Read more Wall Street bailout stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34955/wall-street-bailout.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:30 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/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/74390/disgruntled-dem-wants-geithner-summers-sacked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Peter DeFazio wants Barack Obama to fire the Larry Summers and “Timmy Geithner” for being Wall Street lap dogs, and says there’s a “growing consensus” in the Progressive Caucus that agrees with him. Summers and Geithner oppose a Progressive proposal to use unspent TARP funds to create jobs through...http://www.newser.com/story/74390/disgruntled-dem-wants-geithner-summers-sacked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 10:42:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74298/dems-use-tarp-funds-to-aid-jobless-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats in Congress want to direct some of the remaining billions in the Wall Street bailout funds to struggling workers and homeowners—a plan that puts them at odds with the White House, which aims to put the TARP balance toward deficit reduction. The change in Congress comes as unemployment...http://www.newser.com/story/74298/dems-use-tarp-funds-to-aid-jobless-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 7:44:13 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/74120/46-bailed-out-firms-behind-on-repaying-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA whopping 46 of the banks the government bailed out last year are behind on their payments, with some going belly-up despite the rescue. The largest so far, CIT Group, is in bankruptcy court today hoping to wipe out the $2.3 billion it owes Uncle Sam, and analysts tell...http://www.newser.com/story/74120/46-bailed-out-firms-behind-on-repaying-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 7:38:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73982/bush-warns-of-too-much-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Bush has promised to steer clear of criticizing his successor's policies, but he seemed to come awfully close yesterday during a speech at SMU. "As the world recovers, we will face a temptation to replace the risk-and-reward model of the private sector with the blunt instruments of government spending...http://www.newser.com/story/73982/bush-warns-of-too-much-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 8:05:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73867/rage-against-privilege-seeps-into-left-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt takes a lot for the folks in middle America to "look upon concentrated wealth as anything except a virtue," writes Timothy Egan for the New York Times , but that line has finally been crossed. Hearing of tens of billions in holiday bonuses at Wall Street firms bailed out by...http://www.newser.com/story/73867/rage-against-privilege-seeps-into-left-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 8:32:55 CST