Read more finance stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3597/finance.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:11:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72327/bank-reform-shatters-usual-party-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce health care reform is “settled,” Nate Silver writes, the White House will be searching for a new domestic issue. Card check is too hard, immigration will have to wait for 2012’s “younger, more diverse electorate,” and gay rights is a slog. The winner, in Silver’s opinion, is bank reform....http://www.newser.com/story/72327/bank-reform-shatters-usual-party-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 11:37:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72168/dont-fight-reform-obama-warns-wall-st-at-nyc-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt a fundraising dinner tonight in New York attended by (among others) the sorts of financial types who could afford the $30,400-per-couple entry fee, President Obama wagged a finger at Wall Street. “I would ask that you join us in passing what are necessary reforms,” he said in addressing...http://www.newser.com/story/72168/dont-fight-reform-obama-warns-wall-st-at-nyc-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 21:15:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72027/in-new-york-no-one-matters-but-bloomberg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSay what you will about Michael Bloomberg—the perfect mayor for New York in a financial crisis or arrogant billionaire who's pretty much bought an unprecedented third term—above all, Chris Smith writes, he is “a one-man Establishment.” A perfect storm of his personal fortune, the vagaries of international finance,...http://www.newser.com/story/72027/in-new-york-no-one-matters-but-bloomberg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 11:14:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69095/madoff-on-fooling-sec-just-be-casual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most important thing to remember if you want to fool the SEC is to act casual, Bernie Madoff told executives at Fairfield Greenwich Group. “You don't want them to think you're concerned about anything,” the Ponzi scheme mastermind said in a phone call taped in 2005, CNN reports. Most...http://www.newser.com/story/69095/madoff-on-fooling-sec-just-be-casual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64284/madoff-moved-to-nc-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernard Madoff was transferred today from Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center to a prison in Butner, NC, to serve out his 150-year sentence, sources tell CNBC. Madoff’s attorney had requested that the 71-year-old convicted Ponzi schemer do his time at Otisville in upstate New York. The prison system tries to place...http://www.newser.com/story/64284/madoff-moved-to-nc-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62033/how-board-games-screwed-up-your-fiscal-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s really no wonder Americans fouled up the financial system—fiscal irresponsibility was instilled in us at an early age by board games, observes Caitlin McDevitt for the Big Money. Among the poor lessons imparted by money games: In Monopoly , the game’s bank can never go bust—if the banker...http://www.newser.com/story/62033/how-board-games-screwed-up-your-fiscal-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 15:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59292/from-ashes-of-recession-a-reshaped-fed-will-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmong the myriad things that will be reshaped by the current economic crisis is the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reports. The steps the Fed has taken to stave off further economic turmoil have made it more vulnerable than it has been in years: If a lasting recovery takes...http://www.newser.com/story/59292/from-ashes-of-recession-a-reshaped-fed-will-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 9:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55003/feds-seize-madoffs-boats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Marshals seized two boats belonging to jailed schemer Bernie Madoff today, the AP reports. The vessels—a 55-foot yacht and a 24-foot motorboat that were docked at separate Florida marinas—were part of the $823 million in assets Madoff and his wife had accumulated by the end of last...http://www.newser.com/story/55003/feds-seize-madoffs-boats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 12:41:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52410/college-grads-facing-worst-job-market-in-7-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmployers will hire 22% fewer graduates this spring compared to last year—making this year’s dropoff the largest since the 9/11 attacks and the dot-com bust devastated the economy in 2002, BusinessWeek reports. And the situation could worsen, with 46% of employers unsure if hiring levels will rebound by the...http://www.newser.com/story/52410/college-grads-facing-worst-job-market-in-7-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Mar 2009 18:10:01 CST