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small settlement. For example, Eric Dinallo negotiated a similar settlement of credit default swaps when he was the Insurance Superintendent for the state of New York. At his behest, Merrill Lynch settled a case for only 13 cents on the dollar from a company “XL Guarantee.” Although, this time around, Merrill Lynch received 100% of their credit default swaps from AIG, $6.2 billion, because of the decision by the New York Federal Reserve. President Obama was elected with an unofficial mandate…

Bankers: Merrill Lynch entered a deal with Enron where they would allow Enron to purchase the bank in 6 months slots with a 15% guaranteed rate return. The bankers contributed to the fraudulent manipulation of income statements. Merrill Lynch also assisted Enron in selling Nigerian Barges, which resulted in a $12 million earning, allowing them to reach their 1999 goal for that…

Geithner and Bernanke amid the Global Financial Crisis details the negative effects of the 2008 financial crisis and how The Federal Reserve and the Federal government took action in order to prevent further domestic economic turmoil and strife. Between the years of 2007- 2008 the United States fell into an economic recession which almost caused the entire financial institution to crumble down. It was the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression. The negative effects were present both…

Throughout an 11 year stint as a Derivatives Trader at both JP Morgan and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, I Ross Tawanda Mtangi have seen, helped, and been a part of, many young people’s careers in finance. As a Harvard graduate I know what is like to struggle, persevere, and achieve one’s goals, and I have seen that same determination in Grisilidis Lopez. I graduated Harvard University in 2003 with an AB in economics, cum laude. I write in strong support of Grisilidis Lopez’s application for…

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the most financially detrimental event since the Great Depression, which had a great effect on investment and banking systems; leading to a recession. One company in particular largely involved was Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac, also named the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, is a public government sponsored enterprise and designed to expand the secondary market mortgages in the U.S. alongside Fannie Mae (prmia.org). Further discussion will include…

Crack Music: Race and Economic Inequality Explained “How we stop the Black Panthers? Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer.” This is the first line from the Kanye West song Crack Music - from his Grammy winning album Late Registration. When most think of the Black Panther Party to which West is referring, they think of a radical, militant, anti-police, black civil rights organization. However, the Party was much more. In 1966, the Party released their Ten-Point Program. In this document they…

3. Discuss the criminogenic institutional frameworks that facilitated the white-collar crimes at Enron including collusive networks, political influence and corruption, and the ideology of deregulation. Prior to its demise, Enron, an American energy, commodities, and services company, was one of Wall Street’s highest rated companies. Enron was regarded as one of the most powerful and successful corporations in the world. Unfortunately, as everyone would learn later rather than sooner, their…

Wall street, where the business is run in the city of New York, opportunities arise for employment. Both employers and employees have benefits when working together, hence the employer will only hire the employee once they evaluate and see the qualification within the employee. In some cases, employees are not selected because of discrimination. Employer can discriminate for race, sex, gender, origin, or disability. According to the business dictionary, discrimination is defined as a “bias…

Company Profile: Bank of America is multinational financial services corporation that serves millions of people across the globe. It is the second largest banking institution in the United States by assets and continues to dominate the commercial banking industry with innovation in technology and cost management. Bank of America has been able to place itself strategically to compete and maintain its market share through a series of mergers and acquisitions. The company’s current position is…