Tag: SHAME
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Silicon Valley Bank’s former parent company says FDIC seized about $2 billion in cash
Silicon Valley Bank’s former parent company cannot access about $2 billion it deposited with the bankrupt bank after regulators froze the company’s accounts and are investigating whether it should bear costs related to the bank’s bankruptcy . Lawyers for SVB Financial Group, the holding company that formerly controlled the now-defunct bank, alleged Tuesday at the […]
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First Republic Bank asks Lazard for help with strategic options assessment
First Republic Bank FRC 29.47% strengthens his ranks of advisors as the troubled lender tries to stay afloat and plan for a post-crisis future amid a transatlantic crisis of confidence in the banking system. The Bank of California this week tapped Lazard Ltd. LAZ 3.23% to help assess strategic options, such as a sale, a […]
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What the Fed’s next move means for mortgages, loans and credit cards
The bar Americans must clear to get approved for loans and credit cards is likely to rise along with interest rates, due in part to the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates again on Wednesday, though some economists say it could go on hiatus this […]
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads efforts to create new First Republic Bank Rescue Plan
Discussions, while tentative, focused on how the industry could arrange an investment that would bolster the bank’s capital, according to people familiar with the matter. One of the options on the table, people said, is an investment in First Republic by the banks themselves. Eleven major banks joined forces last week to deposit $30 billion […]
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From Zero to Hero – WSJ
President Joe Biden at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 15. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Isn’t it bizarre that so many people who cause problems then turn around and become heroes who solve the same problems they caused? Between the $1.9 trillion US bailout from the Biden administration and the green-laden $738 billion Inflation […]