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...recession - not quite as awful as Nevada's - but it's getting unstuck. It's made nasty cuts to close ugly deficits, but it hasn't had to release prisoners or close parks, and its IOUs are being paid. Its businesses aren't fleeing to Nevada or anywhere else; Jed Kolko, an economist at the Public Policy Institute of California, has shown that fewer than one-tenth of 1% of its jobs leave the state each year. Even California's real problems tend to get magnified by its size. If it were a country, it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why California is Still America?s Future | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...September, Judge Jed Rakoff said he would not accept a settlement that did not name specific executives. New York attorney general Cuomo is reportedly considering pursing his own charges against Lewis and other Bank of America executives on issues surrounding the Merrill acquisition. Pursuant to Rakoff's ruling, the SEC has gone ahead with its case against the bank in general but has yet to name individual executives in the suit. Cuomo recently subpoenaed a number of current and former Bank of America board members. He has not indicated whether he intends to bring charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Sudden Fall of Bank of America's Ken Lewis | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...federal judge threw out a proposed $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America stemming from the company's January takeover of Merrill Lynch. The SEC had sued the bank over $3.6 billion in undisclosed bonuses paid to Merrill staff before the deal. Judge Jed Rakoff accused bankers and regulators of having a "cynical relationship" that penalizes shareholders rather than bank executives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Judge Jed Rakoff, in striking down the settlement, said fining the company - and thus its shareholders - for a misdeed of management was misplaced. "This proposal to have the victims of the violation pay an additional penalty for their own victimization was enough to give the court pause," wrote Rakoff in his decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Sudden Fall of Bank of America's Ken Lewis | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...five years since Jed Dorfman has been running Camp Walt Whitman, a posh haven complete with waterskiing and private boats in Piermont, N.H., that charges as much as $9,450 for a seven-week stay, he has had to work out payment plans and extend deadlines to help one or two families. Until this year, that is. A few months ago, with the enrollment deadline fast approaching, he called the families of several kids who had been coming to camp for years but hadn't signed up yet for 2009. He heard details about grandparents who had footed the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Recession Hits Summer Camp | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

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