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CFO October 1, 2008 Stephen Taub |
Can Ex-CFOs Save Freddie & Fannie? Freddie's new Boss, Herbert Allison, once headed finance for Merrill Lynch before becoming CEO of TIAA-CREF. Fannie pins its hopes on David Moffett, former U.S. Bancorp CFO. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 11, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
TARP May Need Tech Vendors: Kashkari Intimates A technology system may automatically decide which of thousands of banks applying for direct government funding from the bailout fund get it. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Kiss the Global Financial System Goodbye? China is by far the largest foreign investor in U.S. long-term agency debt. These days, the Chinese are fretting over Fannie and Freddie. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Christie & Katz |
GM IPO: A Good Day for Obama's Auto Bankers GM's initial stock offering was a nail-biter for the two U.S. Treasury officials who were the architects of the deal |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Goldman Sachs vs. the Tax Man Earth to Goldman: No one likes you. |
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Robert Schmidt |
Living Nicely Off the Crumbs of TARP Private companies also benefited from the financial bailout. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 24, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Geithner Says 'World is Watching' as U.S. Crafts Economic Recovery Plans Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says reestablishing the right balance between stability and efficiency in the economic system is the government's obligation. |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The Air Comes out of Financial Stocks Geez ... it was about time. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Emily Thornton |
TIAA-CREF: Moving Out of the Ivory Tower A new boss is overhauling the pension fund giant. Will it remain a shareholder activist? |
Bank Systems & Technology November 21, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
TARP Can't Stanch Financial Crisis, Experts Say Experts agree that the U.S. government's $700 billion bank bailout program is insufficient to spur lending because banks still have far from an optimal balance of debts to assets. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Treasury on Regulatory Failure and "Too Big to Fail" The Treasury Department answers questions on the new regulations and big banking. Part two of a three-part interview. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 |
Hits and Has-Beens Beth Mooney was named incoming CEO and chairman of KeyCorp... Michael Barr stepped down as the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for financial institutions... David Johnson, Fannie Mae's CFO, was set to step down... etc. |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Theo Francis |
Creating a Bank to Take on Toxic Assets Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proposes, a "bad bank" to buy up some of the toxic securities weighing down financial institutions. Here's one way the approach could be structured. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner: Champs or Chumps? It's been a year since the financial markets went splat. Have government officials succeeded in combating the collapse? |
U.S. Banker November 2010 |
Hits and Has-Beens Executive Changes: U.S. investment banker Bob Diamond named CEO of Barclays... Citigroup hires Jud Linville as CEO of Citi Cards... Former Fannie Mae president Herb Allison is stepping down after two years as head of the Troubled Asset Relief Program... more... |
Bank Systems & Technology June 18, 2009 Katherine Burger |
Can Trust Be Rebuilt in the Financial Services Industry? The Obama Administration's new proposals for financial services regulation aim to rebuild trust within the industry, and between banks and the public. That may be easier said than done. |
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. |
Reason January 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Fannie Business An investigation by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight found that Fannie Mae systematically misapplied generally accepted accounting practices and manipulated earnings reports to maintain an aura of stability. |
Investment Advisor October 2007 |
Group Think The Social Investment Forum and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility launched a Web site... The Financial Planning Association will celebrate the sixth annual Financial Planning Week... etc. |
Registered Rep. January 15, 2010 David A. Geracioti |
Obama's Bank Tax Is Onerous, but "Banks Are Creative" Is taxing banker's bonuses and increasing taxes for financial institutions really necessary? |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
GAO to Paulson: Get Your TARP in Order The Government Accountability Office chides the Treasury Department for failing to address a number of key issues with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program. |
Registered Rep. July 24, 2008 |
Uncle Sam: Give Us A New Bubble The debate about government's roll in the economy just got stoked big time, what with the recent news that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with taxpayer dollars. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann |
What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal? |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 |
Ask the U.S. Treasury: A Call for Fools' Questions Financial reform remains center-stage. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 9, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan |
Geithner Has Four Choices for Banks Tomorrow, WSJ Editor says. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is to unveil his bank plan tomorrow. |
U.S. Banker December 2008 |
Hank's Group Think The Troubled Asset Relief Program was supposed to purchase toxic securities from banks to stabilize their finances. But in short order, given the difficulty valuing those assets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and company switched gears and chose to take equity stakes in big banks. |
On Wall Street March 1, 2013 Lorie Konish |
Five Questions with Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky The former TARP inspector general discusses the financial crisis and suggests advisors need to look beyond government policies for the greater truths. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
Cheat on Your Taxes? Run the IRS! Inauguration Day hasn't even come yet, and we already find ourselves with Obama's first major presidential scandal. Timothy Geithner, the man Obama tapped as the next Treasury secretary, has reportedly cheated on his taxes. |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 |
Tim Geithner Is Starting to See Daylight Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt talks to the Treasury Secretary about TARP. |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie: 1 Year Later A look at the first shots fired in the financial meltdown, and where we go from here. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 |
More Service, Fewer Silos at TIAA-CREF CEO for nearly a year now, Herbert Allison explains the drastic market-focused changes he's making |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Woellert & Shenn |
Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie? The Administration is counting on the private sector to fill the gap in home lending if it trims the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Why Fannie and Freddie Were Doomed After a stunning week in which the government-sponsored enterprises saw nearly half their stock market value erased, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced three measures to reassure the market. But how did we get into this mess in the first place? |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Revealed: The $145 Billion Hole No One Noticed A U.S. company announced a first quarter net loss of $11.5 billion and a deficit in shareholders' equity of $145 billion, and the news went almost completely unnoticed. |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Geithner: Should He Stay or Should He Go? Geithner hasn't commented on whether he'd be willing to serve a second term as Treasury secretary. The question is whether he deserves one or not. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2009 Katherine Burger |
Fiserv Will Provide Fannie Mae with Real-time Data Transmission from Its Loan Servicing Platform Fannie Mae has engaged Fiserv in a technology partnership intended to help the agency gain more real-time information about its mortgage portfolio. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Paulson to Fannie and Freddie Investors: Drop Dead The Treasury secretary's plans to nationalize Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will wipe out investors. |
U.S. Banker February 2009 Michael Sisk |
Looking Under the TARP Government oversight panels finally get up and running and take a closer look at the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program -- and aren't happy with what they see. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Conspiracy Watch: Goldman Spreads Its Tentacles Goldman Sachs' top financial institutions banker will take a temporary leave to advise Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on the banking crisis. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann |
Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity. |
InternetNews November 21, 2008 Paul Shread |
Dell Left Behind as Stocks Soar Dell and other computer companies had disappointing quarterly reports. This is a reminder of how tough things will be for the next Treasury secretary. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 James J. Green |
FPA Calls for Big Regulatory Reform in Treasury Letter In a long, comprehensive comment letter, the FPA told the Treasury Dept. that it agreed with Treasury's plans to review the current financial regulatory structure in the US. |
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. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Robert Schmidt |
The Treasury's New Research Office Wall Street is worried about how a new research office to be set up within Treasury will use its broad powers. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2008 |
The New Obama Economy Team Hailing from academia and government, several are battle-hardened, market-oriented veterans of international financial crises. |