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AP IMPACT: They warned us: US was told to 'expect foreclosures, expect horror stories'
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient...Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., U.S. Department of Treasury, Investments, Mortgages, Bankruptcy
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Obama announces economic advisory team
President-elect Barack Obama today announced the creation of an advisory team aimed at providing him with outside guidance on revitalizing the nation's troubled economy and calming its financial markets, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul...Tags: Financial Markets, Economic Policy, University of Chicago, Treaties, Federal Reserve
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Obama names Paul Volcker to lead economic advisory board
President-elect Barack Obama today announced the creation of an advisory team aimed at providing him with outside guidance on revitalizing the nation's troubled economy and calming its financial markets, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul...Tags: Financial Markets, Economic Policy, University of Chicago, Treaties, Federal Reserve
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Gotta Give Paulson Credit For Lend-Leash Policy
This week, somebody called my radio show and asked me what would happen if you took the $700 billion that was first authorized for the Wall Street bailout, divided it by the actual number of U.S. taxpayers and gave each one of us a share. Check my math...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Tennessee Williams, Vehicles, Periodicals, Henry Paulson
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Resurgent city raises its skyline and its profile
The new harborside Morgan Stanley building reminds me of just how much Baltimore invested in - and was changed by - the relaxed credit and available money of the past financial cycle. The highly visible structure now going up on an eastern tip of Fells...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Land Resources, Manhattan (New York City), Mount Vernon, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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From Second City, thoughts on humor in a post-Bush world
Tribune reporterWherever your politics may lie, one thing we can agree on: The Bush presidency was manna from heaven for comedians. At Second City, long known for political and social satire, the incoming Obama administration means wringing comedy from a seemingly dry...Tags: Richard M. Daley, The White House, The Daily Show (tv program), Second City, Bill Clinton
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Corporate welfare
Forget about some of the bailout billions being used for golf games, spas and bonuses, the Republican players have come up with the "real" guilty party. Yes, my friends, now the poor people caused the Wall Street collapse. Poor people should not own cars...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Calvin Coolidge
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Early review: Words the pols would just as soon forget
Spin CycleOn the eve of this political judgment day, reviews have already begun of what could have been done and what should or should not have been said. To begin honoring the wrapup of this longest-ever, costliest-ever national campaign, here's a......Tags: Hillary Clinton, David A. Paterson, Executive Branch, Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle
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October 26: Holday semantics, Greenspan's follies, sizing up the candidates
Daniel S. Hamilton; Eric A. Kopp; Michael Darling; Michael Ward; Harvey KarronNo holiday from controversy It is disappointing to hear that Fireworks by Grucci is pulling out of the Patchogue boat parade, but I am right behind the company on its decision ["Christmas controversy," News, Oct. 23]. We are slowly phasing out...Tags: Abortion, Schools, Sarah Palin, Periodicals, Massacres
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Enemy is our government
Alan Greenspan claimed that he is not a traitor, just ignorant. Someone once said, "We have met the enemy and they are us." While I commend Greenspan for his frankness, I am not happy that our government is our enemy. Even if the stock market goes way up,... -
Subprime meltdown culprits
As the cost of Wall Street's credit crisis has mounted, the hunt for villains has intensified and the accusations of fault have widened. At first the focus was on greedy profiteers among lenders and investment bankers, who were an easy (and deserving)...Tags: Personal Income, New Century Financial Corporation, Mortgages, Federal Reserve, National Government
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We're in filmmakers' debt for timely 'I.O.U.S.A.'
Documentary-maker Patrick Creadon and his producer wife, Christine O'Malley, use all the graphic dexterity and wit they mustered to make crossword puzzles enthralling in Wordplay to scare audiences into fiscal responsibility in I.O.U.S.A. Like the Indiana...Tags: Music, Amy Poehler, Al Gore, Warren Buffett, Cinema Industry
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