Read more financial crisis stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34801/financial-crisis.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report today that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has the inside track to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary is getting mostly guffaws online, with even the conservative Wall Street Journal admitting that Dimon’s way too much an insider for the job just now. Indeed, chuckles Daniel Indiviglio , the...http://www.newser.com/story/74673/bloggers-on-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-replacing-geithner-nah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74609/congress-new-whipping-boy-the-fed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Fed Chair Ben Bernanke goes before Congress next month seeking a second term, he'll run straight into cantankerous legislators riding a tide of populist rage over the Wall Street bailout and high unemployment. While the Fed acted decisively to bail out the financial markets last year, it's widely viewed...http://www.newser.com/story/74609/congress-new-whipping-boy-the-fed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 8:54:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74619/debt-happy-us-faces-payback-time-as-rates-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike a homeowner heading for mortgage default as interest rates rise, the US is heading for a nasty shock as cheap national debt suddenly becomes much more expensive. The White House estimates that the cost of servicing our $12 trillion debt will be more than $700 billion a year by...http://www.newser.com/story/74619/debt-happy-us-faces-payback-time-as-rates-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 7:29:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74461/geithner-got-it-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Brooks leaps to the defense of Tim Geithner today, arguing that the treasury secretary's critics, who last spring were dismissing him as a hapless "Bambi in the headlights," were mostly wrong and he was mostly right. The system is now much healthier, TARP money is being repaid, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/74461/geithner-got-it-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:16:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74200/fed-report-rakes-geithner-over-aig-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTim Geithner did a lousy job of looking out for the interests of taxpayers during the AIG bailout last year, according to a report from a federal oversight group. Geithner, then head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, made no attempt to renegotiate AIG's debts, effectively giving the...http://www.newser.com/story/74200/fed-report-rakes-geithner-over-aig-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:18:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74177/largest-us-gay-newspaper-publisher-closes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe largest US publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for bankruptcy. Employees arrived at work today to find out about the sudden end to the newspapers—including Southern Voice , the Washington Blade , Houston Voice and South Florida Blade —owned by...http://www.newser.com/story/74177/largest-us-gay-newspaper-publisher-closes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 19:41:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73929/buffett-financial-panic-is-behind-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarren Buffett says the worst is over. "The financial panic is behind us," he declared at Columbia University. The Berkshire Hathaway chief acknowledged that the US economy "still is sputtering some," but he sounded a bullish note on investment opportunities around the globe. While he gave "high marks" to Ben...http://www.newser.com/story/73929/buffett-financial-panic-is-behind-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73908/fed-restricts-overdraft-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStarting in July, banks will have to get consumers' explicit consent before authorizing an overdraft—and the accompanying fee—on debit and ATM card transactions. Since the advent of the financial crisis, overdraft fees have become the biggest source of consumer fee income for banks. Congress is also considering making...http://www.newser.com/story/73908/fed-restricts-overdraft-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73845/9-other-states-have-calif-sized-fiscal-messes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia has by no means cornered the market on enormous financial problems at the state level, with a report out today saying Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are also at tremendous risk. The Pew Center sees widespread unemployment, huge budget deficits, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/73845/9-other-states-have-calif-sized-fiscal-messes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:46 CST