The banking system continues to reveal more ugly creases and cracks than an old hag with her make up off. The latest to take a look at herse...

Under continuing fire, Robert Rubin has resigned from Citigroup. Other than providing access to government coffers under favorable condition...

The Robert Rubin Wing of Goldman Sachs (Citigroup) did very well for itself under GW and Treasury Secretary Paulson. It appears that the tr...

WSJ is asking : Was Mr. Rubin to be primarily a member of the board overseeing management, or a part of the management reporting to the boar...

....so says WSJ , as the Rupert Murdoch media empire has gone into attack mode against the Citigroup board of directors. A New York Post edi...

Jackie Calmes at IHT fills in more pieces to the puzzle: It is testament to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's star power among m...

Says Krugman : Amazing how much damage the lame ducks can do in the time remaining, In fact, this bailout has Citigroup vice-president and ...

The United States government will guarantee up to $306 billion of Citigroup assets, as part of a major bailout of Citi. In addition, Citi wi...

So says WSJ : The new economic team emerges from the Democratic Party's moderate flank, with Mr. Rubin as the common denominator. Mr. Su...

According to various news sources, Tim Geithner will be nominated as Treasury Secretary by Barack Obama. An official announcement is expec...

Citigroup stock is trading below $4.00 this morning, way off its all time high of $54.00. Yesterday during a telephone conversation, investm...

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding said Alwaleed will increase his Citigroup stake , his largest holding, to 5 percent. His hol...

The latest news from our Treasury Secretary is that the consumer credit markets are frozen. The only problem is that Hank Paulson's idea...

I don't know how else to interpret this report from WSJ: Mr. Paulson wanted flexibility to use the money any way he saw fit. Privately,...

John Maynard Keynes and Oligarchs appear to be alive, well and ready for the Obama Administration. In Barack Obama's first press confere...

US President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will hold a news conference at 2:30 EST on Friday after meeting with thei...

Two spheres of influence appear to circle around Barack Obama. Wall Street investment bankers, who have paid, through donations, to sit at t...

The soundbites off the release of the Obama Chicago Public Radio interview, do not surprise U.S. News and World Report's James Pethokou...

Except for a meeting with the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC , Sarah Palin appearances have been canceled, according to WSJ . "She has to famil...

Anne Kilkenny reports from Alaska: During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same...