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Treasury Hid A.I.G. Loss, Report Says

  MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, On Tuesday October 26, 2010 The United States Treasury concealed $40 billion in likely taxpayer losses on the bailout of the American International Group earlier this month, when it abandoned its usual method for valuing investments, according to a report by the special inspector general for […]

Home prices fell in August, near lows

On Tuesday October 26, 2010, 10:06 am EDT By Julie Haviv NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prices of single-family homes fell for a second straight month in August, hovering around recent lows after the expiration of popular homebuyer tax credits, according a Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price report on Tuesday.   […]

The New Wall Street: No Bubble, No Profits

by David Weidner Tuesday, October 26, 2010   Commentary: Investors are on to the Street’s tricks For many reasons, Wall Street should be thriving.   The bailouts have come and gone, leaving a vastly consolidated, less-competitive marketplace. Washington’s swipe at the industry, the Dodd-Frank Act, largely avoided remaking the industry […]