Monday, March 15, 2010

The Video That Will Put Geithner Behind Bars

March 14, 2010 by Jose Luis Flores  
Filed under World News


Mike Whitney | It’s clear that Geithner acted as the “chief facilitator” of industrial scale securities flim-flam which led directly to the Great Crash of ‘08.

Citibank exposes 600,000 customers’ Social Security numbers

March 13, 2010 by Orion Christopher  
Filed under World News


Chicago Tribune | Citi called the mistake a “processing error.”

Wall Street Lobbyists Spend $400 Million to Kill Financial Reforms & Destroy America

March 13, 2010 by Gia Zavala  
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Paul B Farrell | Wall Street’s control America is a drama right out of a Scorsese film about the mafia and crime in New York.

Treasury Plans to Take Social Security from Elderly for Unpaid Loans

March 10, 2010 by Orion Christopher  
Filed under World News


Wall Street Journal | Treasury Department data shows that Social Security recipients comprise a large and growing percentage of people from whom the Treasury recovers debts.

Riots in Athens as thousands protest against cutbacks

March 10, 2010 by Kevin Dillon  
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London Evening Standard | Inside parliament, politicians were debating the €4.8 billion (£4.33 billion) austerity bill, which is expected to pass despite strong opposition.

Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary?

March 9, 2010 by Jose Luis Flores  
Filed under World News


Washington Post | About 11.4 million out-of-work people now collect unemployment compensation, at a cost of $10 billion a month.

Failed Banks May Get Pension-Fund Backing as FDIC Seeks Cash

March 9, 2010 by Mabel Ray  
Filed under World News


Bloomberg | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to encourage public retirement funds that control more than $2 trillion to buy all or part of failed lenders.

IMF floats climate change fund idea

March 8, 2010 by Mabel Ray  
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UKPA | Strauss-Kahn proposed that countries adopt a quota system similar to the one it uses to raise its own money.

Iceland’s Voters About to Tell Global Banksters to Shove It

March 5, 2010 by Gia Zavala  
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com | A vote is set for Saturday in Iceland on a referendum that would require Iceland to pay funds to the U.K. and the Netherlands.

IMF-style Austerity Measures Come to America

March 5, 2010 by Kevin Dillon  
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Ellen Brown | Unless we wake up to what is going on and take action, the “powers of financial capitalism” will have their way.

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