John Allison

The hardest thing about predicting 2010 is that the academic economists who direct policy makers have no idea what they are doing, and therefore could do anything. Read More

Yesterday, I wrote about the former CEO of BB&T bank John Allison's experience during the bank bailout. Read More

In my opinion, the crisis was primarily created by government policies, specifically the Federal Reserve putting in too much money under Greenspan where we had negative real interest rates for two years. Read More

Back when the government was figuring out what do about the financial crisis, there were a lot of rumors about how it handled the bailout. Read More

Kelly King will take over from John Allison as chairman of BB&T Corp .'s board of directors on Jan. 1, according to an announcement Wednesday by the bank, which ranks second in Raleigh-Durham market share. Read More

I love the bit with Admiral Motti doing cocaine off the desk. Read More

Faced with sluggish progress in its foreclosure-prevention effort, the Obama administration will spend the coming weeks cracking down on mortgage companies that aren't doing enough to help borrowers at risk of losing their homes. Read More

As the governor eyes ways to cut the state's budget, school districts now eye ways to cut theirs. Read More

As the governor eyes ways to cut the state's budget, school districts now eye ways to cut theirs. Read More

"John Q," a band featuring Cooper High School graduate John Allison, is hours away from possibly winning a write-up in Rolling Stone magazine. Read More