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Deals by Allan Sloan, Business Columnist
Wall Street's Selective Memory
Yes, the federal government does a lot of stupid things. And yes, it's easy to see why Wall Street firms are bailing out of the Troubled Assets Relief Program: to avoid having to deal with the government's ever-changing rules and with publicity-hungry congressmen. (Is there any other kind?)
 

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Sloan's Newsweek column appears in The Washington Post on Tuesdays. He focuses on corporate issues that include how deals are structured and excesses by corporations.

What Goes Up Must Come . . . Well, You Know (By Allan Sloan, June 16, 2009)
 
Treasury Plays It Smart and Gets It Right (By Allan Sloan, June 9, 2009)
 
Time Warner's Well-Timed Tax Break (By Allan Sloan, June 2, 2009)
 
An Unhappy Anniversary for the Financial Crisis (By Allan Sloan, May 26, 2009)
 
Ralph Nader's Unlikely Soapbox (By Allan Sloan, May 19, 2009)
 
How GM, and Rick Wagoner, Did the Right Thing (By Allan Sloan, April 28, 2009)
 
When It Comes to the Markets, Nothing -- Good or Bad -- Lasts Forever (By Allan Sloan, April 21, 2009)
 
Structuring the Treasury's Bet For a Long-Term Payoff (By Allan Sloan, April 14, 2009)
 
Rationale Behind Wall Street Bonuses Can Get Lost in Translation (By Allan Sloan, April 7, 2009)
 
Outrageous Fortune (By Deals Allan Sloan, March 31, 2009)
 
An Excess of Bashing (By Allan Sloan, March 17, 2009)
 
When Even the Old Standbys Don't Work, Just Hope for a Bottom (By Allan Sloan, March 10, 2009)
 
Lawmakers Need to Translate Rhetoric Into Real Reform on Wall Street (By Allan Sloan, March 3, 2009)
 
Scolding and Helping Wall Street at the Same Time (By Allan Sloan, February 17, 2009)
 
Geithner Needs to Show Banks Some Tough Love (By Allan Sloan, February 3, 2009)
 
Correcting My Social Security Slip-Ups (By Allan Sloan, January 27, 2009)
 
A Big Loan With a Slim Tax Bill (By Allan Sloan, January 23, 2009)
 
A Sure Thing That Wasn't (By Allan Sloan, January 20, 2009)
 
Here's How It Could Have Been Worse (By Allan Sloan, January 13, 2009)
 
Grandiosity: Fraud's Perfect Cloak (By Allan Sloan, January 6, 2009)
 
Maybe It's Time to Buy (By Deals | Allan Sloan, December 7, 2008)
 
A Large Flock of Turkeys This Year (By Allan Sloan, November 25, 2008)
 
A Danger to Detroit In Low Gas Prices (By Allan Sloan, November 18, 2008)
 
Why GM Stalled (By Allan Sloan, November 11, 2008)
 
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