Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — When a congressional panel convened a hearing on the government rescue of American International Group Inc. in January, the public scolding of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner got the most attention. Lawmakers said the former head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank had presided over a backdoor bailout of Wall…
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,†said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A measurement of pending home sales fell to the third-lowest reading on record in May as the housing markets recovery continued to prove elusive. The National Association of Realtorsseasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes fell 4.7 percent to 84.7 from an upwardly revised April reading of 88.9. The index…