FDIC close to a sale of IndyMac to private equity investors: report - Bizjournals.com

FDIC close to a sale of IndyMac to private equity investors: report Bizjournals.com, NC - Dec 29, 2008 The moves signal growing interest among private equity firms to pick up failed banks amid the financial crisis. IndyMac is the only bank that failed this ...

Private equity groups face tough choices as growth slows - Financial Times

Private equity groups face tough choices as growth slows Financial Times, UK - Dec 29, 2008 ... the speed with which recession has hit Britain reminds him of "Looney Tunes" cartoon characters like Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. ...

Marxist economists comment again on the crisis: 2. Fred Moseley ... - Workers' Liberty

Workers' Liberty

Marxist economists comment again on the crisis: 2. Fred Moseley ... Workers' Liberty, UK - Jan 4, 2009 I was in Argentina recently, just after the pension funds had been nationalised, and there was a cartoon in one of the daily newspapers, ...

Blago and backlash - Crosscut

Blago and backlash Crosscut, WA - Dec 11, 2008 A couple Illinois-related jokes come to mind: The first, in a cartoon, portrays convicts in a prison chow line. One turns to the other: "The food was much ...

YAR'ADUA' S 7-POINT AGENDA: Impost and Implementations! - Nigerian Muse

YAR'ADUA' S 7-POINT AGENDA: Impost and Implementations! Nigerian Muse, DC - Dec 25, 2008 In 1979, the NNPC raised its equity share to 60% and also took over British Petroleum's remaining 20% share in the Shell/BP Consortium. ...