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Registered Rep. February 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai	News Roundup: Obama Spends to Save, Bernanke States the Obvious and AIG says, "Help," Again. Someone should let the stock market in on the secret to economic recovery; investors clearly haven't been too psyched about Treasury's plan.
Bank Systems & Technology January 20, 2010 Penny Crosman	BofA Repays TARP, Shareholders Lose Lending is up and the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch appears to be more of an asset than a liability, based on the bank's fourth quarter results.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008	AIG Saved; Biz As Usual For Its B/Ds The government bailed out AIG from near failure with a two-year loan of $85 million in exchange for a nearly 80-percent stake in the company.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank of America's Big, Fat, Gaping Hole Already widely expected to be short on capital, the hole blown in the side of B of A's balance sheet now appears bigger than many expected.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	Is Bank of America the Next to Crumble? While comparing B of A to Citigroup is hardly apples to apples, the trend is the same: Banks with dangerously low tangible common equity ratios must raise common capital lest even moderate future losses wipe out shareholders.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009	On the Dole Bank of America, which agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in September, has been a prime beneficiary of the bailout.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Kristen French	The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients.
Registered Rep. September 16, 2008	AIG Needs Cash; Who Will Buy Its B/Ds? The $20 billion loan AIG was allowed to borrow against itself yesterday didn't have much of an impact after S&P, Moody's and Fitch cuts its credit ratings.
Registered Rep. October 28, 2008 Halah Touryalai	AIG B/Ds Looking for a New Home. Any Takers? Now that its parent has announced plans to sell off portions of itself, the AIG Advisor Group is looking for a new home.
BusinessWeek September 30, 2010 Rebecca Christie	TARP Didn't Bust the Bank The much-maligned bailout program made money on most Wall Street investments and cost less than expected.
U.S. Banker October 2008 Joseph Rosta	Another Sad Quarter The march of losses and significantly lower earnings commenced last week, with Citigroup reporting a $2.8-billion net loss, and Merrill Lynch -- soon to join Bank of America -- lugging a loss on continuing operations of $5.1 billion.
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Robert Schmidt	Brush Up Your Beltway-Speak Acronyms are everywhere in Washington. Here's a cheat-sheet to help decipher them.
Registered Rep. September 15, 2008	AIG Stays Afloat -- For Now The firm has been allowed to lend itself $20 billion for daily operations by borrowing against its own assets. In the meantime, the Fed has hired Morgan Stanley to help it assess its options for keeping AIG afloat.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2009 Kristen French	News Roundup: Dow opens under 7,000... AIG, Citi Get new bailouts... Pandit profiled... Baker says US today equals Japan in 90s...
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Unravels Partial nationalization of the struggling bank becomes reality, but it's not nearly enough to stop the bleeding. Here's why.
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010	Book Excerpt: Roger Lowenstein's "The End of Wall Street" The Street isn't dead - but a certain laissez-faire idea of it is. So argues Lowenstein in his new book.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Russ Krull	The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments.
Registered Rep. August 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai	AIG Advisor Group NOT For Sale, New CEO Says After almost a year of looking for the right buyer, AIG's broker/dealer reps were told that they would not be sold.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank of America Needs a Regime Change After news of a $2.39 billion quarterly loss and the announcement that dividends are all but history Bank of America investors now have sincere reasons to question the capability of CEO Ken Lewis.
Registered Rep. January 16, 2009	Citi's Global Wealth Mgt Unit: Retail Clients Flee; Merrill Drags Down Everybody knows that Citigroup announced yesterday it was putting itself out of its misery. The failing bank had a whopping $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss, capping off a horrific year.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Cindy Johnson	How Will Banks Make Money for Real? Declining loan losses are a large but unsustainable source of bank profits.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Long, Slow, Death of Citigroup What the latest attempt to save the beleaguered bank means for the company, the market, and you.
