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IndyMac says: we feel your pain!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

When it comes to the subprime mortgage crisis, IndyMac (IMB) may not be as large of a poster child as Countrywide Financial (CFC). After all, when Congress held a hearing earlier this month, IndyMac’s Chairman and CEO, Michael W. Perry wasn’t even on the invite list. Still, judging by their growing list of bank-owned properties, [...]

Countrywide’s Mozilo blames “left wing business press”…

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

After postponing twice, it looks like tomorrow is the day that Countrywide’s (CFC) Angelo Mozilo, as well as Stan O’Neal, and Chuck Prince, formerly of Merrill Lynch (MER) and Citigroup (C) will be heading to Capitol Hill to appear before the House Oversight Committee to talk about compensation and the subprime mess. The formal name [...]

Does exposure to subprime risk make HSBC execs sick?

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Exactly a year ago, we footnoted about how HSBC (HBC), which was just starting to feel the heat from the subprime mess, was still plenty generous when it came to handing out perks to its top executives. Judging by the 10-K they filed earlier this week, little has changed in the past year across several [...]

Wyndham warns on subprime, immigration…

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

It’s no longer news that the subprime crisis is, directly or indirectly, hitting companies in all sorts of industries, or at least making them nervous. Take Wyndham Worldwide (WYN), which has been happily selling timeshares to would-be vacationers (the company brags that it has the world’s largest “vacation ownership” business), but warns investors in its [...]

Subprime Friday…

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Late Friday, three of the biggest names impacted by the subprime mess filed their 10Ks, which we’re sure was just coincidental: Washington Mutual (WM) filed at 4:30, IndyMac (IMB) filed at 4:57 and Countrywide (CFC) filed at 5:04. Words like turmoil, unprecedented, and distressed are sprinkled liberally throughout all three filings.
Dow Jones has some highlights [...]