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City minister promises new crackdown on bonus culture - The Guardian
“The government is prepared to take further steps to clamp down on City bonuses after the Financial Services Authority today [12 August] published a watered-down code on bankers’ pay.… more →
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Changing Intermediate-Term Stance on Market from Bullish to Bearish (SPY, DIA, QQQQ)
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michaeljburns wrote 3 days ago: I brought up some long term technical issues regarding the market in my post from October 30th and a … more →
Standing up to Wall Street in Indianapolis
Rick Claypool wrote 4 days ago: Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana rallied in front of Chase Bank today to call for financial reform … more →
Same As It Ever Was
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Sara McIntosh wrote 4 days ago: Just when you thought we were done with all the subprime mortgage junk—having hopefully learned our … more →
Weekend Update
Sara McIntosh wrote 6 days ago: I’m sorry to be a day late with this post. I hope you don’t find it to be a dollar short or lacking … more →
Public Citizen rallies against the banksters
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Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: What a perfect day for a protest! Public Citizen’s Robert Weissman and SEIU’s Andy Stern rallied the … more →
Governments and banks : Life-line or millstone?
dmpowell wrote 1 week ago: The UK Government has become majority shareholder in the UK banking sector as it intervened to rescu … more →
Barofsky brings it in government transparency, candor
mialamarnyu wrote 1 week ago: Ever since I had a chance to speak briefly with Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General of the Trou … more →
Reckless risks and bank bonuses
enteringthewhirlpool wrote 1 week ago: It is reported by the BBC that the UK government is considering restricting banks’ ability to … more →
Secret Santa (Goldman Sachs desperately trying not to flaunt outrageous bonuses)
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Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: No Christmas parties for Goldman Sachs this year according to this insightful piece by Jessica Toonk … more →
The Psychology of Indecision (I Feel Cranky)
timstafford wrote 1 week ago: It’s hazardous to psychoanalyze your family members, obnoxious to psychoanalyze your friends, and do … more →
Let's Talk About Sex
Sara McIntosh wrote 1 week ago: On October 29, 2009, Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission posted a … more →
Goldman Sachs says Goldman Sachs "doing God's work"
Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: What? You disagree? Well, that’s what came up on last night’s Colbert Report. In an inte … more →
Anniversary of Glass-Steagall repeal: Lessons about maniacal deregulation, political power of mega-financial institutions
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Robert Weissman wrote 1 week ago: Weissman Thursday marks the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steag … more →
Note to Senate: Public's outrage at Wall Street has not abated
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Robert Weissman wrote 1 week ago: More than a year after the onset of the financial crisis, three things are apparent: Congress has no … more →
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
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Sara McIntosh wrote 1 week ago: Anyone in finance or accounting can tell you about friends and family members of theirs that are hon … more →
Obama's pay czar: "Why is there so much interest in this??"
mialamarnyu wrote 2 weeks ago: Caught Kenneth Feinberg at NYU Law’s Fall Lecture on “The Future of Regulation and the C … more →
Banks Gone Awry
A Face in the Crowd wrote 2 weeks ago: This is big news and it could mean very bad things for us “little people.” Credit cards … more →
The Stimulus Giveth and the Stimulus Taketh Away (2of2)
theheathteam wrote 3 weeks ago: The concept of stimulus is to jumpstart an economy and restore confidence. As confidence returns, co … more →
The Stimulus Giveth and the Stimulus Taketh Away (1of2)
theheathteam wrote 3 weeks ago: On Thursday, the stock market soared on news that the third quarter’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), … more →
