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JPMorgan Chase to spend $138M on jets, hangar redesign

By Carol Eisenberg   |   March 23, 2009 at 2:41pm   |   0 Comments

JPMorgan Chase, which accepted $25 billion in bailout funds, is moving ahead with plans to spend $138 million for two luxury corporate jets and the renovation of an aircraft hanger just north of New York City.

Citigroup to spend millions to renovate executive offices

By Carol Eisenberg   |   March 19, 2009 at 12:50pm   |   0 Comments

Citigroup Inc., which has taken billions in taxpayers money to stay afloat, plans to spend an estimated $10 million on new offices for Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit and his top lieutenants.

Former Countrywide execs now profit from bailout

By A. James Memmott   |   March 5, 2009 at 10:48am   |   2 Comments

Some of the lenders blamed for fueling the nation’s mortgage woes are now profiting from the crisis.

Michael Moore defends the car guys, sort of

By Emily Morgan   |   December 4, 2008 at 5:18pm   |   1 Comments

It wasn’t so long ago that Michael Moore devoted an entire movie to nailing the CEO of a Big Three automaker.

Small banks’ lobbyists win a big one with proposed increase in insured deposits

By Laurie Bennett   |   October 1, 2008 at 8:26am   |   0 Comments

A proposal to increase federal insurance on bank deposits is winning broad support from Democrats, Republicans and both presidential candidates.

Bailout supporters received 51% more campaign contributions from financial interests

By Laurie Bennett   |   September 30, 2008 at 3:27pm   |   0 Comments

House members who supported the bailout package yesterday received a combined 51 percent more in campaign donations from the financial sector than those who opposed the plan, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Barney Frank uses wit and smarts to help win consensus

By A. James Memmott   |   September 29, 2008 at 7:26am   |   0 Comments

Barney Frank deserves a starring role in the docudrama about the week that shook and maybe saved Wall Street.

Warren Buffett investing $5 billion in Goldman Sachs

By Laurie Bennett   |   September 24, 2008 at 9:00am   |   0 Comments

Warren Buffett, who generally knows a deal when he sees one, announced yesterday that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, would invest $5 billion in beleaguered Goldman Sachs.


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