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Gotta Hand It To PBS on Credit Default Swaps

APRIL 25, 2012 4:00PM

By Dave Keys

Topics: credit default swaps

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Confessions from a homeless Jane

JANUARY 23, 2012 11:37AM

By hafital

Topics: open call, homeless, homeless women, credit default swaps, social security, cds, business, economy, family, news, politics, maybe fiction, miss jane pittman, unemployment myths debunked

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And the Biggest, Brassiest, Balls Award Goes to.....

NOVEMBER 23, 2011 3:47PM

By Laura Wilkerson

Topics: balls, tarp, christopher dodd, eliot spitzer, sec, fraud, barclays, bank of america, usb, citibank, duetsche bank, merrill lynch, goldman sachs, housing bubble, jp morgan, credit default swaps, starr international, cv starr co, lawsuit, bailout, aig, maurice goldberg

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DOWN TO THE PIG

OCTOBER 31, 2011 2:23PM

By themadgreek

Topics: merrill lynch, bank of america, jeffries, bailouts, sovereign debt crisis, credit default swaps, cds, bernard madoff, fraud, zuccotti park, wall street, treasury secretary, jimmy williams, dylan ratigan, bankruptcy, enron, lehman brothers, reverse repos, repos, eurozone, mf global, barack obama, timothy geithner, jon corzine

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Conservatism: Please Let Financiers Exploit Us!

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 2:01PM

By Gordon Hilgers

Topics: friedmanites, friedmanism, milton friedman, keynesian economics, keynes, gordon hilgers, euro, greek economic default, credit default swaps, predatory mortgage lending, mortgage crisis, commodified debt obligations, hedge funds, a.i.g., j.p. morgan-chase, wall street, financial crisis, 2008 financial crisis, gordon hilgers, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, dick armey, freedomworks, occupy wall street, top one percent income earners, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, liberals, liberalism, democratic party, barack obama, eric cantor, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, goldman sachs, republican party, conservatives, conservatism

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The Big Bluff: Wall Street Traders Burn Down The House

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 2:45PM

By Monika Mitchell

Topics: wall street traders, the big short, steve eisman, naked credit default swaps, michael lewis, john paulson, greg lippman, financial crisis, credit default swaps, a.i.g. bailout

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Dodd-Frank: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Lobbyist Scorned

JULY 2, 2010 2:48PM

By Monika Mitchell

Topics: 60 minutes, credit default swaps, derivatives exchange, dodd-frank, financial reform, financial services roundtable, global leaders summit, paul volker, scott talbott, steve kroft, volker rule, financial regulation, banking reform, too-big-to-fail banks, federal reserve bank

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Weekly Audit: Wall Street Goes to the Movies

MAY 11, 2010 12:51PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: wall street crisis, wall street bailout, wall street, unemployment rate, unemployment, the nation, tarp, swaps, subprime mortgage, recession, nick baumann, movie derivatives, mother jones, long term unemployment, juan gonzales, john nichols, jobs crisis, jobs, in these times, great recession, economy, derivatives, democracy now!, david moberg, credit default swaps, consumer financial protection agency, charter schools, cds, bank bailout, alternet, aig

12 Ratings
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Oedipus Debt: The Greek Financial Tragedy

MARCH 19, 2010 8:59AM

By Robert Brenner

Topics: derivitives, credit default swaps, debt, financial crisis, greece, politics, news, comedy, business, eu, imf, germany

1 Ratings
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Weekly Audit: Don’t Let Citizens United Wreck Our Economy

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 11:40AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: tom delay, the nation, tarp, supreme court, predator lending, mother jones, laura flanders, jack abramoff, housing bubble, heather k. gerken, grittv, elizabeth warren, election law, economy, democracy now!, credit default swaps, corporations, corbin hiar, citizens united, campaign finance, campaign contributions, bank bailout, amy goodman, american prospect, alternet, aig bailout, aig

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AIG, Goldman, and Credit Default Swaps

OCTOBER 29, 2009 11:48PM

By Tony Wang

Topics: aig, goldman sachs, credit default swaps, timothy geithner, ben bernanke, new york fed, henry paulson

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Bank Execs Looting Customers, Shareholders and Taxpayers

APRIL 21, 2009 8:42AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: ceo pay, vikram pandit, warren buffett, goldman sachs, mortgage, toxic assets, wachovia, bear stearns, lehman brothers, aig, credit default swaps, economy, credit cards, wall street, ben bernanke, tarp, taxpayer bailout funds, economy newsladder, newsladder, banking system

3 Ratings
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AIG and GM: A Double Standard

MARCH 30, 2009 1:43PM

By MATHPOL

Topics: whipping boy, money, bail out, finance, retirees, bond holders, foreign banks, credit default swaps, politics, automotive engineers, assembly line, proletariat, socialists, big three, al gore, liberal elite, middle-west, bankruptcy, rick wagoner, aig, gm

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SCREWY LEWIS AND THE MUSE

MARCH 9, 2009 5:50PM

By themadgreek

Topics: kenneth lewis, bank of america, the wall street journal, george stephanopoulos, tarp, talf, borrowing, credit default swaps, mortgages, bailout, leverage, rick santelli, barack obama, class warfare

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Barack Obama Victory Speech | PartTwo

NOVEMBER 5, 2008 3:27AM

By John Tully

Topics: william kristol, matt drudge, roger ailes, rupert murdoch, hannity, limbaugh, prager, medved, malkin, smerconish, campbell brown, rick sanchez, maria bartiromo, o'reilly, hume, charlie gibson, abc news, politico, judith miller, new york times, dan rather, mary mapes, guantanamo, torture, terrorism, patriot act, fisa, c.i.a., f.b.i., n.s.a., iran, colin powell, condi rice, george tenet, gonzalez, justice department, david iglesias, katrina, karl rove, lee atwater, grover nordquist, bozell, fournier, joe klein, the plank, washington d.c., chevy chase club, watergate, duke zeiberts, the palm, k street, lobbyists, capitol hill, wall street, bailout, banks, finance, dow jones, 401k, credit, buffett, bin laden, saddam, lehman. aig, credit default swaps, hedge funds, retail investors, stock market, equity market, money market, youtube, tullycast

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The Crash & Leadership: A Word to My Fellow Ants

OCTOBER 11, 2008 3:03AM

By Gary Weiss

Topics: open call, stock market, derivatives, credit default swaps