Bankruptcy Blogs

ABC News Stalks Bank of America CEO, Who Responds Graciously

11/03/11

Brian Moynihan gives an interview on camera, on the spot. ABC dwells on the sidewalk chase. Will bankers who hide their checking fees get the same treatment?

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Easy Ways to Stimulate Home Sales

11/03/11

How do we get lenders to reduce credit overlays without jeopardizing the government's ability to hold lenders accountable for misdeeds? Here are some ideas that could break the stalemate.

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Is It Time to Rename the Texas Ratio?

11/03/11

The Texas Ratio is often used to measure the riskiness of a bank and its likelihood of failure. But recently, it has lost its distinctiveness as being uniquely Texan.

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CDS Again

11/03/11

I want to draw about two trillion underlines under Alphaville's point that

we’d also like to know about concentration. That is, are there just a few counterparties out there that are big net sellers of Italy CDS or are there many? Which CDS have the most non-dealers involved?

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