Earn Like Goldman Sachs, a ProPublica How-To
Goldman Sachs has proved once again that it knows how to make money. Wednesday’s announcement of a record quarterly profit of $3.44 b … more…
Regulation Battles Heat Up Over Derivatives and Ratings Agencies
Emboldened after paying back bailout money, JPMorgan Chase is fighting regulation of the derivatives market, the Wall Street … more…
Does AIG Really Need to Pay Its Counterparties in Full?
Since AIG’s bailout, the company has forked over $52 billion to Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others who bought credit default … more…
Does AIG Really Need to Pay Its Counterparties in Full?
Since AIG's bailout, the company has forked over $52 billion to Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others who bought credit default swa … more…
AIG Versus Greenberg: The War Intensifies
"Let me be clear: AIG's business model did not fail -- its management did."
Thus did Maurice "Hank" Greenberg end his written testi … more…
AIG: And Did We Mention $10 Billion in Casino Fun?
The federal government has been generous to AIG. The train wreck of an insurance company has pocketed more than $150 billion in bailo … more…
Video: Bernanke Was ‘Sanguine’ on Derivatives
On Monday, we reported that the nation’s top regulators at the Treasury, SEC and Fed each opposed greater regulation of the market in … more…
Pointing the Finger at Greenspan
It was only a matter of time before "The Reckoning," the New York Times' series on the roots of the financial crisis, concentrated on … more…
How AIG Imploded
With the financial markets still teetering, yesterday's New York Times took a step back and did some forensic reporting, explaining h … more…
The Candidates—Where They Stand on Market ‘Reform’
Tonight's presidential debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but with the financial system edging toward a breakdown, all q … more…
February 08, 2010
Testy Exchange With Goldman Helped Push AIG to Edge Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story, New York Times, February 08, 2010
February 01, 2010
Risky Trading Wasn’t Just on the Fringe at AIG Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times, February 01, 2010
January 20, 2010
Did NY Fed Overpay French Bank in AIG Deals? Jody Shenn, Bob Ivry and Alan Katz, Bloomberg, January 20, 2010
January 07, 2010
Geithner’s NY Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure Hugh Son, Bloomberg, January 07, 2010
December 31, 2009
Investors Could Only Lose in Goldman’s Caymans Deals Greg Gordon, McClatchy, December 31, 2009
November 17, 2009
Audit Faults New York Fed in AIG Bailout Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times, November 17, 2009
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