Topic: Secondary Market Financing

CEO See-Ya!

This month: Franklin D. Raines, CEO of Fannie Mae.READ»

See Ya, Franklin!

Back in July, our "CEO See-ya" column called for the ouster of Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines, citing his company's consistently poor financial performance and an investigation of its questionable accounting practices. At the time ...READ»

Housing Recovery Plan: What's Fair?

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspecultaion.comThere have been so many bail-out packages, stimulus proposals and other unprecedented plans designed to save the economy, it's become nearly impossible for the casual observer to keep track of ...READ»

Shawn Baldwin from CMG with Dr. Richard Sandor and Robert Hormats

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago at the 2009 Milken Global Conference READ»

Hot Tickets

EBay and other scrappy online outfits have created a legitimate $2 billion--plus secondary market for seats at concerts and sports events--and a risky new world for Ticketmaster.READ»

Reflections on a Depression: I’ve Got All This Blame, Where do I Put it?

Wherever he is, Chicken Little is probably grinning. For many Americans these days, it feels like the sky is falling, and financially speaking, the evidence supports Mr. Little’s claim. The consensus around here is that we are ...READ»

Extreme Perks

Need ideas on how to keep your employees happy? Check out these employee benefits.READ»

SeatGeek: A Prediction Market for Concert and Sports Tickets

SeatGeek, launched Tuesday at TechCrunch50, is a Farecast-like Web site for sports and concert tickets in the secondary market. It's so simple, I'm surprised no one ever thought of it before. The site predicts future ticket prices ...READ»

Residential Real Estate by the Numbers

It may be a buyer's market out there, but it isn't a broker's. Which makes this year's theme at the 2009 Realtors' Conference in San Diego (November 13 -- 16) -- "Chart a Winning Course" (keynoter: Condi Rice) -- seem both hopeful and sad. Here's a look at the business of homes.READ»

• Now: November 2009
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Social Capitalists: Profiles

Center For Community Self-Help Founded: 1980 Durham, North Carolina Martin Eakes, Cofounder, President, and CEO www.self-help.org Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: B+ Social Impact: A Aspiration: B Sustainability: B+ ...READ»

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our ...READ»

From Foosball to Flextime: Dotcommers Are Growing Up

Who needs stock options if there's on-site daycare? Old-economy companies and benefits are starting to look mighty appealing to battered dotcommers.READ»