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Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg columnist Alice Schroeder talks with Betty Liu about reports that senior bankers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are applying for pistol permits. Schroeder also discusses filing a Freedom of Information Act request with New York Police Department to confirm the information, the security fence that Goldman Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein erected at his home and steps the banks could take to quell public anger at Goldman's bonuses. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Willem Buiter, a professor at the London School of Economics, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the debt and liabilities of Dubai World and why the state-controlled holding company should not be bailed out by the government. Buiter also discusses the impact the crisis may have on regional credit markets. Buiter, a former Bank of England policy maker, will become Citigroup Inc.'s chief economist in January. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Pittman, the award-winning reporter whose fight to make the Federal Reserve more accountable to taxpayers led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Finger, managing partner at Finger Interests Number One Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about Bank of America Corp.'s search for a new chief executive officer to replace Kenneth Lewis, who is stepping down Dec. 31. Finger's family, which controls more than 1 million shares of Bank of America, helped lead a shareholder revolt that stripped Lewis of the chairman’s title in April. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote reports on Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev and his often critical stance against the government. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Jason Goldberg, a senior analyst at Barclays Capital, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about banks' loan losses the outlook for more failures in the industry. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had 552 banks with $345.9 billion in assets on the confidential problem list as of Sept. 30, a 33 percent increase from 416 lenders with $299.8 billion in assets at the end of the second quarter. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) --- Scott Burns, director of alternative investment research for Morningstar Inc., talks to Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about investing in alternative funds. So-called bear-market and long-short mutual funds, designed to protect against falling stock prices, attracted a record $10 billion this year through October, more than double the previous high in 2006, according to Morningstar Inc. Asset managers have opened 19 long-short funds, the most in one year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Jed Laskowitz, head of global strategic relationships for the fund unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton about so-called bear-market and long-short mutual funds that are designed to protect against falling stock prices. The funds attracted a record $10 billion this year through October, more than double the previous high in 2006, according to Morningstar Inc. Asset managers have opened 19 long-short funds, the most in one year. (This report is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Townsend, president and chief executive officer of Hill-Townsend LLC, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about the outlook for the U.S. banking industry. Townsend, speaking from Washington, also discusses the prospects for more bank failures and the outlook for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s report on banks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum fired one senior aide and removed three others from the board of Dubai’s main holding company as the debt-laden emirate seeks sustainable industries to replace a real-estate market that was the worst affected by the global financial crisis. Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Gorton, Yale University finance professor, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about credit default swaps and the collapse of the financial system. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp.’s board may extend its search for a permanent new chief executive officer into 2010 if directors can’t settle on a candidate in the next three days, according to people familiar with the matter. The directors, who met Nov. 20, may be willing to go past their Nov. 26 target and the Dec. 31 retirement of CEO Kenneth Lewis if it means getting a better choice. Options include an interim chief or a delay in Lewis's retirement. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Begleiter, who headed corporate strategy at Bear Stearns Cos. before its 2008 collapse, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about playing in the World Series of Poker and parallels between Wall Street and poker. Begleiter earned $1.59 million at the World Series of Poker's main event on Nov. 10 with a sixth-place finish. Joe Cada, 21, became the youngest champion claiming the $8.55 million top prize in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- William Cohan, author of "House of Cards" and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the Federal Reserve's scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices. Cohan also discusses the Fed's regulatory authority and bank bonuses. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Dick Grasso, former chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange, talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about executive compensation in the financial industry. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Douglas Elliott, a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and a former investment banker, talks with Bloomberg Television about the proposed overhaul of U.S. financial regulation. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Vanity Fair editor Bethany McLean talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the media's coverage of the financial crisis. Mclean, Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, Vanity Fair's Bryan Burrough and Bloomberg News's Margaret Brennan tonight will participate in a Bloomberg-Vanity Fair panel moderated by columnist Michael Lewis at 7:30 p.m. ET. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein's apology for the firm's role in some of the activities leading to the financial crisis. Levitt also discusses Goldman's plan to team up with Warren Buffett to provide assistance to small businesses in the U.S. Levitt, an adviser to the Carlyle Group and Goldman, is a board member of Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates and author of "The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs," talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about yesterday's apology by Goldman's Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein for the firm's role in some of the activities leading to the financial crisis. Ellis also discusses the bank's initiative with Warren Buffett to provide assistance to 10,000 small businesses. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paulson & Co., the hedge fund firm run by billionaire John Paulson, told investors Bank of America Corp.’s stock will almost double in the next two years as writedowns ease. Bank of America, ranked first by assets and deposits in the U.S., may rise to $29.81 by December 2011, Paulson said in a quarterly letter to clients. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)