Keyword: Financial Crisis

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...

Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing

By  Lagan Sebert

Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis...

VIEWPOINT: McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy

By  Mike Fritz  Harry Hanbury

In 1964, President Johnson said of Vietnam that "I don't think it's worth fighting for, and I don't think that we can get out...

AIG CEO Warns Of 'Dire Consequences' If Company Fails

By  Mike Fritz  Lagan Sebert

This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post:

"Edward Liddy, CEO of American Insurance Group, warned a congressional panel Wednesday of "dire consequences" if the bailed-out insurer is allowed to fail...

AIG Won't Release Names Of Executives, Citing Death Threats

By  Mike Fritz  Lagan Sebert

This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post:

"Members of a congressional panel interrogating AIG CEO Edward Liddy on Wednesday repeatedly asked that he release the names of executives who were on the good end of $165 million in bonus payments...

Citi CEO Pandit Caught In Double-Talk: Earns $10.8M After Telling Congress He Made $1M

By  Lagan Sebert

This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post:
"Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit received nearly $11 million of compensation in 2008...

UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Becomes New Foe

By  Lagan Sebert  Mike Fritz

Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, has long been a generous donor to American lawmakers...

Grayson Grills Citigroup CEO

By  Harry Hanbury  Lagan Sebert

CEOs of the biggest bailed-out banks finally appeared before Congress. Over the course of a seven-hour hearing, there were remarkably few revealing moments...