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    • 11 Ratings
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    The REAL American's Guide to the Stock Market

    MAY 7, 2010 1:31AM

    By Asta Charles


    Topics: news, comedy, business, collusion, treasury, stocks, bonds, fannie mae, freddie mac, goldman sachs, proctor and gamble sell off, dollar finally up by default, euro loses value, greece, dow jones loses 900 points in one day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1528 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Why I'm not celebrating the end of the bailout

    DECEMBER 14, 2009 1:31PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: economy, politics, ceo compensation, compensation limits, tim geithner, treasury, is bailout one word or two, president barack obama, citibank, citigroup, ceos, banking, bankers, fat cats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4272 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Car Czar Rattner Resigns

    JULY 13, 2009 8:15PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: beep beep, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?, pay-to-play, quadrangle investments, rick wagoner, gm, obama, tim geithner, treasury, auto task force, car czar, steven rattner

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1196 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Would Fewer Regulators Really Mean More Reform?

    JUNE 18, 2009 4:45PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, economy, economics, treasury, regulatory reform, financial reform, banking reform, banks, obama, geithner

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 789 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Supplemental passes with strings attached to IMF funding

    JUNE 16, 2009 11:40PM

    By Steve Valk


    Topics: treasury, imf, poverty, house, senate, sherrod brown, supplemental, iraq, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1317 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Full Stop: Supreme Ct. Stays Chrysler/Fiat Merger

    JUNE 8, 2009 4:52PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, auto bailout, cars, fiat, chrysler, breaking news, law, treasury, tarp, beep beep, ruth bader ginsburg, politics, justice, supreme court, scotus

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1441 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    The Auto Task Force: Bigger, Better, and Greener

    JUNE 1, 2009 10:18PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: barack obama, george w. bush, politics, environment, economy, car czar, auto taskforce, ray lahood, gary locke, christina romer, austan goolsbee, carol browner, steven rattner, gm, g.m., big three, auto bailout, beep beep, larry summers, nec, cea, epa, transportation, commerce, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 7395 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    What Exactly Is Donald Trump Worth?

    MAY 18, 2009 6:00PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: donald trump, the donald, executive compensation, ceo pay, pay limits, obama, geithner, treasury, politics, economy, the wall street journal, wsj

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 3118 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Should Treasury Bail Out California?

    MAY 14, 2009 8:30PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: california, treasury, tarp, is bailout one word or two?, tax and revenue anticipation notes, states' rights, avocados, budget shortfall, balanced budget amendment, state bailout, bill lockyer, tim geithner

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1389 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    A Finely Aged Regulation: Treasury Goes After Derivatives

    MAY 14, 2009 4:13AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: timothy geithner, treasury, fed, derivatives, cds, swaps, regulation, securities and exchange commission, sec, larry summers, commodities modernization act, is bailout one word or two?, derivative instruments

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2904 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Trust Fund, Baby: On Paris Hilton and Social Security

    MAY 12, 2009 9:51PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: paris hilton, social security, celebutantes, trust funds, medicare, trustees summary report, treasury, hhs, politics, economy, obama, congress, boehner, the simple life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 11651 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Ten Banks Expected to "Fail" Stress Tests

    MAY 6, 2009 2:41AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, treasury, fed, stress tests, fifth third bancorp, pnc, wells fargo, suntrust, tarp, gmac, us bank, usbancorp, keycorp, key bank, regions financial, boa, bank of america, citibank, citigroup, bank bailout, nationalization, banks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2808 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Hot Wheels Primer to Chrysler's Bankruptcy Day

    APRIL 30, 2009 3:59AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: chrysler, bankruptcy, hot wheels, fiat, beep beep, j.p. morgan chase, jpmc, banking, treasury, politics, obama, is bailout one word or two?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2496 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Ninety-two Days of Timothy F. Geithner

    APRIL 29, 2009 4:12AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: geithner, timothy f. geithner, tim geithner, treasury, obama, 100 days, politics, economy, paul krugman, banks, banking, aig, the onion, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2513 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Gov't for Grown-Ups: I have Federal Reservations for 3

    APRIL 26, 2009 11:54PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: fed, federal reserve, government for grownups, banking, banking industry, monetary policy, u.s. history, alexander hamilton, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4135 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    A Terrible Day for Tim Geithner (Small Wonder)

    APRIL 22, 2009 2:55AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: tim geithner, geithner, banks, banking, finance, economics, econ, tarp, ppip, sigtarp, cop, congressional oversight panel, elizabeth warren, is bailout one word or two?, treasury, politics, j.p. morgan chase, goldman sachs, small wonder, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2649 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Good GM, Bad GM: This Ends Ugly

    APRIL 13, 2009 4:10AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: g.m., gm, general motors, bankruptcy, treasury, chapter 11, beep beep

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2263 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Stress Testing 1-2-3

    APRIL 9, 2009 10:33PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: ken lewis, finance, banking, federal reserve, fed, is bailout one word or two?, treasury, timothy geithner, geithner, stress tests

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 3948 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Hypergreedtension

    APRIL 9, 2009 12:55AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: car czar, treasury, bank of america, wall street journal, fiat, detroit, chrysler, automakers, beep beep, is bailout one word or two?, banking, j.p. morgan chase

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1693 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Looking the Part

    APRIL 7, 2009 4:13AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: treasury, politics, geithner, tim geithner, timothy f. geithner, obama, administration, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?

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