Author: Don Charles Osborne
Publisher: Vantage Press Inc
Keywords: bailout
Number of Pages: 79
Published: 2009-02-27
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0533158222
ISBN-13: 9780533158225

Bailout, Don Charles Osborne’s memoir of his service in the Second World War, begins in the summer of 1944 when the war in Europe was in its fifth year, and Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich occupied the continent, except for the neutral countries of Sweden and Switzerland. Mr. Osborne also recounts the first, shortest mission ("the only one that did not take us deep into the heart of Nazi Germany") all the way to the fourteenth mission where, five miles over Hamburg, Germany, the airplane is hit by anti-aircraft fire. The B-17 suddenly erupts into a raging inferno and explodes. Thankfull

Author: Irvine H. Sprague
Publisher: Beard Books
Keywords: failures, rescues, bank, account, insider, bailout
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2000-12-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1587980177
ISBN-13: 9781587980176

The engrossing story of how the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation handled four bank failures. PUBCOMMENTS: During the high interest times of the 1970s and 1980s, banks and savings and loan associations were under heavy financial pressure. Hundreds of them failed. The Home Loan Bank Board permitted the savings and loan associations to treat goodwill as capital, thereby allowing them to remain open and to build up enormous losses that eventually cost the taxpayers billions of dollars. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took a different approach. It closed the banks or sold them, all a

Author: Paul Muolo
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: money, mortgage, taxes, means, stabilization, bailout, emergency, economic, billion
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2008-12-10
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0470462566
ISBN-13: 9780470462560

The book is an analysis of the controversial Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and explains in easy to understand language what the bailout bill means for individuals. $700 Billion Bailout answers questions such as: What does the bill say, exactly? Who is making decisions about how the $700 billion will be spent, and what does it mean now that the government is investing directly in our banks? Who’s footing the bill? What is the impact on homeowners, businesses, retirement, and taxes? Where do I put my money in the meantime? Veteran reporter Paul Muolo shows both the challenges and o

Authors:Barry Ritholtz,  Bill Fleckenstein, Aaron Task,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: street, shook, world, economy, wall, corrupted, nation, greed, easy, money, bailout
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2009-05-26
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0470520388
ISBN-13: 9780470520383

A riveting indictment of those responsible for our current financial mess Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today’s most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft Bailout Nation-where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times. Entertaining and informativ

Author: Ron Insana
Publisher: Avery
Keywords: street, bargains, main, greatest, wall, guide, biggest, bailout, history, fortune
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-12-31
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1583333649
ISBN-13: 9781583333648

For those in the know, today’s financial headlines don’t spell disaster--they spell the sale of the century. But it takes a trustworthy veteran of the trading trenches to guide investors through these volatile times. Drawing on his two decades as a financial reporter, plus three recent years working on Wall Street, Ron Insana helps readers restore their depleted portfolios by showing them: *How to determine reemerging opportunities in submerged markets *Where to invest in really legit real estate *How to magnify the magnificent opportunities in municipal bonds and Treasury Infla

Authors:Barry Ritholtz,  Bill Fleckenstein, Aaron Task
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wall, corrupted, street, shook, economy, world, money, easy, new, nation, post, crisis, greed, update, bailout
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0470596325
ISBN-13: 9780470596326

An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today’s most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft Bailout Nation-where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times. Entertaining and infor

Authors:Peter Orszag, Patrick Purcell,
Publisher: TheCapitol.Net, Inc.
Keywords: pension, pbgc, corporation, bailout, impact, protection, guarantee, risks, benefit, dumping, pensions, retirement, security, funds, underfunded
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2009-07-20
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1587331535
ISBN-13: 9781587331534

"Underfunded Pensions, Pension Dumping, and Retirement Security: Pension Funds, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), Bailout Risks, Impact on the Federal Budget, and the Pension Protection Act of 2006," part of the Government Series from TheCapitol.Net The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides a comprehensive federal scheme for the regulation of employee pension and welfare benefit plans offered by employers. The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), a federal corporation created by ERISA, protects the pensions of nearly 44 million American