Subject: AIG/Fed a RICO (it's all over the news)
Date: Jan 7, 2010 5:43 PM
YEAaaaah.
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http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ncl=d_FjPAJ7wwHttUMvxam99sohrBE-M&topic=b
NY Fed Told AIG to Limit Details of Bank Payments
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704130904574644542588515508.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Wall Street Journal - Alistair Barr - 2 hours ago
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York told American International Group
to withhold details from the public about more than $62 billion the
insurer paid to banks at the height of the 2008 financial crisis,
according to emails disclosed ...
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-07/frank-says-fed-s-role-in-aig-is-troubling-supports-hearings.html
Frank Says Fed's Role in AIG Is 'Troubling,' Supports Hearings
BusinessWeek - Alison Vekshin, Peter Cook - 1 hour ago
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Barney Frank said the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York's decision to tell American International
Group Inc. to limit disclosures on payments to banks is “troubling”
and said he ...
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The AIG fiasco keeps getting worse
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-07/frank-says-fed-s-role-in-aig-is-troubling-supports-hearings.html
CNN - Colin Barr - 13 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The AIG bailout isn't going away, much as
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner might like it to. The $180 billion
fiasco was back in the news Thursday, after Bloomberg reported ...
"The outstanding question is why the [New York Fed] didn't fight for a
better deal for the American taxpayer," Rep. Issa said in a statement
on Thursday. "Clearly, the New York Fed wanted to suppress details and
limit disclosure of the counterparty deal from the American people.
The only question is why?"
more by Darrell Issa - 2 hours ago - Wall Street Journal (41
occurrences)
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NY Fed sought to limit AIG disclosures-lawmaker
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0719170920100107?type=marketsNews
Reuters - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York in
late 2008 urged American International Group Inc to limit disclosures
about the insurer's full payments to major banks after its bailout,
according to email traffic distributed by a ...
Geithner's Fed Hushed AIG About Swaps
Atlantic Online - Daniel Indiviglio - 2 hours ago
Still not clear on why I don't trust the Federal Reserve to be the
systemic risk regulator? Want a great example of a conflict of
interest where it urged a firm to withhold information to ensure its
bailout go smoothly? Bloomberg provides just that ...
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Blogs
Geithner: After Helping Gordon Gekko Evade the SEC, Will He Finally
Now Be Fired?
Huffington Post (blog) - 1 hour ago
Way back in May of 2009, I said President Obama needed to fire
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner because he was either lying or
incompetent when it came to ...
Fed Pressed AIG to Limit Public Disclosures of Payments
ABC News (blog) - Matthew Jaffe - 2 hours ago
The New York Fed, under the leadership of current Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner, pressed bailout recipient AIG in late 2008 to limit its
public ...
AIG Falls On $500M Settlement, Fed Reserve Dealings
Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 4 hours ago
Shares of American International Group (AIG) are falling 76 cents, or
2.6%, to $28.38 this morning on a couple of different headlines. ...
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United States
Derivatives need more clearing, transparency-NY Fed
Reuters - Karen Brettell, Kenneth Barry - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Further moves towards central clearing and
additional price and volume transparency are needed to help reduce
risk in the $450 ...
Banks Should Make Swap Prices More Transparent, NY Fed Says
BusinessWeek - Matthew Leising, Shannon D. Harrington - 4 hours ago
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co.
and other banks in the $605 trillion ...
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New York, NY
AIG Bailout Keeps Dogging Tim Geithner
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Michael Corkery - 7 hours ago
The fall out from the government rescue of American International
Group keeps raining on Tim Geithner. Emails between Geithner's Fed
and ...
AIG's Deputy General Counsel Wrote to Her Boses: The Government Is
Tearing Me ...
Corporate Counsel - Andrew Hard, Amy Miller - 46 minutes ago
American International Group, Inc., deputy general counsel Kathleen
Shannon e-mailed the insurer's executives in March 12, 2009, about
conflicting demands ...
Emails: Fed Pressed AIG To Keep Bailout Details Under Wraps
TPMMuckraker (blog) - Zachary Roth - 2 hours ago
The New York Fed pressured AIG in late 2008 to withhold from the
public details about its massive and controversial payments to counter-
parties, ...
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