Ilya Marritz

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Financial historian Richard Sylla on what the response to the Panic of 1907 may tell us about the mess we’re in today.

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Financial historian Richard Sylla explains how today’s financial crisis is a lot like the Panic of 1907 – and how the Panic influenced the 1908 presidential election.

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The Citizens Budget Commission’s Carol Kellermann says Michael Bloomberg’s reputation for budget mastery is deserved –- but he could have done more to tame spending.

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Momentum is building for a rescue plan for homeowners in trouble. But what would be the best way to help?

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Why delisting from stock exchanges is threatening household-name chains.

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After Lehman went under, investors were owed billions in insurance on bonds. The deadline to settle those accounts was today.

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Despite the recent meltdown, big financial institutions continue to lobby for less oversight and regulation.

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New York State sits atop huge reserves of natural gas, and energy companies want to start drilling as soon as possible. Yesterday supporters and opponents of drilling testified in Albany. WNYC's Ilya Marritz was there.

It's not every day that the legislature holds a hearing, and ...

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We hear how a Brooklyn contractor sees the financial crisis.

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As New York City and the MTA postpone issuing millions of dollars of new bonds, we look at how the once stable bond marketplace has been affected by swings in global markets.

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Why you need one of Michael Bloomberg’s boxes to follow the market for credit default swaps. Also: as the Dow shatters 9,300, we explore the other indices that matter: the Libor and the TED spread.

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Lisa Chow explains the asset manager BlackRock, the most important New York company you’ve never heard of.

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Markets tumble again as the federal government considers whether to deploy the stock injection option and become a major shareholder in US banks.

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After a wild day, Paulson’s remarks send the Dow down. Also: why local institutions’ assets are frozen.

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The federal government gives its best guess of the future cost of oil today. Also: Bernanke frets over the economy, and legislators grill AIG execs.

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Congreesmembers cited documents indicating Lehman steered millions of dollars to executives as the company was nearing bankruptcy.

One of two Republicans on the panel, Connecticut Congressman Chris Shays, says he shares Americans' disbelief about the size of some executive pay packages.

SHAYS: To those of us on ...

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A new legal clinic is claiming great success in helping homeowners fight off foreclosure of their homes.

REPORTER: In the case of US Bank v. Deborah Singleton, Deborah Singleton is defending herself.

SINGLETON: I can represent myself, I don't have to pay thousands of dollars to a ...

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An energy company that leased land to drill for natural gas in the northeast is now looking to sell part of its operation.

Over the past few years, gas companies have been in fierce competition to lease acres for drilling all over Pennsylvania and upstate New ...

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Consider this: in January 2007, a barrel of heating oil cost about a $150. A year and a half later, the price has more than doubled. Despite the recent dip in the price of crude, the small suppliers who sell home heating are so. WNYC's ...

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A new law takes effect in New York today that aims to prevent another home loans crisis.

Lots of states have passed measures in response to the subprime crisis. But only New York's law has prompted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to retaliate.

The government-sponsored lenders say ...