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In scary times, looking to the God who gives a "sound mind"
February 08th, 201008:47 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeHere is an interesting tidbit from former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's new book, On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System. Back in my temporary office on the 13th floor, a jolt of fear suddenly overcame me as I thought of what lay ahead of us. Lehman was as good as dead, and AIG's problems were spi... -
Homebuyer tax credit
October 26th, 200908:58 AM ETBy Mark BillerLast week, I came across an article about the effort to extend and expand the Homebuyer Tax Credit. I hadn't been paying much attention to this particular effort, but in a nutshell, the idea is to extend it beyond Nov. 30, when the original is due to expire. It would be expanded by making it a $15,000 tax credit rather than $8,000 and by making it ... -
A year ago...
September 16th, 200910:05 AM ETBy Mark BillerYesterday marked the unhappy anniversary of the slide into financial panic. While the financial landscape may not be in great shape today, I think most would agree that things could be a whole lot worse. In fact, I'd guess that if we had taken a reader survey 50 weeks ago, many/most probably would have expected conditions to be worse today than t... -
Government up 40% on Citi share conversion
September 04th, 200912:03 PM ETBy Mark BillerSince we're occasionally accused of running hit-and-run negative news items that inflame blood pressure with no obvious "action steps" attached, here's a random bit of good news to help balance the scales. Citigroup Shares: Treasury is up Almost $10 Billion Since Conversion: UBS analysts figure that Geithner & Co. are currently in the money t... -
The next bailout
August 24th, 200908:29 AM ETBy Mark BillerFortune's senior editor at large, Allan Sloan, says the next government bailout will be for a familiar program: Social Security. And if you thought AIG was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. Many people have painted grim portraits of this program's future. Few have ever made the case that it could go cash-flow negative as early as this year. ... -
Government earns 23% on Goldman bailout
July 30th, 200911:20 AM ETBy Mark BillerWay back in September when the first TARP bailout was being considered, amidst the noise and debate, a few voices could be heard saying that, if structured properly, the government might not get fleeced when all was said and done. That will probably end up being optimistic in the final overall analysis, but last week's news about Goldman Sachs... -
The things that aren't yet happening - and why
June 05th, 200909:33 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeThis week's de facto nationalization of General Motors is part of a growing chain of government actions giving pause to business decision-makers and long-term investors. In a Forbes column (written before GM's announcement), Thomas F. Cooley, dean of the Stern School of Business at New York University, says government overreach is to bla...
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