"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Investment banker loses job, becomes bank robber to support self and wife. Key quote: “I was just sitting in my truck looking out the window. And I’m like: ‘I need money right now. What can I do where nobody’s gonna…
Taibbi A veritable mountain of evidence indicates that when it comes to Wall Street, the justice system not only sucks at punishing financial criminals, it has actually evolved into a highly effective mechanism for protecting financial criminals. This institutional reality…
In the wake of the collapse of the Irish government, finance minister Brian Lenihan suspended capital injections for Allied Irish Bank, the Bank of Ireland, and EBS Building society until elections are held on February 25. Fine Gael leader Enda…
From Bill Gross. co-founder of PIMCO. They manage over a trillion in bonds. Emphasis added. He’s certainly not your normal billionaire. His monthly letters at PIMCO are often like this, almost populist in content. Like George Soros, he is quite…
How can the architects of the crisis investigate it? Food speculation: ‘People die from hunger while banks make a killing on food’ Bailout watchdog probes suspected tarp fraud at 64 banks New York prosecutor Vance seeks mandatory jail terms for…