Topic: Stephen Friedman

The U.S. Federal Reserve faces a risk to its credibility because of the banking industry's role in choosing board members at the 12 regional Fed...

MTV adds social activism category to VMAs

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MTV on Thursday said it has added a new category highlighting social activism to its popular Video Music Awards show after seeing an influx of artists exploring self-worth and other issues in their music.The category of "Best Video ...
It's hard to turn around in New York these days without seeing an ad for MTV's new series "Skins." That's got the show's co-creator Bryan Elsley ...

Robert Gates is Man of Year at MTV college network

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - You know the 1960s are a long time ago when a TV network targeting college students names the civilian head of the military as its Man of the Year, but that's exactly what mtvU did on Wednesday.The ...
Viacom's(VIA) MTV network ended 2010 with the its largest year-over-year ratings gain since 1999, marking its fourth consecutive quarter of growth...
Forget the VJ, bring on the TJ: MTV is looking to hire its first Twitter JockeyRemember the MTV VJ? That's so two decades ago. Now the network is looking to hire its first TJ, or Twitter Jockey.MTV officials say the ...

Fed boards without bankers a "travesty", say directors

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank directors say a Senate plan to kick bankers off the boards of regional Fed banks is an overreaction to one headline-grabbing incident and could harm the U.S. central bank.Federal Reserve insiders worry that ...

AIG hearing to include Paulson, Friedman testimony

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and ex-New York Fed Chairman Stephen Friedman will testify at a congressional hearing on bailed-out insurer AIG's payments to banks, a committee aide said on Tuesday.Jenny Thalheimer Rosenberg, a spokeswoman for ...
House probe of AIG bailout widens to include Paulson, Friedman; GOP wants Bernanke affidavitA House committee is broadening its probe of secretive bank bailouts to include former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York Chairman Stephen Friedman ...

Fed bars directors from owning financial stock

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it will no longer allow directors at regional Fed banks to own shares in financial firms, following controversy over a former Goldman Sachs CEO who bought that firm's stock while leading the New ...