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…
Four Banks Return Bailout Cash
March 31, 6:04 p.m.: This post has been updated.
Since October, more than $300 billion has flowed from the Treasury Department to m … more…
The Delphic Temple at Treasury: Can You Read the Signs?
Something major happened yesterday, but you might have missed it. There was no press conference. Instead, the announcement came in a … more…
Quick Picks: Stanford’s ‘Red Flags’ and Mutual Fund Bonuses
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
The SEC might have hoped that its catch o … more…Banks Getting TARP Money Lending Less Than Other Banks
Given the current economic climate, it's not much of a surprise that the nation's banks are lending less. But here's a sad verdict on … more…
This Week in Scandals: Wall Street’s Bonus Bonanza, Gitmo’s File Fiasco 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…
Losses Unknown From Madoff’s ‘One Big Lie’
Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street kingpin who'd once been the chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested yesterday. The reason, as … more…
Taxpayer Cash in Hand, Citigroup Keeps Lobbying
Should companies keep lobbying when taxpayers are footing the bill?
Citigroup seems to think so.
Its "government relations … more…
Follow the Money? Treasury Doesn’t Wanna
The Treasury Department has invested about $197 billion of the bailout money. About $49 billion more should soon be out the door (see … more…
Will Treasury’s Bailout ‘Investment’ Pay Off?
Treasury Department Secretary Hank Paulson is always careful to describe his department's activities as investments rather than spend … more…
Rahmbo’s Revolving Door: Take 3
Since Rahm Emanuel was appointed the next White House chief of staff last month, we've been retracing his previous life as an invest … more…
Treasury Rebuffs Watchdog’s Request for More Oversight of Bailout
The first big report from the Government Accountability Office on the $700 billion bailout is a pretty mild affair. Given that TARP i … more…
Bailout Oversight Chair Promises to Probe Basic Questions
In the past two and a half months since Treasury Department Secretary Hank Paulson first proposed TARP, the massive program to buy tr … more…
History of U.S. Gov’t Bailouts, Updated
And the bailouts continue. We have updated our chart to include the rescue plan for Citigroup. Because this complex bailout is no … more…
How Many Billions Will Gov’t Lose in Citi Deal?
It's tough keeping up with the bailout: the alphabet soup of last-ditch government programs and growing list of companies saved from … more…
Sweet Payoffs for Troubled Industries’ CEOs
Even as the Dow flirts with the 7,000s, not everyone is suffering. The Wall Street Journal today looks at CEOs in companies directly … more…
Bank Got Bailout, CEO Got Golden Parachute
The South Financial Group, South Carolina's largest bank, announced earlier this week that it had been approved to receive $347 milli … more…
Bailout Docs Still Redacted
In October, we noted that the U.S. Treasury Department had blacked out key details of contracts it awarded as part of its $700 billio … more…
Bailout II: Bail Harder
In order to keep tabs on how the Treasury Department is handling the $700 billion bailout, Congress split up the payments. The first … more…
July 02, 2009
Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street Aaron Lucchetti, Wall Street Journal ($), July 02, 2009
May 26, 2009
Wall Street’s Proposals Adopted in Treasury Overhaul Matthew Leising, Bloomberg, May 26, 2009
May 04, 2009
Banks, Hedge Funds Face Off Over Mortgage ‘Cramdown’ Noam Scheiber, The New Republic, May 04, 2009
April 15, 2009
Wall Street Sidesteps Visa Rules Robin Sidel, Wall Street Journal ($), April 15, 2009
March 27, 2009
In Depth: Wall Street’s Power Grab Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, March 27, 2009
March 25, 2009
FBI Is Speeding Up Some Financial Probes AP, March 25, 2009
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