Finance
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Growing Transatlantic tensions on the eve of the G20 summit (LEAP/E2020)
March 16, 2009 (LEAP/E2020) -- According to LEAP/E2020, there are only two options left for the G20 leaders who gather April 2nd in London: either they rebuild a new international monetary system, ...
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Paulson's Swindle Revealed | William Greider
Oct. 30, 2008 (The Nation) -- The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary ...
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To the Princes of Gringolia -- Joe Bageant
Joe, Exporting America to Indigenous People of South America Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 14, 2008 HOPKINS VILLAGE, Belize -- Right now I am doing something only someone as fucked up as an ...
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Economic Free Fall? (William Greider)
Aug. 3, 2008 (The Nation) -- Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street's titans, who are scared witless at the ...
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A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner
Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...
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Somewhere A Banker Smiles -- Muffled Noises From The Ranks Of The Babbling Paranoid (Joe Bageant)
Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2006 -- It’s hard as hell to keep conspiracy theories out of one’s mind these days. And I’m not talking about “Who really brought down the Twin Towers?" or ...
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Oil Price Manipulation? (Dale Allen Pfeiffer)
Dale Allen Pfeiffer -- The Mountain Sentinel Sept. 3, 2006 -- In all of our energy updates since the first issue of The Mountain Sentinel was launched, we have stated that there is no good reason ...
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New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun
Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages ...
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110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott
CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...
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These Horrific Things Apparently Mean Nothing To Anyone | Mogambo Guru
Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Things just do not make sense to me anymore, and it is that bewildering confusion and "fear of the unknown" that brings out the ...
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Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt
Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund ...
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