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Banks and Dividends

Although some of the 30-plus banks that are getting money from the Treasury Department through its $700 billion financial-industry rescue program have cut dividends in response to tough financial cond

U.S. Housing and Banking Sectors Have Been The Most Manipulated by Government

Richard SalsmanRichard SalsmanNear the end of nearly every bear market and banking crisis in modern times typically comes what might be called

Bailout Money: Small Banks verses Large Banks

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury's bailout plan is fueling a long-simmering war between financial institutions, prompting fears among small banks that big banks getting rescue money will be encouraged to bu

The Next Wave of Bailouts

Regions BankRegions Bank A new group of smaller, regional banks

I am changing my name to Chrysler

I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Iacocca
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Chrysler

Nouriel Roubini: Markets may soon have to shut – Perhaps for as long as a week

As stock markets headed off a cliff again last week, closely followed by currencies, and as meltdown threatened entire countries such as Hungary and Iceland, one voice was in demand above all others t

Neither Plan by the U.S. Treasury or Congress Will Resolve This Crisis

Credit Default SwapsCredit Default SwapsThe reality is that neither the plan put forth by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. "Hank" Paulson Jr.

U.S. Double Dip Recession with Inflation

Martin HutchinsonMartin HutchinsonThe U.S. economy is entering a recession.

Bernanke Backs More Stimulus, Citing `Weak' Outlook

Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S.

9 Banks 'Partially' Nationalized

Can you get "a little" pregnant? Then how can a bank be "partially" nationalized?Henry PaulsonHenry Paulson

Both Democracies and Dictatorships Inflate

Both democracies and dictatorships inflate, some more than others.

Rescue Plan Comes Around to Views of the Academics

Why hasn't the vast support given to the US financial system from cutting interest rates to promising to pay $700 billion for toxic assets managed to stem the problem so far?

The Downfall of Democracies?

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

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