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...Bernard Madoff passes time as inmate No. 61727-054 in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, questions about his giant scheme continue to dog investigators and the public. Among them is the curious relationship Madoff had with his bank, JPMorgan Chase...
That leaves the commercial mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities that were once AAA-rated but have since been downgraded. Those toxic assets will be sold, Treasury hopes, by at least five still untested public-private investment funds that will be created through open bidding among investment banks. Those assets, according to TIME's calculations, amount to about $37 billion on banks' books...
...Obama was among the first to cry foul, instructing Treasury Secretary Geithner to "block these bonuses and make the American taxpayer whole." Afterwards, in a letter to Congress, Geithner stated that "we will impose on AIG a contractual commitment to pay the Treasury from the operations of the company the amount of the retention awards just paid." It appears that AIG's penalty will be that the Treasury will force the insurance company to pay the Treasury back with money the Treasury has already given it. Congressman Barney Frank struck a strident tone when he proposed that the government enforce...
...country that has no equivalent of a National Security Council to mediate among the various parts of government involved, it's not unusual for a little intraministerial miscommunication to occur now and then. But many are asking why this decision, communicated poorly or not, was made now. With the G-20 meeting in London on April 2 and the NATO gathering in Strasbourg immediately after offering Spain a first chance to work with Obama, why would Zapatero risk alienating his allies? (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama's election...
...Fidesz has been vague about the reforms it would implement, creating the belief among many supporters that it can reform the economy without the painful reforms and austerity measures analysts say are desperately needed. "The big question is whether the public is prepared for reform from a credible new Prime Minister," says Szabados, "or a Prime Minister who still believes in managing the crisis without pain?" (See TIME's pictures of the week...