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Gangster Banks Keep Winning Public Business. Why?
A friend of mine sent this article from Bloomberg, along with the simple comment: "Perfect." What's perfect? That the banks that have been caught repeatedly rippi... | More »March 22, 9:40 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Another Hidden Bailout: Helping Wall Street Collect Your Rent
Here's yet another form of hidden bailout the federal government doles out to our big banks, without the public having much of a clue. This is from the WSJ this ... | More »March 19, 10:55 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
On Goldman Executive Greg Smith's Brave Departure
March 14, 11:06 AM ET| Matt TaibbiWall Street is buzzing this morning about a resignation – a historic one. Greg Smith, the executive director and head of Goldman Sachs’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, not only decided to quit Goldman, he decided to do it in the New York Times, eloquently deconstructing the firm’s moral slide in a lengthy op-ed piece.
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J.P. Morgan Chase's Ugly Family Secrets Revealed
In a story that should be getting lots of attention, American Banker has released an excellent and disturbing exposé of J.P. Morgan Chase's credit card ser... | More »March 13, 9:18 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Guy Who Rented All 94 Rooms of Aspen Hotel for Party Scores Awesome New Goldman Job
Remember the story about the Wall Street guy who rented out all 94 rooms of an Aspen hotel for three days for his daughter's Bat Mitzvah? The main character in t... | More »March 12, 6:19 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Bank of America In Trouble?
March 2, 10:44 AM ET| Matt TaibbiIt looks like Bank of America might have started circling the drain before the Occupy movement even had a chance to launch its campaign against the company. For weeks now there have been ominous signs of trouble at the bank, and yesterday we heard yet another dark piece of news.
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Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche
March 1, 3:10 PM ET| Matt TaibbiGive him this: The conservative provocateur had his moments
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Announcement: Occupy Wall Street Rally Today
February 29, 10:30 AM ET| Matt TaibbiOccupy Wall Street is kicking off a new series of actions today, and as part of the campaign, I'm going to be speaking at Bryant Park at 11 a.m., through about noon, when a march will begin.
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The topic is Too-Big-To-Fail banks, and Bank of America in particular.
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Arizona Debate: Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost
February 23, 12:20 PM ET| Matt TaibbiThis is where the Republican Party is now. They’ve run out of foreign enemies to point fingers at. They’ve already maxed out the rhetoric against us orgiastic, anarchy-loving pansexual liberal terrorists. The only possible remaining explanation for their troubles is that their own leaders have failed them. There is a stranger in the house!
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Another March to War?
As a journalist, there’s a buzz you can detect once the normal restraints in your business have been loosened, a smell of fresh chum in the wat... | More »February 17, 9:40 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Lloyd Blankfein's the Wrong Spokesman for Gay Rights
February 14, 4:55 PM ET| Matt TaibbiThe Human Rights Campaign, the organization that advocates for equal rights for gay, lesbian, and transgender people, has named Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein its “national corporate spokesman for same-sex marriage." This is an unfortunate mistake.
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Why the Foreclosure Deal May Not Be So Hot After All
February 9, 12:58 PM ET| Matt TaibbiIt's too easy on the banks and not generous enough to homeowners, among other problems.
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Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
February 8, 11:02 AM ET| Matt TaibbiBankers have failed so spectacularly at that job in the last fifteen years that they’re lucky that God himself didn’t come down to earth and boot their asses out of their new condos.
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A Victory for the Public on Foreclosures?
January 28, 12:07 PM ET| Matt TaibbiSo there was big news yesterday on the foreclosure settlement front. We still have to wait and see what the final deal looks like, but there are reports out that the long-awaited settlement is a far, far better deal for the public than expected. If these reports are true, it looks like New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and California AG Kamala Harris have scored an enormous victory in narrowing the scope of the settlement to the point where it really only covers robosigning abuses.
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Matt Taibbi is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. He’s the author of five books, most recently The Great Derangement and Griftopia, and a winner of the National Magazine Award for commentary.
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