Read more bailout stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23241/bailout.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:12:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74584/nyt-to-blankfein-your-apology-is-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLloyd Blankfein took his sweet time acknowledging his firm's role in almost toppling the financial system, and the New York Times editorial board stewed until today, when the paper's audience is largest. The Goldman Sachs CEO said in a speech this week, "We participated in things that were clearly wrong...http://www.newser.com/story/74584/nyt-to-blankfein-your-apology-is-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 16:53:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74462/aig-bailout-squandered-our-money-trust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFinancial officials, “most notably Timothy Geithner,” deservedly lost the public's trust with their no-strings-attached bailout of AIG, Paul Krugman rails in the New York Times . As a damning report from the TARP inspector general points out, the government made no serious attempt to extract concessions from the banks that made...http://www.newser.com/story/74462/aig-bailout-squandered-our-money-trust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 9:55:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73854/white-house-eyes-tarp-cash-to-slash-deficit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House is debating using some of what remains in the $700 billion bailout fund to help cut the nation's deficit. Around $210 billion remains unspent and financial institutions are expected to repay another $50 billion over the next 18 months. The administration wants to keep some of that...http://www.newser.com/story/73854/white-house-eyes-tarp-cash-to-slash-deficit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 6:17:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73830/aigs-benmosche-im-not-quitting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAIG CEO Robert Benmosche isn’t fed up with running a government-controlled insurance giant after all: Backing away from his threat to quit, Benmosche said today that he remains "totally committed” to the company. The CEO conceded, however, that he and the board “are indeed frustrated” with the government’s restrictions on...http://www.newser.com/story/73830/aigs-benmosche-im-not-quitting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73606/bonuses-at-morgan-stanley-jpmorgan-goldman-hit-30b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecession? What recession? Some Wall Street firms are not feeling any pain this year as record bonuses at just three of the top firms are likely to hit an eye-popping $30 billion. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, the three biggest banks to be bailed out by the feds,...http://www.newser.com/story/73606/bonuses-at-morgan-stanley-jpmorgan-goldman-hit-30b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 4:55:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73560/goldmans-blankfein-is-doing-gods-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLloyd Blankfein likes to say he's "attained perfection," a plausible-sounding assertion now that Goldman Sachs has repaid its TARP funds and is dishing out mammoth bonuses. "I don’t want to put a cap on their ambition," the CEO says of his employees. "It’s hard for me to argue for a...http://www.newser.com/story/73560/goldmans-blankfein-is-doing-gods-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 14:34:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73091/goldman-deal-may-bail-out-fannie-mae.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoldman Sachs wants to buy millions in otherwise virtually worthless tax credits from Fannie Mae, but the mega-bank is so politically toxic right now that the Obama administration is considering blocking the deal, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Treasury is reviewing and will not let it proceed unless it is...http://www.newser.com/story/73091/goldman-deal-may-bail-out-fannie-mae.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 9:12:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73051/mega-lender-cit-files-chapter-11.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCIT Group, a major lender to small and medium-sized American businesses, filed for Chapter 11 today. The move means the government is most likely out the $2.3 billion in TARP bailout funds it put up last year. The "prepackaged" procedure is intended to allow CIT, which reported $71 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/73051/mega-lender-cit-files-chapter-11.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 16:43:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72816/in-congress-535-new-gm-boardmembers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGM might not have realized when it took $58 billion in bailout money that it would now be beholden to members of Congress, who have been acting like 535 new board members as they angle for their constituents' (and their own) interests. Dems and Republicans alike have pressured companies to...http://www.newser.com/story/72816/in-congress-535-new-gm-boardmembers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 7:02:29 CDT