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22 Apr 2010, 7:56 am
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (the "Senate Subcommittee") heard testimony from former executives of Washington Mutual Bank ("WaMu") in its first day of hearings titled “Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of High Risk Home Loans. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 11:46 am
As one of our mutual reporter friends said this week, "Jim is one of the most gracious men ever to set foot in Washington DC. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 8:26 am
I agree with Micah that hoping for role models on the Suoreme Court or the lower federal courts, and working for change at a more local and political level, are not mutually exclusive. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 1:36 pm
A federal district court in Washington has today rejected the pleas of former British resident Ahmed Belbacha, refusing to block his forced return to persecution and torture in Algeria. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 12:29 pm
When the entire structured settlement industry stands to gain, these three associations should work together to further their mutual in [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 8:52 am
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) failed to ensure that Washington Mutual Bank (WaMU) took the necessary steps to correct weaknesses identified by OTS examiners prior to WaMu’s failure in September 2008, and OTS continued to assign WaMu strong ratings despite evidence of risks to the bank’s asset quality and management, according to an investigative report. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 3:35 am
The Office of Thrift Supervision repeatedly identified poor underwriting practices and other problems with risky loan products offered by Washington Mutual Bank over a five-year period before the bank’s demise, but failed to take corrective action and even engaged in a “turf battle” when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation attempted to assert its backup enforcement… Read this entire article for free, activate your free 15 day trial… [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 7:23 pm
Morgan Chase CEO James Dimon and others may think he did the right thing for the nation by acquiring Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns, as those financial institutions teetered on the brink of collapse in 2008. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 10:35 am
One might also note that Washington Mutual, unable to keep its promises to bondholders and depositors, relied on Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the FDIC to cancel its promises or fulfill them in its stead, and Bank of America compromised with bondholders on $36 billion in promises made by Countrywide. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 3:37 pm
" Decisions from the following chapter 11 cases are discussed: Washington Mutual, Inc. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 5:19 am
These families were hardly a match for the sophisticated operation at Washington Mutual, run by Tom and Mario. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 2:45 am
As reflected in the Subcommittee’s April 12, 2010 press release (here), the Subcommittee will be hosting four hearings in April, the first of which took place this past Tuesday, when former Washington Mutual executive were called to testify. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 1:50 pm
There is no sign, however, of mutual understanding. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 7:39 pm
Gerth points out a number of cases where instead of cooperating for the greater good, different agencies fiddled while Rome burned: While Washington Mutual continued to gorge itself on tainted subprime, the OTS resisted the FDIC's efforts to take a tougher line with the OTS' biggest "customer. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 6:00 am
Yesterday, evidence came out that Washington Mutual knew about fraud in its residential mortgage originations. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 3:55 am
Long Beach Mortgage, ACC’s wholesale lender, would later be bought by Washington Mutual. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 2:35 am
Nothing is done that could impair Washington's position toward China, which is why the United States doesn't want to take on the burdens of a strict climate policy or a more tightly controlled financial market. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 11:08 am
The former chief executive of Washington Mutual, the biggest American savings and loan ever to fail, on Tuesday defended the bank's actions to reduce risks from the looming housing bust. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 10:37 am
Journal, Apr. 8, 2010 at C1 James Kelso, once a star mutual-fund manager, was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of deliberately inflating the value of subprime securities in order to hide losses in his funds after the real-estate bubble burst. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 7:24 pm
There has been speculation that naked short selling played a role in driving companies such as Washington Mutual and Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy. [read post]
