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Why the Fed saved AIG and not Lehman
Colin Barr 2010-09-09 01:18Why did the government save AIG after letting Lehman Brothers fail?Bill Thomas, the former congressman who is the vice chairman of the Financial Crisi...
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Stocks: The latest Fed bubble
財(cái)富中文網(wǎng) 2009-08-13 12:37Are the government programs supporting the financial sector reinflating global stock markets even as economies stumble?By Colin BarrThe Federal Reserv...
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Fed gets subpoena on BofA-Merrill deal
財(cái)富中文網(wǎng) 2009-06-11 12:32Legislators demand the Federal Reserve produce documents clarifying its role in Bank of America's decision to buy troubled broker Merrill Lynch.By Col...
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The Fed's dodgiest deals
Colin Barr 2010-12-04 02:20After Lehman Brothers failed, the Fed pulled out the stops – and took in some junk.Documents released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve detail how the ...
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Why there's no point in getting angry at the markets
Allan Sloan 2010-03-05 05:49By Allan SloanGet out your calendars, folks. It's time to celebrate -- or perhaps mourn -- the 10th anniversary of one of the epic financial events of...
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The AIG fiasco keeps getting worse
Colin Barr 2010-01-12 01:00By Colin BarrThe AIG bailout isn't going away, much as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner might like it to.The $180 billion fiasco was back in the news T...
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Naughty Lehman!
Stanley Bing 2010-03-18 12:47It’s very helpful to have a 2,200-page report, more than a year later, on what we knew already. To wit:Dick Fuld! You’re a BAD BOY!Former Lehman execu...
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國會期待AIG問題的答案
Colin Barr 2009-03-06 05:12美國國會聯(lián)合經(jīng)濟(jì)委員會主席要求美聯(lián)儲說明哪些交易伙伴從保險公司美國國際集團(tuán)的大規(guī)模緊急援助中獲得資金。作者：Colin Barr國會要求美聯(lián)儲（Fed）公布美國國際集團(tuán)（AIG）的交易伙伴——立法者想知道是誰侵吞了納稅人用來資助AIG的錢。周三，紐約州民主黨議員卡羅琳?馬洛尼（Carolyn Mal...
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Fed governor calls for summer rate hike
Colin Barr 2010-06-08 07:20Deficit hawk Tom Hoenig says the time to raise short-term interest rates is now.Hoenig (right), president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, ...
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AIG sells auto insurer for $2 billion
財(cái)富中文網(wǎng) 2009-04-17 10:57The deal is CEO Ed Liddy's biggest since he took over the troubled insurer. But the company still has a long way to go in order to pay back the govern...
