unless we...take a hand now... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Treasury Covers for Stingy Banks
(www.truthdig.com)
President Obama has said he doesn’t want public money going into a “black hole,” but his administration’s bank bailout looks more and more like an abyss of cosmic proportions.
Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
WHY TREASURY DOESN'T HAVE ANYONE FROM WALL STREET.
(www.prospect.org)
Commenter Cynic reads the bios of the new Treasury appointments and notices a pattern: What's interesting about the announcement is that the vetting process appears to be driving the selection... More
Submitted 12 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Watchdog to Fed, Treasury: Where's AIG's Money Going?
(www.motherjones.com)
The reason that taxpayers have had to prop up AIG to the tune of $173 billion is that AIG is now basically a conduit—it owes money to so many other companies that the cash just pours right through.... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |
TREASURY STAFFS UP. SORT OF.
(www.prospect.org)
"President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key posts at the Treasury Department," says this morning's press release. "David S. Cohen, Assistant Secretary of... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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