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Opinion: Yves Smith: AIG Scandal: Fed as Chump or Fed as Crony?

28 Jan 2010 15:28:57 PST

Written by Yves Smith
2. They thought they had a better perspective on value than the banks themselves. This is staggering. They have NO idea how these deals are structured, no day-to-day involvement in the subprime, Alt-A, or commercial real estate markets. They are at a massive information disadvantage. The id...

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Opinion: Senator Merkley Makes The Case Against Bernanke

25 Jan 2010 15:16:08 PST

Written by Turkana
Last month, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was the sole Democrat on the Banking Committee to vote against reconfirming Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The good news is that more Democrats have come out to oppose Bernanke. The bad news is that more Democrats have come out in sup...

Original story at The Left Coaster .

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What were they thinking? Let's review

17 Dec 2009 09:30:43 PST

CBS News Bernie Madoff has been called many names. For one federal regulatory sleuth, he was ... "a wonderful storyteller." For years, the Securities and Exchange ... has released its top 10 mistakes of the decade. Here's a ...Waterbury Republican American all 133 news articles »

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Opinion: Ron Paul on Ben Bernanke as Time's Man of The Year: Not Evil Per Se, But Head of an Evil System

16 Dec 2009 11:49:09 PST

Written by Nick Gillespie
Via Andy Levy's Twitter feed and Polijam comes this clip of Rep. Ron Paul talking in Morning Joe about Fed head Helicopter Ben Bernanke being named as Man of The Year. “The big question is: has he used that power for good or for evil? And of course my side of the argument is the system is evil and th...

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Opinion: SEC Seeks Dismissal of Madoff Victims Negligence Suit

15 Dec 2009 08:37:24 PST

“The manner in which the SEC investigates suspected violations of the securities laws is grounded in policy and committed to the SEC's discretion by ... Carl Shapiro testifies in Madoff investigationBoston Herald SEC May Require Surprise Exams One Year After Madoff ArrestBloomberg

Original story at Bloomberg .

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Opinion: HarperCollins & Friends: In the Footsteps of Dinosaurs

13 Dec 2009 22:26:10 PST

Written by Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com)
And indeed it did—although certainly nothing like the English version of our journey to the heart of Berkshire Hathaway. Last year alone, 275,000 new books were published in the United States alone. (That’s 5,288 a week, for those of you who think you might want to write a book some day.)

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Opinion: Sen. Ted Kaufman: Breaking Wall Street's Boom, Bailout Cycle

06 Nov 2009 09:35:15 PST

Written by Sen. Ted Kaufman
Congress and the SEC have not enacted any reforms. And the American people remain at risk of another financial debacle. Mr. President, we must never let this happen again. Mr. President, I rise today because I am deeply concerned that just over one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a f...

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Opinion: Bank Pay: Fed Proposes Guidelines On Compensation For The First Time

22 Oct 2009 11:44:08 PDT

Written by The Huffington Post News Team
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve for the first time would police banks' pay policies to ensure they don't encourage employees to take reckless gambles like... WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve for the first time would police banks' pay policies to ensure they don't encourage employees to t...

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Opinion: Ellen Brown: Reviving the Local Economy With Publicly-Owned Banks

15 Oct 2009 12:23:15 PDT

Written by Ellen Brown
Despite trillions of dollars in bailout money, bank loans fell to their lowest rate since the onset of the Great Depression. Now that the Fed has done all they can, is it time for the states to step in? The credit crunch is getting worse on Main Street, despite a Wall Street bailout that now mea...

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Opinion: Ellen Brown: Reviving the Local Economy With Publicly-Owned Banks

15 Oct 2009 12:23:15 PDT

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Opinion: SEC Rulemaking – Advancing the Law to Protect Investors

10 Oct 2009 08:07:47 PDT

Written by Elisse Walter, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
5] Securities Act Release No. 6711 (April 17, 1987), Concept Release on Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, 52 FR 13715 quoting Securities Act Release No. 6711, Securities Act Release No. 6711 (April 24, 1987) [ 52 FR 13715]., at 13717.

Original story at The Doc Searls Weblog .

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Opinion: Storm Clouds Gather over Director Elections

25 Sep 2009 14:46:21 PDT

Written by Francis H. Byrd, Managing Director and Corporate Governance Advisory Practice Co-Leader, The Altman Group,
• Companies mailing proxy material using the traditional full-set method will experience a drop of 20.6% of shares outstanding. • Companies that adopt a full Notice & Access mailing approach will see their director vote drop by 25.9% of shares outstanding.

