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John Rossomando The Daily Caller 10/10/2011 Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush. In 2008, Wall Street’s largesse accounted for […] October 10th, 2011 | Tags: Bank of America, Citigroup, credibility, hypocrisy, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Sen. Chuck Schumer, UBS AG, Wall Street | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, fundraising, Goldman Sachs, lobbyists, Politicians | Comments are closed
Timothy P. Carney Washington Examiner 8/31/2011 Tim Geithner’s deputy, Alan Krueger, is a fitting pick to lead President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers — which is to say he believes in the same noxious collusion of Big Business and Big Government that has dominated the Obama administration’s economic policy. The Wall Street bailout, cash for […] September 24th, 2011 | Tags: Alan Krueger, Bank of American, Build America Bonds, Citigroup, Council of Economic Advisers, crony capitalism, Evergreen Solar Inc., federal subsidies, General Electric, infrastructure bank, John Maynard Keynes, JP Morgan, Obamanomics, Solyndra Inc., Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner | Category: "Stimulus" program, Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Cash for Clunkers, Federal spending, Goldman Sachs, legislation, TARP, Taxes, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Zeke Miller Business Insider 9/15/2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind reports that at the height of the financial crisis, President Barack Obama ordered Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to devise a plan to dissolve Citigroup — a directive his subordinate ignored, the Associated Press reports. The revelation, included in Suskind’s forthcoming book on the Obama administration’s […] September 16th, 2011 | Tags: bureaucracy, Citigroup, Ron Suskind, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Books/media, Economy, Politics, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Marcy Gordon Associated Press via HamptonRoads.com 9/13/2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest U.S. banks will be required to show regulators how they would break up and sell off their assets if they are in danger of failing. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted 3-0 Tuesday to approve the rules, which were mandated under the financial […] September 13th, 2011 | Tags: Bank of America, Citigroup, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, JP Morgan Chase, living will, Wall Street, Warren Buffett | Category: banking regulations, Congress, FDIC, federal regulations, Goldman Sachs | Comments are closed
Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz Bloomberg 8/21/2011 Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits. By 2008, the housing market’s collapse forced those […] August 21st, 2011 | Tags: Bank of America, Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, Dexia SA, Dodd-Frank, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS | Category: Banking and finance, Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs, TARP, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider 3/1/2011 From Citigroup, a useful map of what’s going on in every North African and Middle Eastern country. [This map] was published yesterday, and it may not be up to date on the evolving situation in Saudi Arabia. Click to enlarge: […] March 1st, 2011 | Tags: Citigroup, map, Saudi Arabia | Category: Africa, Glenn Beck, Middle East, Politics, religion | Comments are closed
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