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Die Suche nach »Bear Stearns« hat 27 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 1 bis 10.

The biggest financial deception of the decade
US Promises Unlimited Financial Assistance to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac http://www.commondream s.org/headline/2009/12/25- 0 -------- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Just a Four-Letter Word? Dean Baker, Truthout:... ...
The myth of too big to fail
The American Prospect by Tim Fernholz 10/28/09 Amid last fall’s financial chaos, executives from Wachovia, at the time the fourth-largest commercial bank in the country, had bad news for their regulators:... ...
UK: “This is the worst recession for over 100 years”
Independent [UK] 02/10/09 In an extraordinary admission about the severity of the economic downturn, Ed Balls even predicted that its effects would still be felt 15 years from now. The Schools Secretary’s... ...
The Reckoning: Citigroup Pays for a Rush to Risk
Eric Dash and Julie Creswell, The New York Times: "Even as the first shock waves of the subprime mortgage crisis hit Bear Stearns in June 2007, Citigroup's top executives expressed few concerns about their... ...
Wall Street and Washington: How the Rules of the Game Have Changed
Steve Fraser, TomDispatch.com: "What is Washington to do as the financial system collapses? Clearly, stark differences in approach as well as in public policy have already emerged. Bail-out Bear Stearns... ...
After Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Falter
Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times: "In one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street’s history, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself on Sunday to Bank of America for roughly $50 billion to avert a deepening... ...
Large U.S. Bank Collapse Seen Ahead
By Jan Dahinten The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large U.S. bank will fail in the next few months as the world's biggest economy hits further troubles, former IMF chief economist... ...
Balance of Power Is Continuing to Shift From the US
It all reads like a chapter from a volume of Alternate History: China Investment Corporation acquiring a 10 per cent stake in Morgan Stanley. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority bailing out Citicorp. A... ...
Wanta Save the Economy? Give Workers a Raise
By Mike Whitney A specter is haunting Wall Street---the specter of insolvency. One major player, Bear Stearns, has already gone under, and from the looks of it, another may be on the way. It's getting... ...
Buddy, Can You Spare a Billion?
Dana Milbank, reporting for The Washington Post, writes: "Meet Alan Schwartz, welfare recipient. As the chief executive of Bear Stearns, he's getting rather more public assistance than your typical welfare... ...