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Thoughts & Comments
The Bank Blitz Memo: Cup Half-Full
In a world of weakening service levels, small gestures can have a bigger impact than you realize....
By
David Martin
,Posted 06/30/2009
The S.E.C.’s Proposed Rules For Money Market Funds: What A Joke.
The shadow banking system will not die...
By
Vernon Hill
,Posted 06/26/2009
Roubini: Recovery's On! No, It's Not!
Poor Dr. Doom. He can't turn positive even if he wanted to. ...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 06/24/2009
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The More Assets, The Higher The Minimum Capital Ratio
That’s the best way to keep banks from becoming too big to fail...
By
Vernon Hill
,Posted 06/18/2009
Stress Tests Not Stressful Enough? You've Got To Be Kidding
Implied loss rates in the stratosphere compared to other models and historical experience ...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 06/11/2009
TARP: Federal Bailout, or Sweet Deal for the Feds?
Strictly by the numbers, the latter...
By
Gary Townsend
,Posted 06/11/2009
Now That We've Survived Our Near-Death Experience . . .
. . . what we've learned...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 06/08/2009
News Headlines
New York Times:
Bank Fees Rise as Lenders Try to Offset Losses
Even now, after all those bailouts, banks never seem to tire of dipping a little deeper into ...
Bloomberg:
Ernst & Young’s Error ‘Shattered’ Superior Bank, Official Says
Ernst & Young LLP accountants assured Superior Bank executives the institution was financially healthy until jus ...
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Advanta customers to get restitution
Advanta Corp. will pay up to $35 million in restitution to customers for alleged violations of federal consumer-protection ...
Philadelphia Business Journal:
Harleysville National misses OCC deadline
Harleysville National Corp., parent company of Harleysville National Bank, said ...
New York Times:
F.D.I.C. to Issue Rules for Private Equity Deals
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to issue new rules that could make it slightly easier for private equity firms to buy failed banks, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Beazer to pay up in mortgage fraud case
Beazer Homes USA said Wednesday it has agreed to pay up to $55 million in restitution and expenses related to a mortgage fraud ...
San Jose Business Journal:
Banks ponder their stance on IOUs
If you believe your financial institution will stand behind California-issued IOUs, don’t bank on it — yet. ...
Washington Post:
Staffer at SEC Had Warned Of Madoff
Lawyer Raised Alarm, Then Was Pointed Elsewhere ...
New York Times:
Finding Debt a Bigger Hurdle Than Bar Exam
All his life, Robert Bowman wanted to be a lawyer. He overcame a troubled childhood, ...
New York Times:
Risk Cuts at Morgan May Lead to a Loss
Last year, after the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley made a decision that its biggest rivals ...
Los Angeles Times:
Credit card issuers are increasing rates, fees
Firms are doing so to beat the start of a law passed in May that restricts such moves. One member of Congress ...
New York Post:
TAKING NO CREDIT
Citigroup held preliminary talks to link its credit-card business to General Electric's credit-card shop, but passed ...
Miami Herald:
Lenders foreclose on a Related Group property in West Palm Beach
An investor group is taking control of a 420-unit West Palm Beach condo tower from the Miami-based Related Group. ...
A.P.:
Freddie Mac receives additional $6.1B from government
Battered mortgage giant Freddie Mac has received $6.1 billion in new funds from the Treasury ...
Boston Globe:
A steady hand for troubled Freddie
Charles “Ed’’ Haldeman Jr. keeps looking for bigger messes to clean up. Taking the helm of the embattled ...
Reuters:
BofA's asset management unit gets lukewarm bids
Bank of America Corp's (BAC.N) primary investment management unit is drawing lower than expected bids after its likeliest suitor, BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), inked a ...
Reuters:
Fannie, Freddie ease terms for mortgage refinance
The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded its foreclosure prevention efforts to help a greater ...
Reuters:
Treasury to name up to 9 managers for toxic-asset plan: source
The Treasury Department is expected to name as many as nine fund managers to operate the long-awaited Public-Private Investment ...
Charlotte Observer:
Merrill exec sounds bullish on future of BofA merger
After a 10-month span that saw the sale of the firm, some of the most tumultuous markets in generations and the departure of about ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
S&P's Bond-Rating Chief Moves On
Standard & Poor's is searching for a new executive to lead its bond-rating business, following an internal announcement that ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
No Deal Yet for AIG Investments Unit
Prolonged efforts to sell American International Group Inc.'s asset-management business have failed to produce ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
SEC Plan Aims to Better Foretell Risks
Public Companies Would Need to Reveal Pay Incentives With Material Impact ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street
Compensation on Track to Soar as Earnings Recover From Crisis; 'Like It's 2007 Again' ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
Fissures Appear at the New York Fed
The board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is packed with powerful executives. But the selection process leading ...
New York Post:
SINGH HANGS UP STANFORD LOGO
When it comes to supporting accused Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford, even his most ardent supporter ...
Kansas City Star:
Warren Buffett's money advice: Sleep on it
Multibillionaire Warren Buffett has the answer for the sleepless investor ...
Quick Takes
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DON'T TELL LIZ WARREN ABOUT THIS. IT WOULD MAKE HER HEAD EXPLODE.
Wow. This takes a special talent: All his life, Robert Bowman wanted to be a lawyer. He overcame a troubled childhood, a tragic accident that near...
Posted Today 11:44 AM By Matt Stichnoth
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SCHILLER ON HOME PRICES "STRIKING IMPROVEMENT." YES. HE REALLY SAID THAT.
Karl Case and Robert Schiller, commenting on the latest release of their home-price index, sound positively bouncy: Home prices saw a “striking im...
Posted 06/30/2009 1:48 PM By Matt Stichnoth
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WHO SAYS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CAN STAND SOME IMPROVING?
Oh, the good old days. In its story about the S.E.C.’s proposed new rules regarding disclosure of directors’ qualifications, Bloomberg reminds that O....
Posted 06/30/2009 11:56 AM By Matt Stichnoth
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THEN AGAIN, HOW BAD CAN IT BE IF A MAGAZINE CALLED
PRESTIGE
STILL WANTS AN INTERVIEW?
His Royal Highness Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal completes the mother of all round trips: The $590 million he invested in 1990, giving him a 5 perce...
Posted 06/30/2009 11:17 AM By Matt Stichnoth
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FROM SOUTHERN CALIF, SOME NON-COMPLETELY HOPELESS RESI REAL ESTATE NEWS
In April, home prices in Orange County, California fell by 12.5% from a year ago, according to First American CoreLogic. That’s the lowest rate of yea...
Posted 06/30/2009 11:04 AM By Matt Stichnoth
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THE ORACLE WEIGHS IN ON ECONOMY, FAMILY PLANNING
Warren Buffett sees no green shoots yet. Nor does he expect the stimulus package to turn around the economy on a dime. “You can’t produce a baby in on...
Posted 06/24/2009 3:41 PM By Matt Stichnoth
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INSTANT COLLECTIBLES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA . . . VIA ARGENTINA . . .
Grab ‘em now, while you still can. . . .
Posted 06/24/2009 2:40 PM By Matt Stichnoth
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