Power Point: Trust is not enough

• Power Point: Sacrifice and hang on

  "You think I would have gone through what I did the last two months if I didn't want to stay?"

  -- General Motors (GM) chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, reiterating today that he's determined to keep his job. In exchange for a $13.4 billion rescue package (which will come from the government's $700 bllion TARP fund aimed at banks and Wall Street firms), executives at GM and Chrysler agreed to limits MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Dec 19, 2008 6:39 PM ET
  Posted in: auto industry, autos, bailout, Chrysler, F, Ford, General Motors, GM, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Postcards, Power Point, Rick Wagoner, Washington

• Where will the bailouts end?

  As the government commits more and more money to its multitudinous rescue efforts--of Bear Stearns, then AIG (AIG), then Citigroup (C) and its bank rivals, then Citigroup again, and now more money for Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE)--we wonder: Where, oh where, will these bailouts end? In Detroit, with General Motors (GM), Ford (F)and Chrysler securing their desperately needed billions? Alas, the road to shore up capitalism will MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 26, 2008 2:01 PM ET
  Posted in: AIG, auto industry, bailout, banks, Bear Stearns, Byron Wein, Chrysler, Citigroup, fannie mae, Ford, freddie mac, General Motors, GM, investing, management, Morgan Sanley, Pequot, Postcards, stock market, technology, telecom, unemployment, Wall Street, Washington

• Power Point: Spend to grow

  "There is a time for budget austerity--this ain't it."

  -- Obama economic advisor Jared Bernstein, noting that government "is the only part of GDP pulling out its wallet these days" and therefore the most reliable source of short-term growth. Read "CEO in chief" by my colleague Nina Easton, Fortune's Washington editor, for more about the all-star team of CEOs and thinkers who are helping the President-elect grapple with the financial crisis MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 7, 2008 4:49 PM ET
  Posted in: bailout, CEO in chief, CEOs, Jared Bernstein, Nina Easton, Obama, Postcards, Power Point, Washington

• Buffett and beyond: Most Powerful Women on video

  Here on Postcards, you'll find a trove of video segments from last week's Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. Click here to watch a riveting take on the fall of Lehman Brothers by Barbara Byrne, a vice chairman who spent 28 years at the now-bankrupt firm. Today, since Barclays bought Lehman's North American core, Byrne is a vice chairman at Barclays Capital (BCS).

  We also just posted the first of several highlights MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Oct 8, 2008 12:41 PM ET
  Posted in: Arianna Huffington, bailout, banks, Barbara Byrne, Barclays, Berkshire Hathawy, Carver Bancorp, CEOs, consumer goods, Deborah Wright, Economic Pearl Harbor, education, Fortune Most Powerful Women list, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, GE, General Electric, Huffington Post, ING, investing, Kathleen Murphy, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, Lehman Brothers, management, Martha Stewart, Melinda Gates, Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer, philanthropy, Postcards, Power Point, Power Shift, stock market, technology, videos, Wall Street, Warren Buffett