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Opinion: Nathan Lewis: The GS-Files 2: Stuffing the Taxpayer

23 Jul 2009 14:33:22 PDT

Written by Nathan Lewis
Another way has been through the Federal Reserve, via the alphabet soup of "lending facilities" which basically amount to the Fed trading cash for what is potentially garbage: the TAF, TSLF, PDCF, AMLF, CPFF, and MMIFF. Unless I am mistaken, this takes the trash off the balance sheets of t...

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Opinion: Capital Sources

17 Jun 2009 12:12:31 PDT

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s increase of deposit coverage to $250000 through 2013 has also made cds more attractive, he said. “As we've been knee-deep in this credit cycle in the US,, you have seen 300-plus banks now on the FDIC watch list,” ...

Original story at Miami Daily Business Review .

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Opinion: FDIC For Top Management Shake Up At Citi

08 Jun 2009 19:49:09 PDT

For instance, Mr. Pandit comes from investment-banking background, but the bank's current problems stem from troubled consumer loans. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is increasing pressure on Citigroup for a management shake-up. FDIC has even asked ...

Original story at Banking Business Review .

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Opinion: Robert Teitelman: Michael Lewis on Warren Buffett

19 May 2009 14:05:52 PDT

Written by Robert Teitelman
Michael Lewis has up at the New Republic a book review of Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business... Michael Lewis has up at the New Republic a book review of Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett...

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Opinion: Jimmy Buffett Pleases Parrotheads in Parodise

16 May 2009 11:37:59 PDT

AZ By Stephen Chilton in Concert Review Jimmy Buffet is a bizarre cultural force. His had-to-be-damn-close to sold out show at Cricket Wireless Pavilion was quite a spectacle to be seen. While it is hard not to be aware of the phenomenon that is Buffett ...

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Opinion: Willem Buiter: Treasury Will Have to Abandon Current Approach to Banks

16 Apr 2009 00:55:18 PDT

Written by Yves Smith(noreply@blogger.com)
There is just one way to make the US government’s policy towards the banks work. That is for the Congress to vote another $1.5 trillion worth of additional TARP money for the banks - $1 trillion to buy the remaining toxic assets off their balance sheets, and $0.5 trillion worth of additional ca...

Original story at naked capitalism .

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SEC reviewing Apple health disclosures on Steve Jobs: report

21 Jan 2009 08:21:10 PST

Ahhh this is the kind of thing the SEC does well. Madoff is too tough for em, but the health problems of a well liked tech stock president is just right for ... Will Steve Jobs Get the Madoff Treatment? Motley Fool SEC probes Apple over Steve Jobs disclosures BloggingStocks

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Opinion: The JPY has gained against the EUR

26 Nov 2008 00:50:17 PST

Written by info@varengold.de (Varengold Wertpapierhandelsbank AG)
Good morning from beautiful and cold Hamburg. The FOREX market started to get stronger after the surprising and important new announced government plan of the United States. However we hope for good news and wish you all the best in trading for today. Market review On Tuesday the U.S. Treasury...

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Opinion: Fed Watch: Misguided Policies

13 Nov 2008 00:24:00 PST

Written by Mark Thoma
15:30 *PAULSON SAYS MARKET TURMOIL WON'T ABATE UNTIL HOUSING REBOUNDS In a similar vein, we are seeing increasing interest in support consumer access to credit. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today announced that TARP is no longer about troubled assets:

Original story at Economist's View .

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Opinion: Call the G.O.P.’s Bailout Bluff

30 Sep 2008 14:28:40 PDT

Written by Joe Conason
The failure to pass bailout legislation reflected a political system as bereft of confidence as the financial markets. President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had no credibility to match the arrogance of their initial demand for absolute power in distributing $70...

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Opinion: SOX Silliness at HuffPo: US Capital Markets are Becoming Less Competitive

27 Jun 2007 11:35:18 PDT

Written by Steve Bainbridge
From the Journal:Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, concerned that regulators may not be best positioned to properly oversee fast-moving capital markets, said he is launching an internal review to recommend changes to the regulatory system. To maintain our capital markets' leaders...

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Opinion: Using Insider Trading Prosecutions for Political Cover

28 May 2007 15:19:55 PDT

Written by Steve Bainbridge
Via Peter Lattman:A big Bloomberg story puts Chris Cox on the hot seat, raising the issue of whether the SEC chairman is favoring corporations at the expense of investors. ... Said one investor-protection advocate: “There are certain actions they have...

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Opinion: Michael Moore Says He's Lawyered Up

18 May 2007 12:31:00 PDT

Written by Christopher Campbell
Filed under: Documentary, Independent, Cannes, Celebrities and Controversy, The Weinstein Co., Movie Marketing, Politics, Michael MooreThis weekend marks the world premiere of Michael Moore's SiCKO at the Cannes Film Festival, and while we wait for the feedback -- including a Cine...

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