With Bank Money Returning, Bailout Burden Shifts Toward Housing
The year ended with three of the biggest bailout recipients – Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup – together returning more … more…
Bailed-Out Companies Spend Millions to Lobby Congress
We’ve had plenty of examples over the past nine months showing that the banking industry hasn’t stopped lobbying just because it’s … more…
Big Bailed-Out Banks Ramp Up Fees
Even as the biggest banks have reached up for billions in federal aid, they have reached down to collect more and more penalty … more…
Citi to Bump Up Salaries
Earlier this month, the administration appointed a new “pay czar” to oversee compensation at companies that have been propped up … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: Mind The $34 Billion Gap
Tomorrow is stress-test day, when we’ll learn whether regulators think the nation’s biggest banks could survive a severe … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: The Stress Test 10?
OK, we’ve got our first estimate from the “stress test” rumor mill of the number of banks that will have to raise additional … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: Stress Test Whispers
Behind closed doors, regulators have been negotiating with the country’s biggest banks over the results of the “stress tests,” and … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: More Stress
The stress test rumor mill continues to heat up. “At least” six of the 19 banks have been told they need more of a capital buffer, … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: Citi, BoA Stressin’
By next week, we’ll know how many billions more of bailout money will be going to the nation’s biggest banks. Until then, the … more…
Loan Modification Update
If you’re perusing today’s report from the TARP special inspector general, check out the section on Making Home Affordable, the … more…
Bailout for Breakfast: Citi Profits, Liddy’s Stake, Rattner Examined
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Bailout for Breakfast
Good morning! The administration’s $50 billion mortgage modification program is out of the gate, and six major mortgage servicers … more…
As Crisis Loomed, Geithner Pressed But Fell Short
In September 2005, Timothy Geithner made one of his most visible moves as a supervisor of the U.S. banking system. He summoned the … more…
Quick Picks: Citi Execs’ Office Redo and Lobbying Forms that Need a Redo
Our editors' picks of the latest investigative stories around the Web:
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Following the salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanu … more…This Week in Scandals: Bailouts, Burris and More
Every week, we take stock of how the week unfolded for the stories we're tracking in Scandal Watch (see the right sidebar). Here is … more…
Treasury’s ‘Stress Tests’: Hurry Up and Wait
More than four months after former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson announced "decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy," everybod … more…
A Mini Mystery in AIG’s Sale of Insurance Subsidiary
Did the bankers involved in selling one of AIG's biggest subsidiaries know about the tax issue that AIG has been keeping from potenti … more…
This Week in Scandals: Pay Caps and Cons
Every week, we take stock of how the week unfolded for the stories we're tracking in Scandal Watch (see the right sidebar). Here is … more…
This Week in Scandals: Investigating the TARP, Madoff’s List and More
Every week, we take stock of how the week unfolded for the stories we're tracking in Scandal Watch (see the right sidebar). Here is … more…
March 09, 2010
Citibank Exposes 600,000 Customers’ Social Security Numbers Chi. Trib., March 09, 2010
January 11, 2010
Citi Unit Grows—With Feds’ Help David Enrich, Wall Steet Journal ($), January 11, 2010
December 16, 2009
U.S. Gave Up Billions in Taxes in Deal for Citigroup’s Bailout Payback Binyamin Appelbaum, Washington Post, December 16, 2009
October 22, 2009
BofA and Citigroup Must Adapt to New Pay Rules Eric Dash, New York Times, October 22, 2009
October 16, 2009
Bailed-Out Banks Raking In Big Profits Binyamin Appelbaum, Washington Post, October 16, 2009
October 14, 2009
Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Wall Street Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg, October 14, 2009
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