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Two BofA Execs Leave Amid Gov Review
June 5, 2009
Two upper level Bank of America executives have announced their departures just days before the bank’s CEO is expected to testify before Congress regarding his firm’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch earlier this year.

Two BofA Execs Leave Amid Gov Review
June 5, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
Two upper level Bank of America executives have announced their departures just days before the bank’s CEO is expected to testify before Congress regarding his firm’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch earlier this year.

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Jobs Offshore
June 4, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said the company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Obama’s plan to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits.

Obama to Unveil Regulatory Reforms
June 4, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
The Obama administration has set June 17 as the launch date for the announcement of a new series of regulatory reforms as relate to the financial landscape.

Obama to Unveil Regulatory Reforms
June 4, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
The Obama administration has set June 17 as the launch date for the announcement of a new series of regulatory reforms as relate to the financial landscape.

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Jobs Offshore
June 4, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said the company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Obama’s plan to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits.

DoJ Looking into Tech Company Antitrust
June 3, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the recruiting practices at the country’s largest technology companies to determine whether they violated certain antitrust laws.

Fed: Increase Capital Before Repaying TARP
June 3, 2009
Even though some banks passed the Federal Reserve stress test one month ago, they may still be required to raise more capital before they repay TARP funding.

DoJ Looking into Tech Company Antitrust
June 3, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the recruiting practices at the country’s largest technology companies to determine whether they violated certain antitrust laws.

Gov’t to Appoint GM, Chrysler Boards
June 1, 2009
Even after nine months of extraordinary government intervention, the scope and complexity of the General Motors Corp. rescue present a thicket of conflicts unlike any seen before in Washington.

Geithner Promotes U.S.-China Relations
June 1, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
On his first visit to China as U.S. treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner said a sustained global recovery depends on efforts by the U.S. and China to repair their economies.

Geithner Promotes U.S.-China Relations
June 1, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
On his first visit to China as U.S. treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner said a sustained global recovery depends on efforts by the U.S. and China to repair their economies.

A Season of Discontent
June 1, 2009 by Gretchen Michals
At this year’s scaled-down annual general meetings, shareholders may not be getting free coffee, but they’ve shown no shortage of fury, fueled instead by frustration.

Berating the Raters
June 1, 2009 by Django Gold
Among the countless entities sharing blame for the economic malaise brought about by the financial crisis, credit-rating agencies and their methodologies have been criticized for their support of the debt worthiness of toxic assets and the Wall Street financial institutions that stockpiled them.

NTK: People to Know
June 1, 2009
If the Troubled Asset Relief Program goes down as the government’s most pivotal piece of business legislation since Sarbanes-Oxley, then Herb Allison, its chief administrator, also deserves a place in the history books.

Boardroom Journal: June/July 2009
June 1, 2009 by Jeffrey M. Cunningham
Planes, Gains, and Automobiles

Court Sides With Directors
June 1, 2009 by Django Gold
A landmark Delaware court case has been decided in favor of directors, after months of legal speculation and appraisal.

Obama Rethinks Financial Oversight
May 29, 2009
The Obama administration is expected to announce today the creation of a "cyber czar" while reportedly debating how ambitious they should be in their efforts to revamp oversight of financial markets in light of growing political opposition.

New GM Board: All the President’s Men
May 28, 2009 by Joseph McCafferty
A restructured board of directors at General Motors will be vastly under the presidential influence, as the Obama administration and other associated regulators would have control over the nominations of the vast majority of board members.

GM Inches to Bankruptcy
May 27, 2009
Automaker General Motors has failed to pass a bond exchange proposal that could have sustained the company’s debt, suggesting that a bankruptcy filing is just around the corner.