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Recap – Bernanke Testimony – Bloomberg

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Senate Budget Committee Hammers Fed’s Bernanke on AIG Bailout; Bernanke Says AIG Was Hedge Fund Attached to Unstable Insurance Company, Insists Bank Bailout is Essential to Ending Recession and Helping Main Street (Bloomberg News)

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February 4th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

Obama Refuses to Rule Out Jail Time for People Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance.

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the health care system but stopped short of endorsing the threat of jail time for those who refuse to pay a fine for not having insurance. What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don’t, you’re subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it’s affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there’s a thousand dollar hidden …

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January 16th, 2010 at 10:17 pm

FDIC Insurance Limits and Indymac Bank Loan Modifications

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Sheila Bair, FDIC Chairman, explains the many concerns depositors have about their bank accounts due the recent bank failures. Depositors don’t have to worry if they are within the FDIC loan limits. She also talks about the FDIC loan modification program for IndyMac Bank customers. More info at: SCCRealEstateUncensored.com MiCasaMiDinero.com

Inside Look – Financial Crisis Panel Meets – Bloomberg

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Interview with FCIC Chairman Philip Angelides (Bloomberg News)

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January 1st, 2010 at 3:11 am

Greenberg Finalizes Deal With AIG

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Hank Greenberg’s attorney David Boies breaks down the deal with the former boss at the insurance giant. … Greenberg “market overview” Boies AIG insurance finance government economy

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November 29th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Ways to overcome financial difficulty- the Warriors way!

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I have nothing to profit from sharing this information. This has nothing with Martial Arts and at the same time everything to do with it as we must apply what we learn to the reality and be brave. Have you got what it takes to survive!? I am not trying to be a preacher nor do this for praise, recognition, sympathy or whatever. I do it as I feel that I wouldnt deserve to posses the knowledge etc which has been shared with me if I didnt apply it correctly by sharing it. This is what I see as …

In-Depth Look – Financial Flip – Bloomberg

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Troubled Financials Shares Rising Despite the 0 Billion Black Hole Looming (Bloomberg News)

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September 5th, 2009 at 5:30 am

Inside Look – Fixing the Financial System – Bloomberg

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Interview with Alan Beattie, Former Bank of England Economist and Author of “False Economy” (Bloomberg News)

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August 27th, 2009 at 5:29 am

Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -4

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Niall Ferguson – renowned professor of History and Business Administration at Harvard, Senior Research Fellow at Oxford and the Hoover Institute, and author of “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World” – provides a riveting historical perspective on the financial crisis. He discusses at length: (a) the historically bumpy evolution of the financial system via periodic crisis; (b) the boom-bust cycle of assets prices due to never changing human psyche; (c) the severity of the …

Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -5

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Niall Ferguson – renowned professor of History and Business Administration at Harvard, Senior Research Fellow at Oxford and the Hoover Institute, and author of “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World” – provides a riveting historical perspective on the financial crisis. He discusses at length: (a) the historically bumpy evolution of the financial system via periodic crisis; (b) the boom-bust cycle of assets prices due to never changing human psyche; (c) the severity of the …


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