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The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Banker Pay Is a Huge Canard Banker pay has been a big focus lately, but it probably shouldn't be. |
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 June 9, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Payback Time Has Come Ten of the largest banks to receive TARP funds -- the taxpayer money associated with last fall's $700 billion bank bailout -- have been approved to repay the Treasury in full, plus interest. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 10, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bonuses Still Point of Contention for Obama The President continues to push for restrictions on bonus compensation for financial executives. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2009 Morgan Housel |
TARP's Next Victim: Small Banks Providing capital to banks that might simply feel left out of the party is tiptoeing dangerously close to socialized banking. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 |
Tim Geithner Is Starting to See Daylight Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt talks to the Treasury Secretary about TARP. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Fool Blog: Let's Audit Everyone in Washington Does anyone else find it borderline sociopathic that two of President Obama's 15 Cabinet selections -- as well as today's bonus revelation -- conveniently "discovered" tax issues upon being nominated? |
Finance & Development March 2010 |
Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bailouts Gone Astray Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has extended the $700 billion bank bailout known as TARP for another ten months because, "the recovery of our financial system remains incomplete." |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Banks Are Getting a Great Deal at Our Expense! The Treasury may be giving TARP recipients a sweet deal that will keep money out of taxpayers' pockets. |
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. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Pros and Cons of the New Bank Plan After a long wait, the details of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new plan to rid banks of toxic assets actually aren't half bad. Read on for the details. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Rich Smith |
Dump This Bank! U.S. government sheds Citi shares by the billions, but in baby steps. |
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 August 26, 2005 Beyers & Gardner |
Don't Invest Like a Banker Bankers eschew risk and put safety over returns. Conversely, the investor manages risk by understanding the market, competitive advantage, and the opportunities for a stock they're interested in. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 21, 2009 Katherine Burger |
Herbert Allison Confirmed as Department of Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Former Fannie Mae and TIAA-CREF CEO's responsibilities include overseeing TARP. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 |
The Pay Czar on His Shrinking Empire Diane Brady talks to the Obama Administration's compensation czar Ken Feinberg |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Will This Plan Save the Banks? Treasury Secretary Geithner discloses revamped government plans -- or lack thereof. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Tim Geithner, This Mess Is Yours What do you think about the new treasury pick? |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Maria Bartiromo |
Treasury's Geithner on the State of the Economy Maria Bartiromo talks to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the current state of the economy. |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
We Just Got Mugged Again. And Again. We're all getting mugged by the TARP program, again and again -- and it all gets a little scarier with every passing day. Get the ice packs ready for your aching head and your bleeding wallet -- and those of your descendants. |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2004 Roy Lewis |
It's Always Tax Time Make next April less taxing. Plan your taxes throughout the year. |
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? |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
I Was an Evil Investment Banker Wall Street bonuses have run afoul of the government. Should Uncle Sam step in and regulate? |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines. |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2009 Jane Sasseen |
Geithner's Plan to Overhaul Executive Pay If history is any guide, Treasury's push to rein in financial-industry compensation will only create more loopholes. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 Avishek Mishra |
Should Wall Street Bonuses Be Scrapped? Banks walk a tightrope as SEC proposes regulatory oversight over executive bonuses. |
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. |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2010 Rich Smith |
Keep Dumping This Bank! The U.S. bides its time when selling Citi shares. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
AIG Bonus Outrage Is Bogus Don't buy the government's surprised anger at the AIG exec bonuses. |
U.S. Banker April 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Compensation Conundrum Healthy banks that agreed to take money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program are beginning to rue their decision. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Rob Garver |
What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all. |
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 August 30, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Wall Street's Unemployment Machine Wall Street gets a strong taste of what Main Street has been dealing with for years. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2009 Nick Kapur |
The Most Terrifying Part of the AIG Mess Shame the bankers at AIG who refuse to return money that is legally theirs, but not rightfully theirs. But I seriously advise our government not to attempt to redefine its own role, for I suspect we'll long regret it. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2009 Theo Francis |
Banks: Good News--and Bad Assets Despite a comeback on Wall Street, the heaps of toxic debt aren't going anywhere. Be warned: Banking losses will be playing out for years |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Taxing Opportunity Cabinet nominees' flawed filing fallout may benefit tax-prep firms. |
AskMen.com February 18, 2001 Luis Rodrigues |
Tax Season: This Year, Get a Refund Should you hire someone to do your taxes? |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Obama's Pick for Treasury Secretary Who should President-elect Obama pick as Treasury Secretary? Should JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon get the nod? Should Obama stick with current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson? This video discusses this question. |
CFO February 1, 2011 Vincent Ryan |
Help for Small Business? Will community bankers tap a $30 billion fund intended to get capital flowing to small businesses? |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Bank Execs Forgo Bonuses, but Does It Matter? Goldman Sachs announces that seven of its top executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will forgo bonuses this year. Expect others to follow. |
U.S. Banker March 2011 Barbara A. Rehm |
Washington, We Have a Problem Bankers all over the country have the same complaints: Examiners are making increasingly tougher demands requiring corrective action on unreasonably tight deadlines. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
An Ingenious Way to Pay Bankers Credit Suisse Group has found an ingenious way to solve the problem of high-paid employees with no accountability for company performance: pay yearly bonuses to top bankers not with cash, but with the same leveraged loans and commercial mortgage-backed debt that have crushed the financial system. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom. |
Reason May 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Data: State Squeeze A study finds state and local taxes on business - including property, sales, and corporate income taxes - growing at an accelerating rate. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 17, 2009 Katherine Burger |
U.S. Treasury Adopts Open Source Strategy to Drive Electronic Tax Payments The Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service is publishing the full specification for a free, real-time Web services interface for its Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. |