Read more Henry Paulson stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1977/henry-paulson.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:14:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73095/goldman-seizes-homes-as-securities-sour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImagine finding yourself in a foreclosure battle and discovering that your opponent isn't the obscure lender who wrote your insane mortgage, but the formidable Goldman Sachs. It seems that after years of buying subprime mortgages and packaging them into bonds, at a handsome profit, Goldman is now in the business...http://www.newser.com/story/73095/goldman-seizes-homes-as-securities-sour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 8:21:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69588/8-days-that-shook-the-financial-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Stewart’s reconstruction of the 8 nail-biting days, a year ago, in which the federal government stepped in to stop the collapse of the world financial system—published in the New Yorker this week, just as Fed chief Ben Bernanke was declaring the recession officially over—makes riveting, tense reading....http://www.newser.com/story/69588/8-days-that-shook-the-financial-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 21:35:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66512/toothless-watchdogs-not-sure-where-tarp-money-went.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnybody seen $700 billion? The government watchdogs charged with overseeing TARP spending don't seem able to answer even basic questions about where the money went, Chris Adams writes at McClatchy. A special inspector general, a congressional panel, and eight other inspectors general are supposed to be keeping track of the...http://www.newser.com/story/66512/toothless-watchdogs-not-sure-where-tarp-money-went.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 3:33:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66469/paulson-still-dogged-by-ethics-queries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a former Goldman Sachs exec, Henry Paulson vowed to avoid any potential conflicts of interest when he was appointed President Bush’s Treasury secretary. But seven months after he left office, the nagging questions surrounding Paulson’s tumultuous term in office suggest he may not have succeeded, Gretchen Morgenson and Don...http://www.newser.com/story/66469/paulson-still-dogged-by-ethics-queries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 11:28:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64558/paulson-bofa-merrill-deal-saved-us-from-great-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says his role in Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch was appropriate and necessary, MarketWatch reports. “I am confident that our responses were substantially correct and that they saved this nation from great peril,” Paulson told a House oversight committee today in response to...http://www.newser.com/story/64558/paulson-bofa-merrill-deal-saved-us-from-great-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:15:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63584/goldman-engineered-every-market-manipulation-post-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has been good to Goldman Sachs: The world’s most powerful investment bank snatched $10 billion in TARP funds, reclaimed $13 billion from AIG, watched archrival Lehman Brothers disintegrate, and found alumni spearheading Washington’s economic rescue effort. But this isn’t new, Matt Taibbi writes in a scathing Rolling Stone...http://www.newser.com/story/63584/goldman-engineered-every-market-manipulation-post-depression.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 12:30:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62828/bernanke-denies-threatening-bofa-boss-over-merrill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn Capitol Hill today, Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke denied he threatened the job of Bank of America’s CEO when Ken Lewis hesitated on the Merrill Lynch merger last fall, CNNMoney reports. “I did not tell Bank of America’s management that the Federal Reserve would take action against the board...http://www.newser.com/story/62828/bernanke-denies-threatening-bofa-boss-over-merrill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 11:42:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61561/feds-put-gun-to-head-of-bofas-lewis-on-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBen Bernanke and Henry Paulson may have leaned on Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis too heavily last year when he tried to back out of a deal to acquire Merrill Lynch, say congressional investigators. In fact, a GOP briefing document says the two Bush officals "put a gun to...http://www.newser.com/story/61561/feds-put-gun-to-head-of-bofas-lewis-on-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 23:32:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57044/paulson-threatened-to-oust-lewis-bofa-board.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBank of America wanted to pull out of its deal with a fast-sinking Merrill Lynch last year but changed course after then-Treasury chief Henry Paulson threatened to oust CEO Ken Lewis and the entire BofA board, the Wall Street Journal reports. The revelation came in a letter to members of...http://www.newser.com/story/57044/paulson-threatened-to-oust-lewis-bofa-board.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 17:31:08 CDT