12.17.2008 9:00 pm

High rollers still rule credit bailout

FDIC Chairman Sheil Bair (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President-elect Barack Obama insists he will protect Main Street, not just Wall Street, when fashioning a federal response to the credit crisis.

Perhaps so. Perhaps his “one president at a time” rule is causing…

Tags: Comptroller of the Currency, credit crisis, eddie roth, FDIC, financial bailout, home foreclosures, Hope for Homeowners, HUD, John C. Dugan, Sheila Bair, Steve Preston, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street crisis

11.11.2008 9:00 pm

Wednesday editorial: Now, the homeowners get relief

By Editorial Board

Kimberly White/Bloomberg News

After bailing out banks, investment houses, a big car loan company and AIG insurance (twice), the federal government finally may be getting around to individual homeowners. It’s about time.

After all, it was failing mortgages that fueled this fall’s financial…

Tags: AIG, FDIC, foreclosure, Henry Paulson, IndyMac, JP Morgan Chase, mortgage crisis, Sheila Bair, Wall Street crisis

High rollers still rule credit bailout

Wednesday editorial: Now, the homeowners get relief

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