Description: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says he will always feel legitimate pressure from the public even though the bailout wasn’t ‘under his watch. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 01/29/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/29/n_geithner_stimulus_bailout.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Do you share the views put forward by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner? Explain your answer. In which ways do… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Governments & Regulators
FDIC: Bonus culture needs to change
Description: FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair is concerned with the lack of real change in big banks’ operations and compensation. Source: CNNMoney – video report  Date: 01/22/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/22/n_fdic_bair_bank_bonuses.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summary the ideas put forward by Sheila Bair. Do you support her position? Explain your thinking. How do you think the investment industry… Read more »
Obama proposes new limits on big bank risky trading
Description: In his toughest response yet to the financial crisis, Obama proposed Thursday that strict limits be imposed on the size and trading activities of the nation’s biggest banks. The proposal aims to deter commercial banks from becoming so large that they put the broader economy at risk and distort normal competitive forces. The president… Read more »
Investors brace for earnings, Bernanke vote
Description: Stocks could see choppy trading next week with the latest batch of earnings and uncertainty over Ben Bernanke’s Senate confirmation for another term as Federal Reserve chairman. Source: Reuters.com Date: 01/23/2010 Link:Â http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60M09920100123 Questions for discussion:Â Follow up this article with a summary of corporate earnings reported this week? How did markets react? Why… Read more »
