» FCIC mentions http://solanic.com/wordpress partially censored Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:56:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission asked for more money after determining the budget wouldn’t cover everything it wants to do, such as electronically publishing documents obtained from banks, spokesman Tucker Warren said today.” http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/07/02/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-asked-for-more-money-after-determining-the-budget-wouldn%e2%80%99t-cover-everything-it-wants-to-do-such-as-electronically-publishing-documents-obtained-from/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/07/02/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-asked-for-more-money-after-determining-the-budget-wouldn%e2%80%99t-cover-everything-it-wants-to-do-such-as-electronically-publishing-documents-obtained-from/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:06:54 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=2221 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/07/02/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-asked-for-more-money-after-determining-the-budget-wouldn%e2%80%99t-cover-everything-it-wants-to-do-such-as-electronically-publishing-documents-obtained-from/feed/ 0 “What investigators are looking for is any turn of phrase that can give them insight into what people were thinking at that time[.]” http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/11/%e2%80%9cwhat-investigators-are-looking-for-is-any-turn-of-phrase-that-can-give-them-insight-into-what-people-were-thinking-at-that-time-%e2%80%9d/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/11/%e2%80%9cwhat-investigators-are-looking-for-is-any-turn-of-phrase-that-can-give-them-insight-into-what-people-were-thinking-at-that-time-%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:59:28 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=2131 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/11/%e2%80%9cwhat-investigators-are-looking-for-is-any-turn-of-phrase-that-can-give-them-insight-into-what-people-were-thinking-at-that-time-%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 NYTimes and CNBC catches up with an idea for the people to help the FCIC. http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/10/nytimes-and-cnb-catches-up-with-my-idea-for-the-people-to-help-the-fcic/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/10/nytimes-and-cnb-catches-up-with-my-idea-for-the-people-to-help-the-fcic/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:51:15 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=2110 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/10/nytimes-and-cnb-catches-up-with-my-idea-for-the-people-to-help-the-fcic/feed/ 0 “They may have more to cover up than maybe we thought.” http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/07/%e2%80%9cthey-may-have-more-to-cover-up-than-maybe-we-thought-%e2%80%9d/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/07/%e2%80%9cthey-may-have-more-to-cover-up-than-maybe-we-thought-%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:38:06 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=2059 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/06/07/%e2%80%9cthey-may-have-more-to-cover-up-than-maybe-we-thought-%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 “The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), which has the power to subpoena banks and others for documents, has now promised to turn over any evidence that its new investigation uncovers to federal prosecutors who can bring criminal charges.” http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/25/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-fcic-which-has-the-power-to-subpoena-banks-and-others-for-documents-has-now-promised-to-turn-over-any-evidence-that-its-new-investigation-uncovers-to-fede/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/25/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-fcic-which-has-the-power-to-subpoena-banks-and-others-for-documents-has-now-promised-to-turn-over-any-evidence-that-its-new-investigation-uncovers-to-fede/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 04:28:26 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1987 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/25/the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-fcic-which-has-the-power-to-subpoena-banks-and-others-for-documents-has-now-promised-to-turn-over-any-evidence-that-its-new-investigation-uncovers-to-fede/feed/ 0 “But now Washington is taking a hard look at a range of maneuvers that help banks dress up their financial statements, and raising some uncomfortable questions about banks’ bookkeeping.” http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/05/but-now-washington-is-taking-a-hard-look-at-a-range-of-maneuvers-that-help-banks-dress-up-their-financial-statements-and-raising-some-uncomfortable-questions-about-banks%e2%80%99-bookkeeping/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/05/but-now-washington-is-taking-a-hard-look-at-a-range-of-maneuvers-that-help-banks-dress-up-their-financial-statements-and-raising-some-uncomfortable-questions-about-banks%e2%80%99-bookkeeping/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 12:38:06 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1820 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/05/05/but-now-washington-is-taking-a-hard-look-at-a-range-of-maneuvers-that-help-banks-dress-up-their-financial-statements-and-raising-some-uncomfortable-questions-about-banks%e2%80%99-bookkeeping/feed/ 0 Moody’s served subpoena from FCIC http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/23/moodys-served-subpoena-from-fcic/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/23/moodys-served-subpoena-from-fcic/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:17:20 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1657 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/23/moodys-served-subpoena-from-fcic/feed/ 0 When you deliberately withhold adverse material information from customers, that is fraud. When you do this on a grand scale, the full weight of the law will come down on you and the people who supposedly supervised you. And if the weight of that law is no longer sufficient to deal with – and to prevent going forward – the latest forms of very old and reprehensible crimes, then it is again time to change the law. http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/when-you-deliberately-withhold-adverse-material-information-from-customers-that-is-fraud-when-you-do-this-on-a-grand-scale-the-full-weight-of-the-law-will-come-down-on-you-and-the-people-who-suppo/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/when-you-deliberately-withhold-adverse-material-information-from-customers-that-is-fraud-when-you-do-this-on-a-grand-scale-the-full-weight-of-the-law-will-come-down-on-you-and-the-people-who-suppo/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:06:59 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1625 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/when-you-deliberately-withhold-adverse-material-information-from-customers-that-is-fraud-when-you-do-this-on-a-grand-scale-the-full-weight-of-the-law-will-come-down-on-you-and-the-people-who-suppo/feed/ 0 “This is an issue the Commission has expressed interest in, inquired about and believes is of serious concern,” said Phil Angelides, chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. “What the Commission sees as its central mission is whether practices like this were widespread in the marketplace or isolated incidents.” The allegations against Goldman go to the “very trustworthiness of the marketplace,” Angelides said. http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/this-is-an-issue-the-commission-has-expressed-interest-in-inquired-about-and-believes-is-of-serious-concern-said-phil-angelides-chair-of-the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-what-the-comm/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/this-is-an-issue-the-commission-has-expressed-interest-in-inquired-about-and-believes-is-of-serious-concern-said-phil-angelides-chair-of-the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-what-the-comm/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:06:22 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1623 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/this-is-an-issue-the-commission-has-expressed-interest-in-inquired-about-and-believes-is-of-serious-concern-said-phil-angelides-chair-of-the-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission-what-the-comm/feed/ 0 Fancy schmancy accounting “rule” that forced us to bail out Citigroup is being closed. http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/fancy-schmancy-accounting-rule-that-forced-usto-bail-out-citigroup-is-being-closed/ http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/fancy-schmancy-accounting-rule-that-forced-usto-bail-out-citigroup-is-being-closed/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:56:32 +0000 tim http://solanic.com/wordpress/?p=1618 http://solanic.com/wordpress/2010/04/17/fancy-schmancy-accounting-rule-that-forced-usto-bail-out-citigroup-is-being-closed/feed/ 0