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Regarding Barney Frank's Interview With GQ

We'll address it at some point, but first, we want the Condé Nast to address why this mock up never made it to print....

Suck It, Frank, The Safecracker Was Here First

"I don't think our government should set caps on compensation," Geithner said in an appearance at the National Press Club today in Washington. Instead, the government should lay out constraints on the incentives provided by compensation plans, so that executives...

Crossed Wires?

It seems our fondest wish has come true. It seems that everyone has finally stopped listening to anything Barney Frank says. How else could it be that after his most recent ruckus about extending compensation limits to all public companies...

The Tag Team

Various lines drawn in the sand this morning leave Andrew Cuomo and Barney Frank on the same side of the lot, which should come as little surprise to anyone. The reach of the latest rounds of salary caps would seem...

Return Of The Beard: Frank Versus The Beard

10:03: Congresscritters wander into the hearing room. Frank: There is no option other to work with the existing system. Sure, we have to bail out the bankers that you hate, but this is the first important step in totally revamping...

I Believe The Term Is 'Rectal Exam,' Thank You Very Much

Vikram Pandit, John Mack, Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon are set to testify before Barney Frank and the House Financial Services gang tomorrow to determine who knew what and when. Ahead of the Congressional Shouting Match, Charlie Gasparino has dug...

Why Is Anyone Listening To Barney Frank Anymore?

Barney Frank (Winner Of The DealBreaker Prize For Greatest Single Contribution To The Crash Of 2008) is yammering to reporters over at the Rayburn Building on new TARP requirements he is pushing through. Retroactive executive compensation, and pre-legislative approval for...

Today's Class Warfare Update: The Propaganda Files

Barney Frank, the House Financial Services Committee Chair and poster boy for the liquidity imbalance that is the "Dream of American Home Ownership," is shocked, shocked he tells you to discover that bank executives are being paid in here. "Most...

Bailout Blues

It probably isn't surprising that Wall Street initially focused on the figure rather than the text of The Bailout Plan (it being so large and broad in scope that proper noun capitals seem appropriate here). $700 billion looks almost comfortably...