November 7, 2008—Even before Tuesday's election results, companies began contemplating what the change in Administration would mean for them. But now that the results have come in (for the most part, anyway, since there's still 9 House and Senate seats in limbo), companies are beginning ...

November 3, 2008—I've been down in Bradenton, Florida the past few days where I started my career as a journalist. After spending the weekend walking door to door to get out the vote for Barack Obama, I'm now turning my attention to reporting and plan to ...

October 29, 2008—Last week, the House Committee on Oversight held two pretty dramatic hearings. As we footnoted here, the money quotes on Day 1 came from some instant messages between two employees of rating agency Standard & Poor's -- Shannon Mooney and Ralul Dilip ...

October 23, 2008—Yesterday was the credit rating agencies. Today's turn before the Committee on Oversight is the troika of Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and current SEC chairman Chris Cox. The opening statements, including a substantially shorter one by Cox than ...

October 22, 2008—Despite the blustery weather in New York today, I'm guessing there's a few New Yorkers who wish they were ensconced on the quiet car of the Acela instead of being chewed out by a parade of Congressmen (and women) for their role in the credit ...

October 15, 2008—I'm listening in on a hearing going on right now by the House Agriculture Committee that is focusing on the role of credit default swaps and the SEC's Erik Sirri (see his opening statement here) is taking some tough ...

October 1, 2008—Only in Washington can something grow so quickly. Just 10 days ago, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson released this $700 billion 3 page plan for saving the economy. A few days later, it had morphed into a 110-page plan. And by Wednesday, it had ...

September 22, 2008—Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform just issued a statement on his take on the bailout. Here's a snippet: The Administration's plan completely eviscerates the concept of moral hazard. It would enrich the Wall Street executives whose reckless investments ...

September 17, 2008—My friend, Paul Kedrosky has been looking at some of the ways that Wikipedia entries on Lehman and Merrill have been changing in recent days. So while doing some research on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 that a growing number of ...

August 28, 2008—Between the Democratic convention in Denver this past week and next week's Republican version in the Twin Cities, it's hard to escape politics. That's even true in the SEC filings, judging by the 10-K that Caci International (CAI) filed yesterday. No matter which ...