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Huff TV: Arianna Talks About Bailout Anger On BBC's Newsnight

25 Oct 2009 13:14:49 PDT

Written by Huff TV
Arianna recently appeared on BBC's Newsnight to discuss the the economic crisis, the lack of reform, and the effects of the bailout on American society... Arianna recently appeared on BBC's Newsnight to discuss the the economic crisis, the lack of reform, and the effects of the bailout on A...

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Bernanke Guilty of Coercion and Market Manipulation

20 Oct 2009 07:42:11 PDT

Written by Michael Shedlock(noreply@blogger.com)
The case against Bernanke was weaker because of Bernanke's selective memory. When confronted by Congress with his role in this mess, Bernanke defense was that he did not remember what he said and Paulson called Bank of America a "Turd in the Punchbowl". Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Recap

Original story at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis . Related stories include: Good News For Modern Man: Congressional Bickering - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis , White House: "Banks Need To Stop Hoarding Money" - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

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September 20, 2008 (Saturday): A $700 Billion Rescue Plan; Debates Move Ahead

19 Sep 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Written by letters@smartmoney.com (SmartMoney.com)
I Want to Take You Higher Numbers are getting higher by the day when it comes to talk of a government bailout on the subprime crisis. The Bush administration lays out its plan, in three succinct pages, to bail out financial institutions. What it wants: $700 billion to buy up distressed mortga...

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September 19, 2008 (Friday): Mortgage Bailout Talks; Backstop for Money-Market Funds

18 Sep 2009 21:00:00 PDT

The Distress Test After a horrific week on Wall Street, the question in Washington seems to be: Can what you don’t know not hurt you? With fears that the U.S. economy is at a precipice, Bush administration officials go to Congress and ask for carte blanche in buying billions of dollars in dist...

Original story at Smartmoney.com .

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September 18, 2008 (Thursday): Bailout Buzz; Cracking Down on the Shorts

17 Sep 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Written by letters@smartmoney.com (SmartMoney.com)
Huge Government Bailout Envisioned on Mortgages Remember the Resolution Trust Corporation? The RTC was the government entity created to buy up government group assembled to take over assets from failed savings and loans in the early 1990s. Now it could serve as a model for a government b...

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NewStar Financial won't acquire Southern Commerce

19 Aug 2009 13:23:18 PDT

June 29th, 2009 Paulson to testify July 16 about BofA-Merrill dealWASHINGTON — Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will testify next month before a ... and more »

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Henry Paulson news and blogs - December 02, 2009

02 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Henry Paulson news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• North Korea and Currency Devaluations -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker
• The Dollar Meltdown: Book Review -- by Michael Shedlock(noreply@blogger.com) from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
• More Extortion By The Banks -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker
• Is The Press Waking Up? -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker
• More Arrogation Of Power? -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker
• Robert Scheer: Zooming In On the Year's Biggest Hoax -- by Robert Scheer from The Blog
• Janet Tavakoli: Warren Buffett's Wall Street War -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker
• Dylan Ratigan: Goldman Sachs' Black Magic, Here's How They Did It -- by Dylan Ratigan from The Blog
• Michael Moore's Wall St. Hit List: A Scorecard (On the Street) -- by letters@smartmoney.com (Megan Angelo) from SmartMoney.com
• HR1207 - "Audit The Fed" -- by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger) from The Market Ticker

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Paulson and Bernanke: Indictment Time?

22 Apr 2009 17:18:00 PDT

Written by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Department chief Henry Paulson pressured Bank of America Corp. to not discuss its increasingly troubled plan to buy Merrill Lynch & Co. -- a deal that later triggered a government bailout of BofA -- according to testimony by Ke...

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Podcast: President Bush Meets with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson - November 24, 2008

23 Nov 2008 21:00:00 PST

President Bush on Monday said, "The Secretary and I share the concerns of our citizens, concerns about jobs, concerns about their savings accounts. This is a tough situation for America. But we'll recover from it. And the first step to recovery is to safeguard our financial system."

