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I'm Sick of AIG »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 9 months, 1 week ago in News
This week has featured a lot of discussion on AIG. There is widespread outrage over the payments of bonuses to employees. There is finger-pointing and ...
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Bailed-Out Banks Charge Taxpayers Highest Fees in FDIC Sales »
Posted by: engineer 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America
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Corp. , recipients of $90 billion in bailout funds from American
taxpayers, are charging financial companies three times more to ...Read (411) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis | FlowingData »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If there's anything good that has come out of the financial crisis it ...
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At rescued banks, perks keep rolling »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
According to The Washington Post, the biggest financial firms in the United States increased perks and benefits for their chief executives by an average of ...
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U.S. Is Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts »
Posted by: engineer 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
The government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation's biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and ...
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Obama defends auto bailout at GM plant in Ohio »
Posted by: luvuobama2 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Obama took his economic recovery message on the road Tuesday, defending the controversial auto bailout during an appearance at a General Motors plant in ...
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Bailed-out firms spend millions on lobbying »
Posted by: pagey 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Top recipients of federal bailout money spent more than $10 million on political lobbying in the first three months of this year, including aggressive efforts ...
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Cheney Blames Obama for the Bailouts and Government Takeovers »
Posted by: capj71 7 months, 1 week ago in News
In a bit of outrageous distortion former vice president Dick Cheney said in an interview with Larry Kudlow that will air on CNBC tonight that ...
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Oklahoma Senator Coburn Takes the Bailout Bills to the Mat »
Posted by: btatman22 5 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
Tom Coburn, M.D. is an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior U.S ...
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Robert Reich: The Real Scandal of AIG »
Posted by: cosmogenium 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The real scandal of AIG isn't just that American taxpayers have so far committed $170 billion to the giant insurer because it is thought ...
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Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer »
Posted by: Nixie 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
This bailout was a terrible idea. Harvard economist explains why.
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Obama touts $1.8 billion'profit'on bailout - Washington Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
President Obama said Tuesday the bank bailout has so far been a pretty good deal because the federal government "turned a profit" of $1.8 ...
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U.S. wading deeper into banking industry »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 11 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
The Federal Reserve has cut rates to zero and flooded the financial system with money. Congress has spent $350 billion — and committed another $350 billion ...
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The feds must investigate AIG's fishy $12.9 billion payment to Goldman »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The AIG scandal is getting ever-more disturbing. Goldman Sachs' public conference call explaining its trading relationship and exposure with AIG established once again that Goldman ...
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U.S. May Convert Banks' Bailouts to Equity Share »
Posted by: engineer 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
President Obama’s top economic advisers have determined that they can shore up the nation’s banking system without having to ask Congress for more ...
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