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So much for the hope of a relatively quick and painless exit from bankruptcy for Tribune Co. A reorganization plan that would have turned over control of the Chicago-based media conglomerate to lenders has reportedly fallen apart.

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America took its case to the Capitol last week, where members disrupted a congressional committee hearing, surprised a bank CEO, and dramatized the problems faced by "underwater" homeowners.

Goldman Sachs Group (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein is getting a $9 million stock bonus for 2009, a modest payday by Wall Street standards that appears aimed at quelling criticism of the bank's compensation practices. Blankfein will receive more than 58,000 shares of restricted stock that can't be cashed...

After posting three straight banner quarters, JP Morgan Chase is feeling the pressure to end the year on a rising note. But after what may have been a slower fourth quarter, some Wall Street analysts have dialed down their earnings expectations for the bank.

What media-industry developments and market forces will make headlines in the year to come? Pay-to-read online content, tablet computers, mom-and-pop newsrooms and, oh yes -- banks taking over the magazine and newspaper game.

You've got to hand it to Andrew Cuomo. The New York attorney general is following a well-worn path to New York power. Like Rudy Giuliani and Eliot Spitzer, Cuomo is using his crackdown on Wall Street corruption as a stepping stone to higher office. The only problem for Cuomo is that he has not yet...

Much of the controversy over the TARP program has been assertions by critics that the big banks were getting sweetheart deals as they exited the program. The criticism focused, in particular, on the warrants that the U.S. Treasury received as part of its investment in the banks. These warrants...

Banks have been chomping at the bit waiting to repay their TARP funds and get the government off their backs. So far, the government has only allowed about 20 smaller banks to pay back the funds and get out from under its control. According to The Washington Post, however, it seems that other banks...

Stocks managed to hold on to yesterday's gains in an up-and-down trading session, but just barely. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly higher, up a hair under 4 points, or 0.06 percent, at 6,930. Banks had another good day after JP Morgan Chase (JPM) followed the example set by...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said regulators would "take any necessary and appropriate steps" to shore up the financial system. Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit said his company was profitable during the first two months of this year. And stocks rallied the most this year, as the Dow Jones Industrial...