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Citigroup still pays for ex-CEO's current assistant

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM]

Former Citigroup co-CEO John Reed is sorry that Citigroup has had to take so much financial aid. But he is not sorry that it still pays for the rent on
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Want a bailout? There's an iPhone app for that

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM]

Would you like a bailout? Are you a banker frustrated at politicians or a politician frustrated at bankers? Do you want to track the national debt? There's an iPhone app
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A closer look at AIG's earnings

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM]

American International Group reported a profit of $455 million in the third quarter, but it didn't hold a conference call.
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Bove foreshadowed 3 big bank failures

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 8:00 AM]

A year after analyst Richard Bove identified 24 troubled banks, he may be vindicated by the facts that seven of the 24 have failed, and 15 of the remaining have
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Agassi, overconfidence and the death of Wall St.

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 6:50 AM]

Is it possible that bankers acted with the same licentiousness as a celebrity sports star wilting under the pressure of public scrutiny and that's what caused the crisis?
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Why isn't AIG hosting an earnings call?

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 5:31 PM]

AIG will be releasing its third-quarter performance numbers on Friday, but it will not be participating in a question and answer session as most other major public firms do. Is
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Finance Layoffs: Citigroup, BofA and more

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 9:46 AM]

The latest reports and rumors of layoffs are at Bank of America, Halifax, Citigroup and Bryn Mawr Bank.
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Microsoft lays off startup pro Don Dodge

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 6:11 AM]

Microsoft's latest layoffs cut Don Dodge. A veteran of five startups himself, Dodge was the software giant's liaison to startups. In January, the company said it would eliminate 5,000 jobs
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BofA's Moynihan in hot water?

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM]

The New York Post reports BofA's Brian Moynihan was not a member of the bar when he offered legal advice for a little over a week during the bank's merger
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Citigroup, get a strategy already

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 8:00 AM]

There's been a lot of chatter about the future of Citigroup, which has driven the company's shares to a three-month low.
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Deal Stocks: BRK, BNI, SWK, BDK, GE, CIT, AIG, MS

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM]

A look at the news moving deal-related stocks including Royal Bank of Scotland, Berkshire Hathaway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
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Today in investment fraud: Stanford un-knighted

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 3:18 PM]

Sir Allen Stanford is to be stripped of his knighthood, and Madoff's longtime accountant, David Friehling, pleaded guilty to nine different counts, including fraud.
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