Feinberg Backpedals on Pay Caps for AIG
Did AIG executives hoodwink the pay czar?
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday. However, despite the record-breaking nature of the even, Wall Street seems sort of unimpressed.
Did AIG executives hoodwink the pay czar?
Taxpayers shelled out $182 billion to the insurance giant. Are executives out of line?
The bailout is estimated to cost "only" $141 billion. Should we pay down the debt, or boost job creation?
Goldman Sachs cuts the holiday merriment, lobbies shareholders, and stocks up on ammunition--have things gone too far?
The beleaguered firm is set to repay $45 billion in TARP funds, freeing it from the pay czar
Pundits tweak a new proposal
Why the firm's $500 million dollar apology doesn't cut it
Investors may want to rethink curbing banker pay
The bank offers a lollipop, pundits throw it in the dirt
A Treasury watchdog holds Geithner over the flames
Bloggers keep staging fights between Charlie Gasparino and Andrew Ross Sorkin
J.P. Morgan Chase chairman says his firm should be allowed to fail
Vanity Fair's silver-tongued literato stands up for his portfolio
Two managers of funds heavily invested in toxic securities walk free, making prosecutors the target of populist ire
Three months in, Robert Benmosche threatens to resign over pay caps
One-time enemies Charles Gasparino and Matt Taibbi can agree on this much
Money bags, "Octopussy," and bitten microchips delight business pundits
Fourteen people will be charged in connection with a $20 million corruption ring. Two fund managers assess their industry.
Finance writers discuss the impact of Britain's bold new plan
Lawmakers are worried about certain aspects of the Geithner proposal to regulate risk
Responses are more measured than shrill to a McClatchy report on Goldman Sachs' dodgy bets
Tallying the scoreboard after the fifth biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history
Financial experts bemoan Barney Frank's new bill
Bloggers debate a Rep. Barney Frank initiative for government control of over-large banks
Another fight breaks out between Felix Salmon CNBC's Charlie Gasparino
The White House "pay czar," the Fed, and the Supreme Court are all getting involved in the finance world's compensation battles
The former Treasury secretary's meeting with Goldman Sachs in Moscow may have broken the law
3 reasons why the Raj Rajaratnam arrest could keep hedge-fund managers awake at night
Finance guru James Altucher ponders the benefits to condoning the shady practice
Your pocket guide to Andrew Ross Sorkin's new tome on the unseen wheeling and dealing behind the financial sector bailout
Officials are taking a harder line against bonuses and financial lobbyists, and some pundits think they might be serious
Raj Rajaratnam is arrested for trading on insider information, spurring speculation about further busts
The feds tell Bank of America chief Ken Lewis to forfeit his $1.5M salary
With taxpayer help, Goldman posts sky-high profits and bonuses, and bloggers let loose the vitriol
What does the lack of outrage at bankers' best year ever--$140 billion in compensation--mean?
The bank takes a major step toward settling its long-lasting woes over Merrill Lynch
Obama's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, is moving aggressively to tie compensation to long-term performance, to some concern
John Carney says Matt Taibbi fell for a fake short selling video, Taibbi says Carney's high
The bank's streak of bad press continues, but there are signs that blame is shifting to the regulators
Did the soon-to-be-former Bank of America CEO create a culture of mediocrity at the company?
Battered by the press, Congress, and shareholders, the beleaguered CEO steps down as pundits assess his decline
The gonzo journalist's attack on naked-short-selling has won few admirers among econopundits
David Ignatius ponders why capitalism's biggest gamblers came out on top
The practice of slapping consumers with hefty fees for exceeding their balance is in the crosshairs. How did it happen?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the backstop for banks that go belly up, is now asking healthy banks for a loan
A newspaper reporter poses a sensible question
Months of vitriol over regulating Wall Street comes to a head as the Fed considers a pay haircut for thousands of bankers
Five reasons why financial writers are casting a skeptical eye on the Fed chairman's optimism
The nixed $33 billion settlement agreement between Bank of America and the S.E.C. on Monday has bloggers asking if a new era of corporate regulation has arrived.
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