Entries tagged "Tarp"

Fed coup at BofA?

Did the Federal Reserve force a coup at BofA? If you read between the lines of a Wall Street Journal story, it seems to imply the Fed pressured the bank to make changes.

Parsing Feinberg's pay rationale

Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg's pay cuts may not be 'vindictive,' but his rationale may be dangerous.

What the government's done for Goldman lately

How has the government helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS)? Joe Nocera at the New York Times counts the ways.

AIG, others TARP scofflaws

The number of TARP recipients choosing to skip out on dividend payments ballooned in the third quarter to 34 from 19 in the second quarter.

Is Treasury protecting Morgan Stanley?

It seems one of the original nine TARP recipients that have subsequently paid back Treasury was near collapse last October. Do the May stress tests imply it was Morgan Stanley?

TARP watchdog says officials misled the public

The watchdog overseeing the bank bailout criticized the Treasury and Federal Reserve in a new report for some misleading public statements the agencies made last fall about the health of the biggest banks.

Frank to FDIC's Bair: Don't assess banks

Special assessment for banks is the 'wrong way' to go, says the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

Wells Fargo integration and TARP speculation

Wells Fargo is being appropriately mum on how and when it plans to eventually pay back it's $25 billion TARP loan.

FDIC picks asset manager for PPIP pilot

Residential Credit Solutions has been selected by the FDIC to manage receivership assets in the agency's pilot Legacy Loans Program, a part of the stalled Public-Private Investment Program.

Should the Treasury sell Citigroup shares yet?

It looks like Treasury may not have to wait too long before it sells its 34% stake in Citigroup.

Parsons says Citi will repay TARP eventually

Citigroup Chairman Richard Parsons has no doubt that the bank will be able to repay the $45 billion in bailout money, he just doesn't know when.

Goldman's Blankfein worries over pay

Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein advocates clawbacks and a ban on multiyear guaranteed pay packages.

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