Warren Buffet’s move to grab a piece of Goldman Sachs buoyed markets for a moment. But as Glenn Dyer reports, the slide appears to have resumed.
Ben Bernanke 
Media wrap: Opposing the Wall Street bailout
Cash for trash … Wall St plan a hard sell on Capitol Hill … Why you should hate the Treasury buyout … Dems say they won’t get fooled again … Opposition to bailout plan grows … A better bailout.
Fed cred unsteady as it battles problems of its own making
The US Federal Reserve has problems wherever it looks, and some of have echoes in the Australian economy, writes Glenn Dyer.
Briefly Business: Valuing executives, Bernanke’s bind, Apple’s studio deal
Valuing executives … Rio looks to Africa … Bernanke’s bind … Apple in downloads deal with big studios.
Doom and gloom: More bad news from US and UK
The flow of niggling economic news show no sign of slowing despite the bright start to the second quarter on US markets, writes Glenn Dyer.
Blogwatch: the Ben Bernanke edition
I am full of bull, by “Ben Bernanke” … What would Milton Friedman say to Ben Bernanke? … Has Ben Bernanke played an ace?
Alan Greenspan – the backseat driver from hell
Ex-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan supposedly left the job in 2006, but he has rarely been far from the limelight since. A fascinating autobiography, a never ending series of speeches and interviews have caused many to wonder if he realizes he is the ex-Fed Chairman, writes Matt Marks.
The Greenspan Put beats the Bernanke Botox
Greenspan cut rates aggressively and most of Wall Street loved him for it. Ben Bernanke, his successor is less keen to cut rates, which is understandable given he made his name as an inflation hawk in a distinguished academic career, writes Matt Marks.
US Fed beefs up economic forecasts
Next Tuesday, the US Federal Reserve will release significantly expanded economic forecasts as part of a major upgrade of its disclosure; a move that will highlight the lack of adequate disclosure by the RBA, writes Glenn Dyer.
ETrade teeters as subprime doom and gloom spreads
Another cascade of depressing news as more and more financial and other groups are caught up in the imploding US subprime mortgage and housing sectors, writes Glenn Dyer.
Bernanke turns to some colourful Wall St advisors
US Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, reportedly met with Wall Street players, Lewis Ranieri and Raymond Dalio, before cutting rates last month — interesting choices for advisors, writes Adam Schwab.
The inflation bears come out to play in US
With the oil price hitting new highs, the US dollar continuing to tank and US 10 year bond yields rising yet again, investors have turned their attention back to inflation, forcing down the Dow and other major indices.
The Fed bails out the fat and the dodgy. And Wall Street
Excuse me for being cynical, but the US Fed’s 0.50% cut on the button overnight was nothing but a bail out of Wall Street urges, dodgy London and European financiers and fat complacent Australian banks, writes Glenn Dyer.
