Bailed-out banks misused funds to pay back TARP
Money intended for small-business lending was used by many community banks as a "TARP exit strategy"
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 2:47 PM UTCBusiness bailout, Financial Crisis, TARP
Financial Crisis
Business bailout, Financial Crisis, TARP
Former AIG chief pushes forward with lawsuit against government
Maurice Greenberg is arguing that the federal bailout that rescued the insurer was unconstitutional
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 6:38 PM UTCBusiness AIG, Financial Crisis, bailout
Holder: Banks too big to prosecute
The A.G.'s comment to the Senate Judiciary Committee points to structural problem with big banks
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 3:06 PM UTC 39Business Eric Holder, Too Big to Fail
“Empty suit” preacher sinks Indiana megachurch
Steve Munsey offered his flock eternal salvation. Now his Family Christian Center is facing foreclosure proceedings
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 4:47 PM UTC 20Business Religion Dispatches
Why I let Wall Street walk
Justice Department prosecutor Lanny Breuer gives an unapologetic exit interview to Dealbook
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 3:57 PM UTCBusiness Wall Street, Lanny Breuer
Wall Street wins again
The secret truth: There never was a “task force” dedicated to ferreting out mortgage fraud
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 5:26 PM UTC 15Business Eric Schneiderman, Barack Obama
Dow ends above 14,000 for first time since fall 2007
The rise was propelled by auto sales and optimism over jobs
Friday, Feb 1, 2013 9:40 PM UTCBusiness Dow JOnes, Stock Market
Nearly half of Americans on edge of financial disaster
A new report finds a large percentage of U.S. citizens are one financial blow away from poverty
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 8:47 PM UTCNews Poverty, cfed, Financial Crisis
Bank heist fantasies find an outlet
California artists run fantasy bank robbery contest pushing ideas about legality and justice after financial crisis
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 6:57 PM UTCNews Wall Street, Financial Crisis
Transcripts show Fed groping blindly in 2007
In mid-2007 officials voiced confidence that foreclosures would not lead to a financial crisis
Friday, Jan 18, 2013 7:35 PM UTCBusiness Foreclosure, Timothy Geithner
Consumer finance agency bids to stop predatory lending
A new rule forces lenders to take responsibility for their loans
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 5:02 PM UTCNews U.S. Economy, Housing
Facing backlash, AIG won’t join lawsuit against US
The bank declined to join former CEO Hank Greenberg's lawsuit over the bailout
Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 11:01 PM UTCNews From the Wires, AIG, Wall Street
How Elizabeth Warren saved taxpayers $1 billion
Elizabeth Warren's work keeping tabs on the bank bailout is a great argument for good government
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 4:15 PM UTC 16Politics Elizabeth Warren, TARP
U.S. sues Bank of America for mortgage fraud
The filing is the latest in recent series of government civil suits against Wall Street giants
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 4:55 PM UTCBusiness Bank of America, Mortgage Fraud
Goldman Sachs tell-all tells little
Greg Smith's "Why I Left" book shows a naive author and Wall Street misdeeds we know all too much about already VIDEO
Monday, Oct 22, 2012 2:21 PM UTCBusiness Securities, Greg Smith, FCIC
Rise of the celebrity economist
Markets are as unstable as during any point in American history -- and a select few have found a way to capitalize
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 11Elections Financial Crisis
JPMorgan suit is first for mortgage task force
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a complaint Monday against the bank
Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 12:38 PM UTCBusiness JP Morgan Chase, Housing bubble
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