Jessica Silver-Greenberg

Recent Articles by Jessica Silver-Greenberg

June 10, 2010

Time to Slip into Something Less Comfortable?

During the great credit party that raged around the world for the five years leading up to 2008, a few economists and investors studiously avoided the punch bowl. They...

May 12, 2010

Jon Corzine Is Working at MF Global. Say What?

(Updated to change the year of the election in the 14th paragraph.) "First of all, I like to work," says Jon S. Corzine, in his new office on Fifth Avenue in ...

May 6, 2010

How Much Is a CEO Worth?

Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. Treasury Dept.'s pay czar, recently reduced executive salaries at government-controlled American International Group and General Motors to ...

May 6, 2010

Are CEOs Overpaid?: Executive Compensation

Perhaps. But one thing seems certain: Their pay has little to do with company performance

April 1, 2010

MasterCard, Visa, and the Card Sharks

Hallmark Bank & Trust, headquartered in the Turks and Caicos islands, enjoys a valuable relationship with one of the best-known brands in consumer finance: the ...

March 25, 2010

CEO Pay Drops, but…Cash Is King

Here's a bit of good news for the Washington finger waggers who think executive compensation has gotten out of hand: A survey of 81 big companies shows that CEO pay ...

February 24, 2010

A Choir Boy Battles Wall Street

Richard Cordray lives in a 130-year-old brick farmhouse near Grove City, Ohio, just four miles from the modest home where he polished his jump shot growing up. He ...

February 10, 2010

A Caribbean Tax Holiday for U.S. Businesses

(This story has been updated to correct the location of payment-processing company, First Data.) Greg Hennessy designs software in New York, where his $2 ...

December 16, 2009

A Green Light for Car Dealers to Rip Off Buyers?

The collapse of the American auto industry has shut down thousands of car dealers across the U.S. and left many others struggling to survive. Now some that remain are ...

November 24, 2009

Land Rush in Africa

Farmland in developing countries has become an unlikely object of investor fascination. Morgan Stanley (MS) and other Wall Street firms are raising hundreds of ...