Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, is answering quesitons in Congress today, defending his role in the Bank of America takeover of Merrill Lynch. BofA CEO Kenneth Lewis claims that Bernanke threatened to have him removed if the takeover deal fell apart, a claim...
""Taxpayers of this company are now supporting AIG, and they deserve at the very least to know how their money is being spent." Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General. " When word got out that AIG, the failed...
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Granddaughter of Bank of America founder A.P. Giannini, 75-year old Virginia Hammerness, chastised current bank executives as "idiots" and said her grandfather must be "rolling over in his grave" over the way they...
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Days after Merrill Lynch merged with Bank of America, Greg Fleming, Merrill's COO for more than 20 years, has announced his resignation. Fleming was one of the architects of the merger. Fleming will apparently...
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"When America woke up this Monday morning, the news that hit them is certainly something that one will not expect. Investment giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch were suffering from losses so huge that the...
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That is the view of James Kunstler in his most recent blog entry. Kunstler has been forecasting the current financial crisis for a long time now." We should be frightened...
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GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONCould government "targeting" of American citizens outside the bounds of the judicial system be one of the root causes of the Wall Street financial meltdown that threatens to devastate the global economy?Victims of so-called "organized gang...
Opinion Solarlife, Money talks politcs: "people" VIDEO Wall street bull fightInvestment banks go, Commercial bank returned as winnerBorrowed money for speculation against saving accounts for business...
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"NEW YORK - U.S. stocks headed for a lower open Tuesday, a day after Wall Street's worst day in years, as nervous investors awaited a decision from the Federal Reserve on interest rates. ...
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American International Group, Inc. (AIG), the insurer at the center of the troubled Wall Street financial system, is bailed out by New York State Governor Paterson, who directed a one-time lifting of state...
Robert Willumstad, chairman chief executive AIG, Quote: If AIG went down, a number of banks' balance sheets would be mullered - there would a dangerous risk to the stability of the global financial...
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NYU Professor, Nouriel Roubini called the sub prime collapse and more recently the Lehman collapse months before it happened. He speculated over the weekend what a failure of Lehman might mean. The...
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The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano 158 year old Lehman Brothers filed for chapter 11 Bankruptcy today with 60 billion in debts, and Bank of American has offered to...
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It's bloodbath in stock market everywhere. The meltdown started after one of biggest investment bank on the Wall street Merrill Lynch was bought over by Bank of America. Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street investment...
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