Everyone’s favorite missing, bankrupt, and possibly insane Lehman Brothers CEO made his first public appearance today for testimony on Capitol Hill. Looks like we were wrong to say he was …
I saw an interesting report this weekend on how truly predatory some of our bank’s overdraft fee policies are. Of course no one likes them, but one (slightly strange-looking) guy …
It’s hard to deny that Jon Stewart perfectly summed up the problems with the bailout dilemma that’s going on in Washington right now. I seriously hope someone with some authority …
I totally feel these guys. After watching WaMu fail then Wachovia get bought, why would you want to wait around to hear your bank is next? Personal Bank doesn’t sound …
Further evidence that everything Alec Baldwin touches turns to gold. Does anyone imagine his character in this old SNL commercial parody to be the same guy he played in Glengarry …
I’m not really sure what sent her over the edge this morning. Was it the pressure of reporting the largest bank failure in the country’s history? Was it Chris Matthews …
We’ve done this twice before when Merrill Lynch was bought by BofA and when AIG sold itself to Uncle Sam, but I have to say, doing this WaMu list was …
Was Saturday Night Live acting clairvoyant a few years ago when they made this spoof of a Morgan Stanley commercial? This screams ‘bank holding company status‘ to me.
Don’t take this as any type of political endorsement, I’m staying out of that thing. Watch your attack ad montages somewhere else. I merely think the economic ideas put forward …
Another week, another cataclysmic financial event stemming from all those addictive subprime loans. After Lehman went under, Merrill got bought, and AIG needed a bailout, maybe it’s a good idea …