Ezra Merkin May Soon Be Ousted At GMAC

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Ezra Merkin may soon be ousted from his position as Chairman of GMAC, the troubled financing arm of General Motors. There's no point in detailing the many woes facing GM and GMAC since they've been chronicled extensively, but suffice it to say GMAC is facing huge problems which can't ...

Citigroup, GMAC, And Capital One All Sponsor Bowl Games

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

The average person these days in America has to get a sick feeling in the pits of their stomachs every time they think of the "bailout" of the financial industry. Credit lenders went crazy and lent money to anyone with a pulse, and now the taxpayers are bailing them ...

US Government Part Owner Of GMAC

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The US government is now a part owner of auto-loan lender GMAC. Uncle Sam has injected $5 billion of fresh capital into the struggling company. In exchange, they'll receive 5 million shares of preferred stock in the corporation. The shares come with an 8% annual interest rate ...

GMAC Becomes Bank As Their Chairman Is Sued

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

GMAC becomes a bank on the same day the company's chairman, J. Ezra Merkin, is sued for losing billions of dollars. As Don King used to say, "Only in America." Considering the nature of GMAC's business, there were plenty of critics who though their proposal to become ...