Keyword: bank of america

The Fed Under Fire

By  Lagan Sebert  Harry Hanbury  Mike Fritz

The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers...

Quick Take: Kucinich Grills Lewis on Fed Emails

By  Lagan Sebert

Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis took a pounding Thursday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...

Quick Take: Kucinich Grills Lewis on Fed Emails

By  Lagan Sebert

Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis took a pounding Thursday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...

Stress Tests Might Be Pointless, Treasury Declines to Comment on Off-Book-Assets

By  Danielle Ivory

This report was produced in collaboration with Alternet.

At the center of President Obama's overhaul strategy for Wall Street are the "stress tests" which will be applied to all financial institutions...

Where Are The Bankers, Barney Frank?

By  Lagan Sebert

Barney Frank has repeatedly promised to bring bank executives in to testify before Congress about what they are doing with taxpayer money from the TARP...

Bank CEO Says Bailout Failing Community Banks

By  Danielle Ivory

As another $350 billion goes out the door, ANP looks at one small bailed-out bank...

Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis

By  Lagan Sebert

The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning...

Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight

By  Danielle Ivory  Lagan Sebert

On December 19th, Henry Paulson urged Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion of the bailout money...

Bank Eat Bank: Bailout Encourages Mergers

By  Danielle Ivory  Lagan Sebert

With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones...