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Did the Fed's Emergency Lending Prop Up "Too Big to Fail"?
The Obama administration arrived in Washington in early 2009 facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression -- and an American public outraged by bailouts for the financial institutions that had gotten them there.
May 1, 2012
Live Chat 1 p.m ET: The Battles Behind Closed Doors
Join Money, Power and Wall Street producers Mike Wiser and Jim Gilmore for a live chat featuring guest questioner Ryan Lizza from The New Yorker. You can leave a question now.
May 1, 2012
What Has Occupy Wall Street Been Up To?
While today's renewed protests are getting a lot of attention, a small group of activists has been quietly working within the financial system to change America's regulatory processes.
May 1, 2012
From Bear to Lehman: Documents Reveal an Alternate History
On the heels of investment bank Bear Stearns’ sudden collapse in March of 2008, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, then led by President Timothy Geithner, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dispatched teams of investigators to the four largest remaining investment banks.
May 1, 2012
Report: Murdoch "Not a Fit Person" to Run News Corp.
A scathing – but politically split – report by a British Parliamentary committee found that the media mogul exercised "willful blindness" during the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World.
May 1, 2012
Colleagues Call British Aid Worker's Murder in Pakistan "Senseless and Barbaric"
Khalil Dale, a British aid worker employed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was found dead in Pakistan yesterday, almost four months after he was kidnapped while he was driving home from his office in Quetta.
April 30, 2012
The Big Takeaways From This Week's Murdoch Testimony
This week has been abuzz with news about James and Rupert Murdoch's testimony at an inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal. So what was revealed? And what's next for News Corp.? To keep you (very smartly) updated, here's analysis from key reporters who have been following Rupert Murdoch and the media for years.
April 27, 2012
New Rules Aim to Crack Down on For-Profit Recruitment of Vets
They're are aimed at the "aggressive and deceptive targeting of service members, veterans, and their families." Here's a rundown of what the president's new executive order will accomplish.
April 27, 2012
Bradley Manning Court-Martial Set for September
Prosecutors will have to prove the alleged WikiLeaker acted with the "clear understanding" that the information would be viewed by the enemy.
April 27, 2012
Blast in Hama, Opposition Stronghold, Disrupts Fragile Syrian Ceasefire
An explosion ripped through a poor neighborhood in the opposition stronghold of Hama this morning, disrupting the fragile Syrian ceasefire agreement brokered by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan last month.
April 26, 2012
Live Chat 2:30 p.m. ET: How Do You Stop A Financial Meltdown? (Hour 2)
Join Money, Power and Wall Street producers Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser for a live chat featuring guest questioner Andrew Ross Sorkin from The New York Times. You can leave a question now.
April 26, 2012