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The notion that low interest rates mean easier credit is based on a fool's analysis that banks will make risky loans just because their cost of money has dropped; There is almost certainly no truth in that. Many banks still want to keep as much capital as they can...
A review of the massive 162-page document shows Madoff's direct victims but does not list the many other thousands of entities, from banks to charities, that were burned in Madoff pension, feeder and subfeeder funds. In testimony yesterday before the House Financial Services Committee, Harry Markopolos, an early...
That's for future users of TARP. Banks that have already taken TARP money - including some well-run banks that did so at the "urging" of the government so there wouldn't be a stigma attached to the crippled banks that needed the money - won't have to give anything...
In the second half of his testimony, both oral and written, Markopolos outlined his recommendations for fixing the SEC. Markopolos said that "right now investors are afraid." He cited investor fears of banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, credit rating agencies, investment manager, and the country's regulatory agencies, including the...
Enjoy the grilled salmon on your dinner plate - it may not be on the menu for long. As the demand for seafood continues to rise, fueled in part by the now global appetite for sushi, we're in danger of fishing out the oceans. Once-teeming fishing territory like the...