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February 9, 2012
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Scheming to Get Some Bailout Love
November 26, 2008 @ 09:43 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Two Reporters from WallStrip.com devise a way to get in on the bailout action.
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Citi and the truth about toxic assets (audio)
November 25, 2008 @ 10:28 AM | By Melanie Rodier
The Treasury has gone from wanting to buy toxic assets, to steering away from them, and now with the Citigroup bailout, back to TARP. Marketplace editor Kai Ryssdal talks to John Carney of Clusterstock.com about the truth behind the Treasury's decision to bailout Citigroup.
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OTC v Exchanges: a question of risk and regulations (video)
November 24, 2008 @ 15:04 PM | By Melanie Rodier
Credit default swaps have heightened market anxiety because they are conducted in the over-the-counter market where regulations are few and information about risk is often hidden. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how OTC markets work in this video.
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Day Traders React to Market Volatility
November 21, 2008 @ 14:26 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney
A number of times over the past few weeks, I've heard people say that the current markets aren't good for investing, but are actually great for trading. In fact, the insane volatility creates a perfect market for active traders.
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TGIF: Mortgage Meltdown Music Video; Bailout Beer
November 21, 2008 @ 07:53 AM | By Penny Crosman
Talented preteens put the mortgage crisis to music; Howe Sound Brewery launches Bailout Beer. Mortgage Meltdown, the Music Video
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Recruiters Look to LinkedIn to Fill Positions in Cap Markets
November 18, 2008 @ 14:45 PM | By Melanie Rodier
Recruiters confirm they are increasingly tapping into social networking sites such as LinkedIn to fill positions in the capital markets.
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The Overlooked Challenge of Data Security in an M&A
November 17, 2008 @ 17:06 PM | By Melanie Rodier
M&As in the financial industry have come fast and furious over the last couple months, each one raising multiple challenges for the companies involved. A vital, but easily overlooked one, is data security. When companies are in the midst of an M&A, how do they protect their customers' confidential data?
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Ideas for Getting By on $600,000 Per Year
November 17, 2008 @ 09:54 AM | By Penny Crosman
When we read this morning that Lloyd Blankfein and six other top executives at Goldman Sachs are going to forego their bonuses this year, receiving only their $600,000 salaries, we thought, "How are those poor kids going to make ends meet?"
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Regulators Place Hedge Funds on the Hot Seat
November 14, 2008 @ 08:03 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Hedge funds may see increased regulation in the future, as Congress is looking to act.
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TGIF: Should the Government Stop Dumping Money into A Giant Hole?
November 14, 2008 @ 08:02 AM | By Penny Crosman
The Onion presents a debate on the future of the government's enormous money hole; a trailer for a forthcoming movie about the bailout, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; and a look at the eery similarities between bailout math and Ma and Pa Kettle's financial ideas.
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Gartner Offers 11 Data Center Energy-Saving Tips
November 13, 2008 @ 17:22 PM | By Penny Crosman
Gartner has just released a list of 11 data center best practices that it says could save companies a million kilowatt hours. Some of the ideas, such as plugging holes in the floor, are obvious, but did you know that you can raise the temperature of your data center to 76 degrees without adversely affecting equipment? Or that a 20 percent reduction in fan speed yields electrical savings of approximately 49 percent? You can read the tips here.
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Why did Paulson Shift Bailout Focus? (video)
November 12, 2008 @ 16:06 PM | By Melanie Rodier
The Treasury realized it wasn't going to get bang for its buck, and it was going to be too complicated to do the auction procedure, say experts who discuss Paulson's decision in this MSNBC video.
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Deadline looms for bailout applications
November 12, 2008 @ 15:10 PM | By Melanie Rodier
The Treasury has about $80 billion remaining in capital injections for companies who apply to sell preferred stock to the government. Companies must submit their applications by Friday.
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Nine Percent Unemployment Rate Still On Track for 2009 (Unfortunately)
November 12, 2008 @ 13:31 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney
The U.S. will likely see nine percent unemployment in 2009.
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Michael Lewis Offers A Subprime Post-Mortem
November 12, 2008 @ 13:30 PM | By Penny Crosman
Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker, has written a fascinating profile of Wall Street, drawing on his three years working as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers in the 80s and interviews with research analysts and former Wall Street players, including a few who claim they saw the subprime crisis looming as early as 2004. He doesn't cover every aspect of Wall Street's current crisis (how could he in a nine-page story), but he offers an inside account of how firms allowed mortgage-related stuctured investments to mushroom and bring about devastating losses. Read Michael Lewis' profile of Wall Street.
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Financial firms change risk management practices (video)
November 11, 2008 @ 09:40 AM | By Melanie Rodier
S. Ramakrishnan, CEO of Reveleus and Mantas, Oracle, talks to WS&T about how risk management practices are already changing in light of the subprime crisis and economic turmoil.
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Private Bank Can Participate in TARP, Kashkari Says
November 11, 2008 @ 09:07 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Private banks can participate in the TARP and AIG's revised loan sets strict limitations on executive pay and the bonus pool.
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Financial Firms To Meet Treasury to Talk about Troubled Assets (audio)
November 10, 2008 @ 11:43 AM | By Melanie Rodier
Today, there's a big meeting between the Treasury and financial firms to talk about TARP, the government's program to buy troubled assets. The meeting comes as a survey find that financial players are so uncertain about how TARP would work, they aren't sure they want to participate. Here's more on this story in this Marketplace segment from American Public Media.
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Update on the Financial Crisis from Bird and Fortune
November 07, 2008 @ 07:23 AM | By Penny Crosman
British comedians John Bird and John Fortune resume their discussion of the credit crisis. Part 1:
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Wall Street Firms To Cut Additional 15% of Workforce
November 06, 2008 @ 09:20 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
In a year that has already seen thousands of layoffs on Wall Street, word is that most large firms are planning another round of cuts by year end.
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Rubin, Volcker, Summers and Geithner on Short List for Obama's Treasury Secretary (CNBC)
November 05, 2008 @ 17:07 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney
The short list for Treasury Secretary in Barack Obama's administration include Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner.
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Bernanke Talks Tough About Role of "Financial Engineering" in the Subprime Crisis
November 05, 2008 @ 14:11 PM | By Penny Crosman
In a speech at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke critiqued government-sponsored and private mortgage securitization and suggested possible solutions, including the covered bonds used by Europe's banks.
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Who Will President-Elect Obama Choose as Treasury Secretary?
November 05, 2008 @ 09:51 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Many expect Barack Obama's incoming administration will act quickly to name the next Treasury Secretary.
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Unknown Credit Default Data Could Inspire Regulators (audio)
November 04, 2008 @ 08:16 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
The value of all the credit default swaps (CDS) could be $40 trillion or $50 trillion -- nobody knows for sure, so regulators may be shocked into action
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Social Networking Sites Boom as Financial Crisis Worsens
November 03, 2008 @ 12:38 PM | By Melanie Rodier
Financial executives turn to social networking sites to share stories with industry colleagues about the financial crisis.
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