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Abdiwahab Ibrahim

Bernanke's Philosopher - Reason Magazine - 1 views

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  • Abdiwahab Ibrahim on 29 Dec 10
     
    Relates Bernanke to Milton Friedman.
anonymous

FRONTLINE: the warning: watch the full program online | PBS - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 28 Dec 10
     
    Chapter 6 talks about in late 2008, Born's nightmare comes true with the financial crisis. It also mentions Lehman's bankruptcy, markets crash, credit freezes. Now, huge banks' toxic assets are tied into over-the-counter derivatives. 
anonymous

FRONTLINE: inside the meltdown: analysis: roots of the crisis | PBS - 1 views

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  • From 2004 to 2007, Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac] are all of a sudden under assault from Wall Street. Wall Street is trying to take over Fannie and Freddie's business. And Fannie and Freddie, to compete, basically start saying, "We're going to start buying riskier and riskier loans."
  • all of the data that was the ballast that supported this belief that homes will never lose any value, the underpinnings of that have disappeared.
Rachel Choi

AIG Was Unprepared for Financial Crisis, Former Top Lawyer Says - BusinessWeek - 2 views

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  • forced the insurer to accept a $182.3 billion bailout from the U.S. government
  • Because the company was so diverse and global, “there was no one in charge,”
  • after failing to get support from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or arrange a loan through JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
  • ...9 more annotations...
  • Hank didn’t plan to leave when he left, so the normal transition when a CEO leaves that you hope happens when a CEO leaves didn’t happen.”
  • Manageable
  • Greenberg
  • Robert Willumstad, who became AIG’s third chief executive officer
  • 2008,
  • Kelly, 60,
  • perations in more than 100 nations.
  • accusing him of improperly taking $4.3 billion in stock.
  • It wasn’t very tough,”
  • Rachel Choi on 13 Dec 10
     
    Information about AIG
Abdiwahab Ibrahim

Global Investment Review - 3 views

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  • Their peak was $6.2 trillion at the end of 2000, before global markets went into a tailspin.
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      Abdiwahab Ibrahim on 14 Dec 10
       
      This is for institutional investors.
Jonathan Li

Anatomy of the Financial Crisis - 1 views

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  • Jonathan Li on 13 Dec 10
     
    Very extensive report on the financial crisis by the nightly business report.
Jonathan Li

Barack Obama's campaign promises, from his election campaign - 3 views

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  • Jonathan Li on 13 Dec 10
     
    Very useful comments for Government, or Fannie may and Freddi Mac people.
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