MetaFilter posts tagged with crunch

For utter bankers

fay — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:46:52 -0800

From the team that previously brought you War on Terror, the board game, comes CRUNCH - the game for utter bankers.

Do They Know It's Christmastime At All?

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:22:42 -0800

Icesave closes its doors

Happy Dave — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:59:18 -0800

Icelandic internet bank Icesave has closed its doors. The Icelandic government has told the UK chancellor that it cannot pay back the money of UK depositors. With some 350,000 UK citizens investing over £4.5Bn, the Icelandic savings protection scheme has "no intention of honouring their obligations here," according to Chanceller Alistair Darling. There have been rumours of instability at Icesave since early this year. The British Government, on the same day as announcing a £50Bn 'partial nationalisation' of major British banks, has agreed "in these exceptional circumstances, we will stand behind those depositors so they can get their money back". Questions still abound however.

Paulson: Foreign Banks Can Use US Rescue Plan.

wallstreet1929 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:30:45 -0800

Paulson: Foreign Banks Can Use US Rescue Plan. Treasury Fact Sheet, "broader eligibility" if Paulson decides. Pressure builds at Morgan, Goldman. You Decide (kinda), probably no one listens.

Subprime contagion

wallstreet1929 — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:24:34 -0800

This isn't 1998. There's no model for what's happening now in the housing and mortgage industries. 116 mortgage lenders have imploded since 2006. 11 hedge funds have imploded in just the last couple months. Time to warm up the helicopters?

Unsafety Dance!

loquacious — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:34:22 -0800

US Navy Saftey Center Photos of the Week. Or: A Nearly Comprehensive But Not Entirely Inclusive Manual of Instruction On How to Qualify for a Darwin Award.