Word: hanks
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...Federal Government would not be lender of last resort to Wall Street? The public did, but Wall Street didn't. If the bank was open for Bear and Freddie and Fannie, why not Lehman and AIG? It took a high noon showdown over the weekend for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson - one of Wall Street's own - to convince the Street's gunslingers that he wasn't kidding about the moral hazard issue...
...financial markets would be, but the fear was that it could lead to total chaos. The biggest fears had to do with the credit-default swaps, which AIG appears to have sold in large quantities to practically every financial institution of significance on the planet. RBC Capital Markets analyst Hank Calenti estimated Tuesday that AIG's failure would cost its swap counterparties $180 billion...
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who in March put up $29 billion to entice JP Morgan Chase to take over struggling Bear Stearns, and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, who just over a week ago committed up to $200 billion in taxpayer funds to rescue mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have opted not to go the bailout route this time. The Fed did announce yet another expansion of its lending programs to banks and investment banks, but so far that's it. The hope seems to be that if Lehman's (and perhaps AIG's) liquidation transpires...
...week is sure to be volatile, even as our captains of industry try their best to keep the faith. The CEOs of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch held a joint press conference to discuss in upbeat tones B of A's planned takeover of Merrill, while Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson held a press conference to tell Americans they should remain confident in the "soundness and resilience in the American financial system...
...what is getting to be something of a habit, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson ruined his own and a lot of other people's weekend by choosing the morning of Sunday, Sept. 7, to announce the seizure of money-losing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...