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Ok Mr. Obama, Time To Choose

13 Nov 2008 05:28:00 PST

Written by nospam@example.com (Karl Denninger)
We are literally on the precipice of a full-on meltdown despite what the talking heads are saying. Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke came to you and the rest of Congress about a month ago and said they would "fix it" by buying up illiquid assets.

Original story at The Market Ticker .

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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:

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Henry Paulson has a brand-new plan

12 Nov 2008 00:03:00 PST

Written by Andrew Leonard
Furthermore, I think, as a nation, we're better off owning stock in the banks that we are injecting capital in, rather than owning toxic assets that are probably never going to be worth their original valuations. I can envision a future in which Citigroup and JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs end...

Original story at Salon .

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Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid Want Henry Paulson To Use Bailout Money For Auto Industry

09 Nov 2008 03:48:00 PST

The letter increases pressure on the administration of George W. Bush to take action as he prepares to hand power to president-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20. Obama said yesterday that policy options to help the industry will be a “high priority” for his transition team.

Original story at Say Anything .

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Leo W. Gerard: Paulson Deal Cheats American Taxpayers

30 Oct 2008 11:49:17 PDT

Written by Leo W. Gerard
Paulson cheated American taxpayers with his initial expenditure from that $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund -- the $125 billion he gave to nine financial institutions. Now Paulson is no rube. He's a former Goldman Sachs CEO, who has surrounded himself with former Goldman Sachs execu...

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Kevin Phillips: The New Hooverites

28 Oct 2008 10:07:38 PDT

Written by Kevin Phillips
The policies that Paulson and Bernanke did implement at such staggering cost have only begun to do their full long-term damage, which will probably come in a round of even more serious inflation. Kevin Phillips's new book is Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Cri...

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Talking with Paulson

16 Oct 2008 21:09:09 PDT

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Morning Brief: The bleeding goes on

16 Oct 2008 05:39:15 PDT

Written by Blake Hounshell
Broader economic recovery will not happen right away," cautioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a closely watched speech in New York. McCain especially hammered Obama on "Joe the plumber," a voter and small business owner the Democratic nominee met in Ohio.

Original story at Foreign Policy .

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Howard A. Rodman: Hank and the Swedish Model

12 Oct 2008 16:50:49 PDT

Written by Howard A. Rodman
When the world was about to cave in; when Hank Paulson assured us that the only way to keep the world from caving in was... Various members of Congress, for various reasons, balked. (Or, as Sarah would say: blinked.) And in reaction: the market tanked.

Original story at Huffington Post .

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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...

Original story at New York Observer .

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Fannie, Freddie, Ben, and the Dollar

09 Jul 2008 22:44:21 PDT

As banking and financial stocks lead the overall indexes down into bear-market territory, Fed head Ben Bernanke and Treasury man Henry Paulson are testifying today before Barney Frank’s House Financial Services Committee on ways and means to reform all manner of bank and securities d...

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Podcast: Chinese products safety fears

30 Jul 2007 00:09:32 PDT

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson visits China this week amid concerns over their exported goods.

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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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Podcast: Treasury chief opposes investor efforts to recover losses

21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT

WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that he personally initiated his departments role in a Supreme Court case that could hurt shareholders efforts to recover losses in securities fraud lawsuits.

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Ted Frank on Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

30 May 2007 23:54:53 PDT

Written by Steve Bainbridge
In the W$J, Ted explains why this securities fraud case pending before the US Supreme Court is of momentous import:Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called securities litigation the Achilles heel for our economy, endangering the global competitiveness of American financial market...

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Podcast: President Bush Participates in Swearing-In Ceremony for Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson - July 10, 2006

09 Jul 2006 22:00:00 PDT

President Bush on Monday said, "Hank comes to his position with a lifetime of experience in business and finance. He has an intimate knowledge of global markets. He will work to keep this economy of ours competitive and growing, and he will work to ensure fair treatment for America's goods a...

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Podcast: Mr. Risk Goes to Washington

01 Jun 2006 17:00:00 PDT

Investment bankers are making bigger bets with their own assets than ever before, gambling that huge returns will make up for losses when things turn ugly. BusinessWeek Executive Editor John Byrne and investment banking editor Emily Thornton talk about how the skills that Treasury Sec...

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