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Bailouts for banks hit £850 bln

AFP - 34 minutes ago

Bailouts for banks have hit 850 billion pounds in the wake of the global financial crisis, a watchdog report said Friday, amid tensions over performance pay for senior bankers.

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Bernanke Defends Fed’s Record on Regulation, Bailouts (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 4:43 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank’s record as a bank regulator and its role in bailing out financial firms during a Senate hearing on his nomination to a second term.
In Secret, Comcast Wooed G.E. and Won NBC
New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 3:26 am ET
The secret meeting was set for an early July afternoon in a condominium along the ninth hole of a golf course in Sun Valley, Idaho. Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric ’s chief executive, arrived first, taking care to avoid being spotted by his own employee, Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of NBC Universal , who was mingling with other executives nearby.
Trichet’s Exit Strategy Frees ECB to Raise Rates If Needed
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:44 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet announced plans to scale back emergency lending next year that free policy makers to raise interest rates if needed as the euro region embarks on a “gradual” economic recovery.
Flash Trading Cited by ‘Squawk Box’ Defendants in New Trial Bid
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:41 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Former Citigroup Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. brokers convicted of selling access to internal “squawk boxes” should get a new trial because the U.S. withheld evidence of so-called flash trading, defense lawyers said.
UPDATE: Ex-Watley President, Others Sentenced In 'Squawk Box' Case
Nasdaq - Thu Dec 3, 7:47 pm ET
(Updates with Nwaigwe and Leonard sentences, additional comments and details.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A U.S. judge sentenced defunct day-trading firm A.B. Watley Inc.'s former president and four others on Thursday in a scheme to misuse brokerage firm "squawk boxes."
Bernanke's biggest fears
CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 9:47 am ET
These should be good times for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who some economists give much of the credit for averting a second Great Depression.
What Scares Me About Regulation
The Motley Fool - Thu Dec 3, 2:02 pm ET
These people aren't idiots. They have imperfect jobs.
Ex-Watley President Sentenced To 4 Years In 'Squawk Box' Case
Nasdaq - Thu Dec 3, 6:02 pm ET
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A U.S. judge sentenced defunct day-trading firm A.B. Watley Inc.'s former president on Thursday to four years in prison in a scheme to misuse brokerage firm "squawk boxes."
CFAO Advances After Biggest French IPO in Two Years (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 8:35 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- CFAO, the African distributor spun off from PPR SA, rose on its first day of trading in Paris after completing an 806 million euro ($1.2 billion) initial public offering, France’s biggest in two years.
In secret meetings, Comcast wooed GE and won NBC
The Salt Lake Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 8:55 pm ET
The secret meeting was set for an early July afternoon in an out-of-the-way condominium along the ninth hole of a golf course in Sun Valley, Idaho. Its outcome is very likely to transform forever the way we view everything from movies to TV.
US lawmakers vote to curb firms 'too big to fail'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 8:26 pm ET
A US House of Representatives committee has approved key regulatory legislation intended to curb the harmful economic effects of financial services institutions deemed "too big to fail."
Memphian Williams Has Economic Front-Row Seat From FINRA Board
The Memphis Daily News - 2 hours 31 minutes ago
When Memphian Duncan Williams joined the board of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in 2007, his colleagues included representatives of powe....
Bernanke defends Fed's record as bank regulator
Houston Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 11:50 am ET
Making a case for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke said today that he has the tools and the political backbone necessary to reel in massive economic support once the recovery is firmly rooted.
The Greatest Trick the Bankers Ever Pulled
The Motley Fool - Thu Dec 3, 11:48 am ET
Risk is here and now it's not. How'd you do that, bankers?
Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit
Seattle Times - Thu Dec 3, 3:49 pm ET
Home and condo prices in King County in November lower than a year ago.