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Citigroup’s Pandit blowing a kiss to taxpayers as he goes to DC for more testimony; Obama still hoping Volcker Rule gets passed; JP Morgan beat Goldman in the ‘09 battle of investment banking fees; Ethically challenged Rangel finally steps down as committee head (now he just needs to get the boot from congress); Geithner adviser plans exit; Nissan the latest to recall cars

Posted by WSF On March - 4 - 2010
  • Citigroup’s Pandit Said to Plan to Thank Taxpayers for Bailout
  • Pandit Returns to Capitol’s Hot Seat
  • Obama Sends ‘Volcker Rule’ Proposal on Bank Trading to Congress
  • JPMorgan Tops Goldman in Investment Banking as Fees Swell 13%
  • Scandal-stained Rangel quits post
  • Geithner Adviser Sachs Plans to Resign as Banking Crisis Wanes
  • Nissan to Recall Over 500,000 Cars Read the rest of this entry »

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Autos, Barack Obama, Citigroup, Fees, Goldman Sachs, JPM, JPM Chase, Politics, Tim Geithner, Vikram Pandit, investment banking

Are Charlie Rangel’s days FINALLY numbered as House Ways and Means committee head?; Memo to hedge funds: Save your Euro trading records; Fed’s Fisher wants international accord to break up “too big to fail” banks; AIG big earners may get higher salaries; Blagojevich giving speeches on government ethics?

Posted by WSF On March - 3 - 2010
  • Rangel Loses Support In House
  • U.S. Said to Tell Hedge Funds to Save Euro Records
  • Fed’s Fisher Calls for Accord to Break Up Big Financial Firms
  • AIG’s Top-Earning Executives May Get Bigger Salaries
  • Indicted Blagojevich Lectures on Government Ethics
  • Kissel Said Indicted for Murder in Husband’s Death Read the rest of this entry »

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AIG, Hedge funds

Warren Buffett’s annual tome out tomorrow; Hedge funds balking at reducing the 2/20 fee model; Like Barclays, Nomura is banking from it’s Lehman asset buy; Charlie Rangel guilty of some House rules violations per Ethics Committee, but what about those tax charges?

Posted by WSF On February - 26 - 2010
  • Buffett letter has big audience as Berkshire bulges
  • Hedge funds shy away from lowering fees
  • Lehman swoop reaps rewards for Nomura
  • Charles Rangel accepted Caribbean trips against House laws, Ethics Committee rules Read the rest of this entry »

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Hedge funds, Politics, Warren Buffett

SEC issues nastygrams to Broker CEOs on pay; New AIG CEO criticizes Cuomo over retention bonuses; Sheila Bair op ed on why one super regulator is wrong; More hypocrisy from tax cheater Charlie Rangel; Spitzer floating a political comeback balloon?; Obama cuts federal pay increase by a whopping 0.4%; B of A wants to repay a chunk of its bailout cash; It’s sad to be kicking them while they’re down: A clawback on the way for ‘profits’ made by Madoff charities?

Posted by WSF On September - 1 - 2009
  • SEC Warns Brokerage CEOs on Pay
  • AIG Chief Benmosche Says Cuomo ‘Unbelievably Wrong’
  • Sheila Bair op ed: The Case Against a Super-Regulator
  • Hypocrite Charlie: Punish tax slip-ups
  • Spitzer comeback?: You Can’t Keep a Bad Man Down
  • Obama Cuts 2010 Pay Increase for Federal Employees to 2 Percent
  • BofA Seeks to Repay a Portion of Bailout
  • Madoff Liquidator May ‘Claw Back’ Charities’ Profits Read the rest of this entry »

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