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When Wall Street Deals Resemble Casino Wagers
Why was Goldman, or any regulated bank, allowed to create and sell a product like the synthetic C.D.O. at the center of the government’s case?
April 19, 2010Imagine the Bailouts Are Working
The Treasury will probably earn a profit on Citigroup and could break even on A.I.G.
April 13, 2010Now to Explain the Party Favors
When Charles O. Prince III and Robert E. Rubin testify on Thursday about Citigroup, there is a chance to address a sense that on Wall Street, even big mistakes have no consequences.
April 6, 2010DEALBOOK; Extreme Makeover Wall Street Edition
A few months ago, Public Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm, quietly polled the American public about its highest-profile client, Goldman Sachs. Like those used in political campaigns, the poll was meant to offer Goldman empirical evidence -- the numbers bankers love to work with -- about the challenge it faces in battling widespread public resentment (and regulatory scrutiny) over the bailout of Wall Street and subsequent huge profits.
April 1, 2010The Issue of Liquidity Bubbles Up
The issue of how much money banks need to keep on hand is bound to be on the regulatory front-burner in the near future.
March 30, 2010Big Clients Keep Their Head Start
A judge’s recent decision could presage a larger effort by Wall Street banks to limit the distribution of news about their research.
March 23, 2010At Lehman, Watchdogs Saw It All
It appears that the federal government didn’t appreciate the significance of what it saw as it monitored the books and records of Lehman Brothers, or that officials blessed the company’s now-suspect accounting.
March 16, 2010So Where’s Consumer Protection?
Should a consumer protection agency have true independence, as many Democrats believe it should, so that it has real power to act on its own?
March 9, 2010Buffett Casts a Wary Eye on Bankers
In his annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett took a shot at Wall Street and the incentive system for corporate “advice” on deals.
March 2, 2010Duane Reade and Its Road to Health
Duane Reade is as much a story about selling milk and toothpaste at 2 a.m. as it is about Wall Street, financial engineering and shifts in the private equity industry.
February 23, 2010A Hand in a House of Cards
The failed legal pursuit of some intrepid investors is a lesson in how difficult it will be for those trying to punish ratings agencies, which played key roles in the financial crisis.
February 16, 2010Shareholders Deciding a Dividend
The dividend, which private equity firms routinely paid to themselves until the economy turned against them, is back.
February 9, 2010DEALBOOK; Bankers At Davos Seek Unity
The breakthrough did not come until early Saturday morning at a closed-door meeting here in the Swiss Alps.
February 2, 2010Still Needed: A Sheriff of Finance
Efforts to rein in the world financial system will be no better than parochial without a global authority.
January 26, 2010DEALBOOK COLUMN; Big, in Banks, Is in the Eye Of the Beholder
Can a bank be too big? That was one of the more interesting questions to come up during the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing last week, though it was largely lost in all the coverage of bank chiefs being interrogated about bonuses and conflicts of interest.
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