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Almost three years since banks started taking losses t … more…
“Systemic abuse.” “Extraordinary incompetence.” “Reckless.” In a growing body of legal cases, judges and the Justice Department … more…
Mar. 18, 2009: A correction has been made to this post
The Inter-American Development Bank, which has been making loans to L … more…
How did billion become the new million? Well, that's the trillion-dollar question. And as the year comes to a close, everyone is look … more…
With Congress set to consider the administration's proposed bailout bill in the coming days, calls to add oversight checks are coming … more…
Nearly everyone agrees that something went very wrong with the mortgage industry. Mortgage lenders made extremely risky loans. Wall S … more…
January 29, 2010
In the Packaging of Loans, a Bust With Precedent Floyd Norris, New York Times, January 29, 2010
December 31, 2009
Investors Could Only Lose in Goldman’s Caymans Deals Greg Gordon, McClatchy, December 31, 2009
December 10, 2009
Mortgage Agency’s Growth Fuels Risky Lenders Brian Grow and Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Post/Center for Public Integrity, December 10, 2009
November 13, 2009
A Lack of Rigor Costs Financial Insurance Firm MBIA Floyd Norris, New York Times, November 13, 2009
November 11, 2009
Bear Managers’ Acquittal May Hamper U.S. Fraud Prosecutions Patricia Hurtado, Bob Van Voris and Linda Sandler, Bloomberg, November 11, 2009
November 06, 2009
Why the Commercial Real Estate Bust Will Be Hard to Fix Mara Der Hovanesian and Dean Foust, BusinessWeek, November 06, 2009