Five years ago, Bishop Mitchell Taylor had a vision that many people thought was impossibly audacious. Today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City presided over the realization of that dream.
Bishop Taylor established East River ...READ»
"The post-op on the great crash of 2008 continued in Washington Thursday as the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) held a hearing on financial reform.
'Unfortunately, the regulatory regime that failed so terribly leading up to the ...READ»
31 December 2008
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
As we start the New Year, it’s time to glance in the rear view mirror and rejoice that 2008 is behind us. It was a tumultuous year during which nearly every aspect of ...READ»
If you have been following the news, you must know about the trials and tribulations of Wall Street firms. Sub-prime losses continue to wreak havoc and all their Ivy League MBAs aren't saving them.Some people actually believe that ...READ»
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»
WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE
Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash BY MATT TAIBBI
William M. Keever
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WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE
Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash, BY MATT TAIBBI
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By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
Continued from "The End of the Financial World As We Know It"
Mr. Paulson must have had some reason for doing what he did. No doubt he still believes that without all this frantic activity ...READ»
Remember when MBAs ruled? No more. Creative thinkers are in demand for their flexibility. Meet five leaders who have parlayed their "useless" academic degrees into business success.READ»
2 February 2009
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
On his ninth day in office, President Obama took a broad swipe at Wall Street, calling the $18.4 billion in bonuses for 2008 "the height of irresponsibility" and ...READ»
29 December 2008
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
It wasn’t just autumn leaves that started falling last September; it was the entire investment banking system. When Lehman Brothers got into deep financial trouble and ...READ»
Many Wall Street investors are seeking direction in a confused and interconnected global market. If someone sneezes in Europe now, everyone catches cold. However the long-term outlook examining the global financial conditions, we ...READ»
Explaining the Wall Street mess:Here’s how I use motivation to explain the Wall Street mess. Can you motivate others? No. Motivation is an internal desire, not an external force.Yes, it is possible to ‘get’ ...READ»
Wall Street Wreckage
These are profound times. "The Wall Street Wreckage" has been the wake up call not only America needed, but the world needed. In a recent CNN poll over 99% of the participants ...READ»
Volatility "is a unique and necessary condition for the creation of value" in the Internet economy, argues Wall Street analyst and technology strategist Pip Cobourn.READ»
Hoisted by one’s own petard: to be hurt, or destroyed by one’s own plot or device, of one’s own doing which one intended for another; to be “blown up by one’s own bomb.”
He has no one to blame but himself; he ...READ»
How do Web companies get so big so fast? By embracing the most important strategic mind flip of the 21st century. A world governed by networks is rewriting the rules for how you build companies, market products, and create value.READ»
There is a strong connection between Wall Street and Main Street. “During the last few years, many consumers borrowed more than they should have, and we helped them do it,” said Bank of America’s new CEO, Brian...READ»
The next wave of the Internet revolution is happening right now -- in your teenager's bedroom. Michael Lewis tracked the tech-savvy kids who are shaking up corporate America and launching a social revolution in the process.READ»
Crime Scene
These days, it's easy to confuse Wall Street and the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. But this is actually the breathtakingly sleek, ergonomically correct, ultra-technologically advanced annex to the New York ...READ»
