Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'saskia scholtes'

Some Banks Seek To Repay Bailout Money

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis has said he wants to begin repaying in April the roughly $45 billion the company received from the federal bailout. Saskia Scholtes, who covers U.S. financial services for the Financial Times, discusses the banks that are seeking to repay the bailout funds.

Bank Of America's CEO Admits 'Mistake'

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:41:00 EST

Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis admitted to the Financial Times Monday that asking $20 billion from the government to help absorb losses at Merrill Lynch was a "tactical mistake." Lewis said $10 billion would have sufficed and that asking for the larger sum undermined confidence in the bank. Saskia Scholtes of the Financial Times talks about Lewis' comments.

A Lot of Blame to Share in Subprime Sinkhole

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:51:00 EDT

Financial Times reporter Saskia Scholtes and colleague Brooke Masters found fraud at myriad levels of the stock market and wrote the article "As Subprime Bites, U.S. Investigators Look for Culprits." Scholtes talks with Robert Siegel.