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A poem about TARP

Sep 30, 2010
A poetic summary of where the bailout money went, and how we get it back....

TARP closing, but another door opens

Sep 20, 2010
This final note, two weeks from now, our long national bailout is officially over. The door will be closing on new investments by the $700 billion...

MID-DAY UPDATE: GM CEO Ed Whitacre stepping down...

Aug 12, 2010
... the company reports $1.3 billion in profits-- IPO to come Car dealers face higher demand with short supply New jobless claims rise again For...

MID-DAY UPDATE: BP: 'Tis but a scratch!

Jul 19, 2010
*The Mid-Day Update is a five-day-a-week podcast from the Marketplace Morning Report co-hosted by Bill Radke and Steve Chiotakis that wraps up the...

AIG has to pay it back

Mar 17, 2009
Tonight, the Treasury said it will make AIG repay the government the $165 million in bonuses handed out last week. In a letter to Congressional...

Should we let the AIG bonuses go?

Mar 17, 2009
I'm struggling with how we should proceed on the AIG bonus payouts. How much time, energy and money should go into stopping bonuses retroactively...

At the corner of uncertainty and anger

Mar 16, 2009
It feels like we've reached an important crossroads in the economic recovery. Many people are fed up with the bailouts of companies like AIG. The...

For public good, not for profit.

Looting the taxpayer

Mar 11, 2009
In the latest iteration of the government's plan to save the financial system, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the government will give money...

We don't want your stinkin' money

Mar 9, 2009
An angry backlash is brewing at the country's smaller, healthier banks. At least two banks, Minnesota's TCF and Louisiana's Iberiabank, have...

I can't see the transparency

Mar 6, 2009
A few weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner unveiled the Financial Stability plan, the next phase of government intervention into the...