http://dir.salon.com/topics/banking/?source=rss&aim=banking en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT articles about the the banking industry and Wall Street By Gene Lyons Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/28/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/28/lyons/index.html?source=rss The housing collapse came about because we want more than we can afford. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/bernie_sanders_too_big_to_fail_bill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/bernie_sanders_too_big_to_fail_bill/index.html?source=rss Bernie Sanders' "Too Big to Fail" bill is short, sweet and has no chance of passing By Robert Reich Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/18/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/18/reich/index.html?source=rss Take a wild guess By Andy Kroll Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/27/kroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/27/kroll/index.html?source=rss The six biggest ways (we know about) that TARP scams taxpayers. By Robert Reich Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/08/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/08/reich/index.html?source=rss As the majority shareholders in failing banks, the American public should push management to cut executive compensation and make more loans to Main Street. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/15/bird_and_fortune_explain_the_financial_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/15/bird_and_fortune_explain_the_financial_crisis/index.html?source=rss British comedy duo Bird & Fortune explain how to get bankers to be boring and why Lehman's was allowed to fail By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/14/senate_wall_street/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/14/senate_wall_street/index.html?source=rss The tussle over credit card industry reform is proving that the banking industry hasn't lost much of its clout with Congress. Just wait until legislators try to sink their teeth into derivatives regulation. By Mike Madden Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/stress_tests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/stress_tests/index.html?source=rss Treasury releases its evaluations of top banks' financial health -- but the federal budget reveals that the government's own fiscal position is shaky. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/04/obama_dinner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/04/obama_dinner/index.html?source=rss We know they ate roast beef and discussed the banking system. The rest is a mystery. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/feature/2009/04/23/simon_johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/feature/2009/04/23/simon_johnson/index.html?source=rss It's time to get all Teddy Roosevelt on Wall Street, declares the former chief economist of the IMF. Bring out the big antitrust artillery and fire away. By Mike Madden Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/24/geithner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/24/geithner/index.html?source=rss President Obama figures out the key to selling his economic policies: Hide Tim Geithner. By Joe Conason Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/23/big_clawback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/23/big_clawback/index.html?source=rss It's time to reform offshore banking, and see what untaxed wealth big business is hiding in overseas tax shelters. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/11/let_the_market_do_its_magic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/11/let_the_market_do_its_magic/index.html?source=rss A congressman asks the banking CEOs: Why not let the magic of the market fix Wall Street? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/06/hugh_mccoll_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/06/hugh_mccoll_obama/index.html?source=rss Hugh McColl, the man who turned Charlotte, N.C., into a financial powerhouse, says the Democrat is the man for an economy in chaos. By Joe Conason Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/30/mccain_gramm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/30/mccain_gramm/index.html?source=rss Not only is former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm a shill for special interests, his deregulation policies helped spur the mortgage crisis, among other financial disasters. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/04/the_next_black_monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/04/the_next_black_monday/index.html?source=rss Congress will wring its hands, and taxpayers will foot the bill. A prediction of the consequences of bank deregulation, from 17 years ago. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/14/atm_fees/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/14/atm_fees/index.html?source=rss We have a right to be outraged at 50 percent price hikes. Too bad the federal government is no longer in the business of consumer protection. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/06/banking_broads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/06/banking_broads/index.html?source=rss Ka-ching! Germany now has a bank dedicated to serving women. By Rebecca Traister Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/14/women_in_banks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/14/women_in_banks/index.html?source=rss A new study shows that women are poorly represented on the boards of the world's 50 largest banks. By Laura Miller Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/04/21/stephenson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/04/21/stephenson/index.html?source=rss The author of "Cryptonomicon" and the "Baroque Cycle" talks about the brighter side of Puritanism, the feud between Newton and Leibniz, and the literary world's grudge against science fiction. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/04/21/confusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/04/21/confusion/index.html?source=rss "The Confusion," Vol. 2 of Neal Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle," is an enchanting, utterly excessive romp through the weird and wonderful corners of the late 17th century. By Robert Scheer Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/07/31/bankruptcy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/07/31/bankruptcy/index.html?source=rss With its support of a new bankruptcy bill, Congress is once again doing the bidding of the financial industry. By Damien Cave Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/04/banking_lobby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/04/banking_lobby/index.html?source=rss Anti-terrorist fervor has upset the political apple cart: Long-entrenched lobbyists are suddenly being defeated and ignored. But will they soon resurface? By Merrill Goozner Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/23/ceo_pay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/23/ceo_pay/index.html?source=rss Greedy CEOs like Bank of America's Hugh McColl are squeezing the shareholders for gigantic salaries, no matter how the company is doing. By Mark Hunter Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/22/pinault/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/22/pinault/index.html?source=rss Did the toughest corporate raider in France play the stooge for a bank gone wrong?