Registered Rep. October 17, 2008	Merrill Posts $5.2 Billion Loss, Fifth In A Row Merrill Lynch reports its fifth straight quarterly loss, including a whopping $13.5 billion in mortgage-related asset write-downs, bringing the firm's sub-prime related losses/write-downs total to more than $65 billion.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Morgan Housel	4 Things Obama Can Do to Help the Economy The new administration is already up to their ears in suggestions, but here are four more changes and ideas that should be considered to bolster the economy for the long term.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2009 Halah Touryalai	No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	AIG Advisor Group Sale Is Close The AIG Advisor Group may finally have found a buyer after nine months of operating in limbo.
Registered Rep. September 6, 2011 Kristen French	Updated: Bank of America Spins Off Krawcheck, Not Merrill, FAs Unhappy Two years after hiring her, Bank of America is giving the heave-ho to Sallie Krawcheck, head of global wealth and investment management.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 David Henry	The Government's $56 billion Gift to Banks Citigroup and others may have paid back TARP -- but they're still benefiting from record low rates.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Conspiracy at Bank of America? News breaks that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was supposedly strong-armed by the government to keep mum on the losses at Merrill Lynch.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	Was Bank of America Forced to Buy Merrill? Two key questions that investors want to know the answers to are when those seemingly "unexpected" Merrill losses came to light, and why the deal was still consummated after they were discovered.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2010 Morgan Housel	Great News for Banks Another round of stress tests, and it's good news this time.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	At AIG, History Hideously Repeats AIG, the world's largest insurer, posts its second straight record quarterly loss, caused by a massive writedown of derivatives exposed to bad mortgage investments.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier	The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan	Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress.
Registered Rep. May 7, 2009 David A. Geracioti	10 Banks Need More Equity; MS To Raise Money To Close Smith Barney Deal The government releases its much-anticipated and much-leaked bad-bank, good-bank report. Here are the highlights.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	Citi: Yes, It Got Worse Citigroup's write-off was smaller than expected, but the stock got punished. What gives?
CFO March 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan	The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely.
On Wall Street November 1, 2008 Frances A. McMorris	Wall Street's Trillion Dollar Nightmare From bankruptcies to bailouts, the brokerage business changed overnight, but this uncertainty and pain may give way to opportunity. The question is: how soon?
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Morgan Housel	Does Ben Bernanke Hate Bank of America? Did Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke unlawfully railroad Bank of America into buying Merrill Lynch? Some say yes and now point to documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as evidence.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Christopher Barker	$8.6 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total potential outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context.
Registered Rep. April 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Chuck Prince: Smith Barney Goin' Nowhere Citigroup's CEO has been at the center of company news recently with his plans to cut costs including last week's announcement of about 17,000 job cuts. That cut may affect over 100 Smith Barney employees and about 30 advisors.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Christopher Barker	The Worst Stocks for 2010: Bank of America B of A earns no Bs nor As from this tough-grading commentator.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Christopher Barker	$10.2 Trillion? A Mere Drop in the Bucket The tally zooms out to include monies under serious consideration for future outlays.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	Mother Merrill Blows Her Top Merrill Lynch decides to dump more than $30 billion in mortgage-related assets in a move to rid itself of as many sickly holdings as possible.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Alex Dumortier	1 Year Later: Is AIG a Buy? The real opportunity behind AIG. (Hint: it's all about the business.)
Registered Rep. January 22, 2009	Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately.
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009	The Federal Dilemma Here's why it will be difficult for the Obama Administration to get banks to boost lending
Registered Rep. September 27, 2007 John Churchill	Merrill Earnings Forecast Dismal, Congress Investigating Rating Agencies With many peers already having taken it on the chin, analysts expect significant pain for Merrill too.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Morgan Housel	Pardon Me, George Soros Clearing up misconceptions about TARP.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	Where Did All the Bailout Money Go? Now that several banks have repaid taxpayers about $70 billion of the $700 billion bank bailout know as TARP, a common question is: "Great, now where's the other $630 billion?" The answer isn't as clear-cut as many may assume.