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By Michael Shedlock(noreply@blogger.com) We’re talking about the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, whose role as the most influential part of the federal-reserve system -- apart from the matter of AIG’s bailout -- deserves further congressional scrutiny. April 24, 2009: Let the Criminal Indictments Begin: Paulson, Bernanke,...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Larry Kudlow) The question now becomes how to unwind the AIG bailout. The big banks have de-TARPed. The issue of AIG secrecy, however, still remains. But that’s not Geithner’s issue. He wasn’t part of the secrecy; he was part of the solution. (Incidentally, former Treasury man Henry Paulson will join me on T...

Indeed, it is clear that the US government intended to liquidate AIG from the start, and it was so stated by then–Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson in ... and more »

Is Deregulation to Blame? The Claremont Institute (blog) Posner makes the same mistake that then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made last summer when he decided to bail out AIG. While most of the banks that ...

Globe and Mail AIG later receives more infusions of capital. Nov. 12: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson formally announces that the Treasury has decided not to use TARP ... Citi and Wells Fargo will repay US aidChattanooga Times Free Press all 1,259 news articles »

None other than Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and New York Federal Reserve Chairman Stephen Friedman, both former Goldman Sachs CEOs. ...

Henry Paulson, the US Treasury secretary as the financial crisis boiled last year, was a former Goldman chief executive. The US House of Representatives on ...

Henry Paulson, the US Treasury secretary as the financial crisis boiled last year, was a former Goldman chief executive. The US House of Representatives on ... Hal Scott questions systemic interconnectivityThe Daily Deal all 41 news articles »

Reuters which was formed in now-bygone days under the sponsorship of Henry Paulson before the deluge, offers up a provocative column in Friday's Wall Street ... Goldman Sachs played bigger role in AIG trades: reportReuters all 45 news articles »

Indian Express Wen was listed behind US regulators Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair and Alan Greenspan. Former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg also ... Chinese premier listed as one of 10 who shaped US economy since 2000Global Times

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought the office in April 2008, calling it one step in ensuring a situation similar to the AIG bailout does not ... and more »

Goldman Sachs Can't Fix Washington's Problem — and Ours [Nicole Gelinas] National Review Online (blog) the US Treasury [in the fall of 2008] to discuss the AIG bailout, the US Treasury secretary,” then Henry Paulson, “was the former chairman of Goldman. ... and more »

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The Fed and Treasury pushed Bank of America (BAC) to buy Merrill Lynch, and Henry Paulson, who was Treasury Secretary during the crisis, forced banks to ... Report targets Geithner, Bush over 'back-door' bailout of AIG creditorsChattahBox

By nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) Section 13(3) of The Federal Reserve Act allows The Fed to lend to anyone under "unusual and exigent circumstances."  But this was not a loan.  It was a pass-through payment to Goldman Sachs and other banks for credit-default swaps that were in fact functionally worthless, as AIG was func...

The Obama administration will get the opportunity to chose leaders for American International Group as Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy steps down. Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson chose Liddy in September to lead the troubled insurer. ...

AIG Called Criminal Scam Thank you Timmy, thank you Ben Bernanke, thank you Henry Paulson, thank you George Bush and thank you President Obama. If this is true every one of you needs to go to prison. After those of you still in your positions are impeached. ...

By nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) Thank you Timmy, thank you Ben Bernanke, thank you Henry Paulson, thank you George Bush and thank you President Obama. Distilled to one sentence: The bailout of AIG is equivalent to the US Taxpayer bailing out Madoff's admitted (and now convicted) Ponzi Scheme.

By Don McNay The outrage over the AIG bonuses has been a landmark for the American people. A lot of officials in Washington and on Wall Street would have been happy to let the bonuses be paid quietly. The current Treasury Secretary was for that idea.

By Blake Hounshell One thing we must recognize: Even with the new Treasury authorities, some financial institutions will fail," cautioned Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in comments alluding to the move. The news came as the U.S. Federal Reserve authorized hobbled insurance giant AIG to receive another...