Entries tagged "stress tests"

Geithner on 'too big to fail,' stress tests

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner shared his thoughts on giving regulators the tools to manage a wind-down of a large, systemically important financial institution.

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?

Allison, Warren together for the first time

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Herb Allison on Wednesday delivered his first public testimony since being confirmed June 19 to head the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

FSA, grudgingly, spells out stress tests

The regulator caves in to pressure from media outlets and politicians.

BofA scrambles for cash, raising $13.5B

Bank of America held a $13.5 billion stock sale priced at $10.77 per share.

FDIC's Bair: Time to fire some CEOs

Some bank chief executives will be replaced in the next couple of months, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair.

Washington Post passes the stress test

The Washington Post offers a better understanding of the stress test results than The Wall Street Journal.

Spinning the stress tests

The big day is here. The government's stress test results are due after market close, but so much has been leaked that people are already trying to make sense of it.

Senate OKs raising FDIC credit limit

With bank failures depleting the FDIC's account balance, the agency is likely to receive a larger credit line of $100 billion.

Can Ken Lewis survive the stress tests?

The latest leak says BofA will need $34 bilion after the stress tests. Will Ken Lewis be the first resignation Tim Geithner demands?

The weird science of stress test punditry

As the clock ticks to Thursday's pending release of bank stress test results, the commentary, laid down under a withering fire of projections and speculation, continues.

Will Citi, BofA have to raise capital?

The two banks are trying to convince regulators that the stress test results are incorrect ahead of Thursday's release of them.

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