Greece Bailout Ping-Pong, No Deal Underway; Pension Promises Add To Greek Debt Woes; How Does Greece Compare To US?
On March 12 the Guardian reported Greece debt: EU agrees bailout dealExclusive: Germany plays pivotal role in potential eurozone rescue pack...

At the Fordham Conference: Creative Ideas for Limiting Bank Risk 2
Simon Johnson s lunch talk was pretty standard: there is no social benefit to banks being larger than $100 billion in assets. Major bank...

The Number at Noon: 1.15 Billion
A billionaire investor, premier properties and big-name tenants.What could go wrong?Investors in 1.15 billion of mortgage-backed securiti...

Hintz Calls Lehman s Accounting Actions Shenanigans
BLOOMBERG TV: Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., talks with Bloomberg s Erik Schatzker about a report on the failure o...

Real return bonds pricey
Just how pricey are real-return bonds these days? Insanely so, says Eddy Elfenbein of the Crossing Wall Street blog. He points to the yield ...

U.S. Dollar Takes a Hit Thanks to Personnel Changes at the Fed
The US dollar is suffering some damage this morning, as Donald Kohn is set to retire as Federal Reserve Vice President and word leaked out l...

CFTC Chair Gary Gensler on OTC Derivatives Reform
Keynote Address of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Reform, Markit s Outlook for OTC Derivatives Markets ConferenceMarch 9, 2010Good...

Household Balance Sheet Repair Continues
According to the Federal Reserve's calculations, the net worth of U.S. households as of last December had increased by $5.7 trillion (up ...

Friday Watch
Evening HeadlinesBloomberg: House Democrats Seek 18-Month Extension of Build America Bonds. House Democrats will seek to extend interest-s...