Henry Paulson

The financial crisis was produced by a complex set of circumstances, including a massive housing bubble, poor regulation and irresponsible lending on an epic scale. A handful of bankers became the public faces of the crisis, and now, two years later, we take a look at what became of them.

This week marks the second anniversary of an event that shook the financial industry to its core. In her newly released book, The Weekend that Changed Wall Street, CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo gives an insider's look at the fateful days surrounding the fall of Lehman Brothers.

John Paulson and Hank Paulson, two of the biggest players in the recent financial crisis, share more than a last name. Besides their name -- and the fact that both received MBAs from Harvard -- the two share something else: Both have now attracted the attention of the SEC.

In a chat with Warren Buffett, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called on Congress to allow a special authority to wind down troubled financial institution without taxpayer-funded bailouts. He also predicted bailout money given to banks would be recovered -- with a profit.

Henry Paulson's just-published memoir "On the Brink" recalls the financial crisis as it unfolded in the fall of 2008. Far from a gossipy tell-all, it devotes the bulk of its pages to the cautionary tale of how the world's financial system nearly collapsed -- and what he tried to do about it.

There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four or five. An audit by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) claims that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York allowed banks to get 100% of the value of complicated financial instruments that they had...

Of all the effects of 2008's economic meltdown, the most significant might be the growing belief that the country is now on the road to socialism. Within days of the government's 2008 bailout of Sallie Mae (SLM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), the media began to resound with complaints about the country's...

Henry Paulson, the the Treasury Secretary, was accused of bullying Bank of America (BAC) chief executive Ken Lewis, into completing a buyout of Merrill Lynch which subsequently turned into a financial disaster for the bank and almost cost Lewis his job. Paulson's behavior was consider inappropriate...

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he warned Bank of America (BAC) CEO Ken Lewis that regulators could remove him and other executives at the company if they pulled out of a deal to buy Merrill Lynch, he told a congressional committee investigating the deal. Paulson told the House...

The federal government is putting pressure on Bank of America (BAC) to revamp its board. The issue of how much authorities will try to influence management of financial firms that have TARP money has come up more than once. The Treasury and Federal Reserve have said they have no interest in running...