Mayor Bloomberg Loves Richard Fuld and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It
No one criticized him when things were going well, the mayor says, so no one should criticize him now.
Posted 04/14/09 in Daily Intel
White Men With Money
Herb Allison to Replace Neel Kashkari As TARP Chief?
This longtime Merrill Lynch executive knows from bailouts.
Posted 04/13/09 in Daily Intel
Awkward
Posted 04/09/09 in Daily Intel
He's Just Jealous
Meredith Whitney Is Not ‘That Great,’ Okay?
"Before we douse her with more champagne, put her on TV with Charlie Rose and hand over the keys to the Treasury Department, it might be worth taking another look at what really happened."
Posted 04/07/09 in Daily Intel
Scenes From a Meltdown
Are We Solving the Financial Crisis the Same Way We Got Into It?
There's a lot of fake money floating around again.
Posted 04/07/09 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Know Your Tall, Bald Bailout Officials
Former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson packed the department with clones of himself. Here's our guide to who's who.
Posted 04/06/09 in Daily Intel
White Men With Money
R. Allen Stanford Cries About Flying Commercial, Threatens to Punch Charlie Gibson
"They make you take your shoes off and everything — it's terrible," the suspected Ponzi schemer complains.
Posted 04/03/09 in Daily Intel
The Benjamin Button Economy
Unemployment Hits Highest Levels Since 1983
The unemployment rate hit 8.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Posted 04/02/09 in Daily Intel
Imaginary Accounting
Posted 04/02/09 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Hank Paulson Sacrificed Himself for Us
The former assistant Treasury secretary for Economic Policy defends his boss's actions.
Posted 04/01/09 in Daily Intel
April Fool's Day
Outrage! AIG Executives on Another Retreat!
Sharpen your pitchforks, populace: We're going to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Posted 04/01/09 in Daily Intel
Precious Moments
Fairfield Greenwich Employee Tried to Cover Ass, Failed Spectacularly
"I need to show people who invested in Sigma that I was doing due diligence in what is the largest scam in financial history."
Posted 04/01/09 in Daily Intel
The Fabulous Noels
Madoff Feeder Fairfield Greenwich Group Charged With Fraud
A Massachusetts secretary has accused them of "flagrant and recurring misrepresentations."
Posted 03/31/09 in Daily Intel
Aggravated Internet Geeks
AIG Exec Responds to Critics: ‘About My Balls…’
The husband of last week's raging AIG wife fights back.
Posted 03/27/09 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Bankers Had a Beautiful Experience at White House
The bankers came away from their meeting with the president feeling "fabulous."
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