Bad News in Commercial Real Estate

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 19, 2008 at 09:00 AM

The Journal and Bloomberg report today that two big commercial real estate loans are about to default and yesterday the... More

The Post’s Paulson Puff, Part Two

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 19, 2008 at 08:20 AM

The Washington Post graces us this morning with part two of its Henry Paulson hero-worship series. I was skeptical yesterday... More

WSJ’s Bank Mod Story Incomplete

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2008 at 10:07 AM

The Wall Street Journal reports that even banks that have modified home loans to help struggling borrowers are getting slammed... More

FT on the Other Paulson

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2008 at 09:21 AM

The Financial Times has an interesting piece of news: John Paulson, who’s made many billions of dollars betting against housing... More

LAT on the Flipside of the Housing Bust

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2008 at 09:07 AM

We too often forget that the housing bust is good for a lot of people, namely those who can now... More

Promise and Peril at Tesla

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2008 at 08:53 AM

The Washington Post has an interesting look at Tesla Motors, the startup electric-car company that’s run into trouble recently. It’s... More

The Post’s Paulson Puff

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2008 at 08:29 AM

The Washington Post goes long with yet another Henry Paulson profile. There’s not much new here—add it to the list... More

Subprime Didn’t Have To Be a Dirty Word

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2008 at 04:37 PM

Daniel Gross blows a gaping hole in the argument that borrowers are to blame for the housing bust and subsequent... More

WSJ on Rising Health Costs for Small Biz

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2008 at 09:33 AM

The Journal is good today in writing on how higher health-care costs, exacerbated by the financial crisis, are hitting small... More

Spitzer Reappears

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2008 at 09:19 AM

Eliot Spitzer came out of hiding yesterday to suggest some remedies for Wall Street. Good for the Washington Post for... More

WSJ Misses a Big Part of Goldman Story

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2008 at 08:58 AM

The Journal puts the Goldman bonus news—its top seven executives aren’t taking one—on page one. The decision at Goldman doesn't... More

The Times on Phil Gramm’s Folly

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2008 at 08:22 AM

The New York Times takes an in-depth look at the discredited former senator, current UBS banker/lobbyist, and deregulator extraordinaire Phil... More

Shifting Insurer Risk to Policyholders

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 10:22 AM

The Journal reports that state regulators are considering lowering the reserve requirements for life-insurance companies to ease the financial pressures... More

Audit Interview: Jonathan Weil

“You have to be willing to lose stories that depend on access.”

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 10:13 AM

If you’ve missed Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Weil’s work over the past year, you’ve missed a lot. Early to sniff out... More

Globalization Gone Awry

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 09:39 AM

Steven Pearlstein makes some good points in his Washington Post column today on how and why American-style capitalism has broken... More

WSJ’s Page One Commodities

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 09:29 AM

The Journal’s front-page business stories are run-of-the-mill this morning, far from the glory days of yore. One reports that banks... More

AIG’s Accountability Affront

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 09:11 AM

Floyd Norris is right to say the bailouts are seriously lacking on the accountability front. Here he gives AIG a... More

WSJ’s Citi Fallout

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:27 AM

The Journal’s scoop yesterday that Citigroup’s board is considering firing its chairman made waves yesterday. The Times and the FT... More

This Is the End

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:04 AM

Michael Lewis has a great story in Portfolio looking at the demise of Wall Street. He tells the story of... More

WaPo: Waiting for a Watchdog

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2008 at 10:57 AM

The Washington Post reports that the oversight panel for the $700 billion bailout hasn’t been, um, impaneled. In fact: …no... More