Posts Tagged ‘citi’
Just read this. It’s not quite what it seems: “Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right to require (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. While we do not currently exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, we are required by law to notify you [...]
Tags: bank, citi, deposit, fdic, local bank, robert julavits, withdrawel
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Obama laid blame to the entire financial meltdown to the finance industry. He trashed their bonuses as an example of why people don’t like banks right now. He sang a different tune last year. He gladly accepted parts of their bonuses as the economy was melting down. Lehman Brothers $ 344,609 Bear Stearns $ 60,754 [...]
Tags: 60 minutes, american express, Bank of America, bank of new york mellon, banking, beat searns, capital one, citi, fat cat, goldman-sachs, graft, jp morgan, lehman brothers, morgan stanley, obama, pelosi, pnc bank, state street corp, tarp, toxic assets relief plan, us bancorp, wells fargo
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Everyone is saying this has been a near-flawless transition: It had to come some time. Despite a nearly flawless transition period of astute, substantive and widely praised cabinet appointments, the nascent Obama administration has unintentionally provoked its first controversy. Significantly, it is in the sphere of national security. I haven’t been quite as impressed. Bill [...]
Tags: bailout, barack obama, bill-richardson, CIA, citi, citibank, eric holder, FALN, geithner, george-tenet, IRS, jamie-gorelick, janet-reno, leon panetta, marc-rich, paul rubin, recession, rick warren, taxes, transition, treasury, withholding
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