…parties for the Bush administration to tap into the $700 billion Wall Street bailout to rescue the beleaguered auto industry. The bill failed after talks broke down over the refusal…

…Why were Wall Street workers not asked for concessions? He goes on: Say what you will about the role of the union in exacerbating Detroit’s financial troubles, one thing stands…

…wonder if blaming the consumer for spending what they did not have was part of the discussion when the economy turned to crap then? THE CHRISTMAS CHEER IN WALL STREET…

…do this, major reform must be made in Washington and on Wall Street. We cannot tolerate a system that handicaps our markets and our banks and places at risk the…

They could see the meltdown coming. (LA Times) Freelance financial watchdogs who examined the paperwork on sub-prime home loans being sold to Wall Street had an inside view of the…

The Treasury recently came out with a study of income mobility in the US that is receiving a lot of play in the Wall Street Journal and in several blogs….

…as saying if a new secretary was picked from Wall Street, it would help reassure financial markets that are worried about growing budget and trade deficits. Translation – everyone has…

This Could be a Bad Day… …for Wall Street. Sharply higher US interest rates have spooked many markets around the world: NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were set to sink…

More Wall Street Journal (and the NYT) As it turns out if you want actual information, non-distorted even, about the likely-to-pass tax cut proposal, you have to go to the…

…advocate for industries he once policed.” NY Times, July 23, 2013. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/a-legal-bane-of-wall-street-switches-sides/?hpw Quote: “We started out knowing that everybody and anybody wanted him,” said Mark Filip, who leads Kirkland’s government…