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Barron's Picks And Pans: Allstate, CBS, Owens-Illinois, 3M And More
Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 12:06pm | 750Read More...This weekend's Barron's discusses how the insurance industry is likely to ride out Hurricane Florence. Other featured articles examine the prospects for a bottle maker in a slump and an industrial giant worth a closer look. Also, a board of directors that was slow to act and how big iPhone...
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Hank Paulson: Trump Won't Be President
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 2:41pm | 285Read More..."I don't think we're going to see a President Trump," said former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson while commenting on the 2016 presidential race on Bloomberg. Answering a question of whether Trump as president would be a useful ingredient to that long-term stability, Paulson stated, "...
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Henry Paulson Tipped Hedge Funds on Government Plans in 2008
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 4:59pm | 504Read More...According to a recent Bloomberg Markets Magazine article, in the summer of 2008, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson tipped off a group of powerful hedge fund managers about a possible scenario where the government would place ailing mortgage GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship...
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Where's The Bazooka?
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 9:43am | 764Read More...Hank Paulson asked for, and ultimately received his bazooka. For now, it looks like Jean-Claude Trichet is coming out with a squirt gun, when he really needs a RPG launcher at this time. Last night, the European Central Bank announced it would be buying Spanish and Italian bonds, as quantitative...
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After That Release, Should Goldman Be Downgraded To Silverman?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 8:48am | 806Read More...That was nothing short of a brutal earnings report from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and is worth of asking whether the prestigious investment bank has lost its luster on Wall Street. The New York-based investment bank reported earnings of $1.85 per share on $7.28 billion in revenues. Wall Street...
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"Too Big To Fail" Is Bailout Worthy
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 1:49pm | 309Read More...I watched "Too Big to Fail" last night, and I have to say that the HBO movie was much better than expected, and it gives a mostly accurate depiction of what happened during the 2008 financial crisis. The movie, taken from Andrew Ross Sorkin's best-seller, was able to depict the major players...
