The first bank to admit that it engaged in massive manipulation of the LIBOR rate was Barclays back in 2012, and traders are still being scapegoated tried in court to this day…
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Puerto Rico Defaults On $2 Billion In Debt Payments…
As expected, Puerto Rico will default on about $2 billion in debt payments Friday, including $780 million in constitutionally-backed general obligation bonds…
Obama Signs Puerto Rico’s Debt Relief Bill…
President Obama on Thursday signed a massive rescue package to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis — just one day before the island must make a $2 billion payment…
99-Year-Old Woman Faces Eviction from San Fran Apt She Rented for Life…
Iris Canada, 99, has lived in her home for more than half a century, but she is facing eviction over $164,000 in legal fees that were accrued during a fight in housing court…
Why Are More and More Oil Ships Anchoring Off Singapore?…
In the last few months, something mysterious has been happening in the seas around major ports. More oil tankers than usual are anchoring for days and weeks one end–why?…
Fed Fails Deutsche Bank And Santander In Stress Test, As 31 Other Banks Unleash Dividend, Buyback Frenzy…
The Fed released the second part of its stress test, the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), one which gives banks the green light to…
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Brexiteers 1 : 0 Scaremongers – UK Stocks Erase All Brexit Losses…
FTSE 100 is now unchanged from pre-Brexit as Osborne, Cameron and the fearmongers appear to have been proved wrong…
Did FBI and Justice Dept. Enable Puerto Rico’s Financial Meltdown?…
The FBI and DOJ stood by while government officials in Puerto Rico committed $11 billion dollars in financial fraud…
The Market Just Held a Stress Test: Morgan Stanley, Met Life and Citigroup Flunk…
Last Friday’s market action, following the Brexit vote in the U.K., […] proved just how feeble the Fed is when it comes to assessing systemic risk and capital vaporization…
Greenspan Warns A Crisis Is Imminent, Urges A Return To The Gold Standard…
“If we went back on the gold standard and we adhered to the actual structure of the gold standard as it exited prior to 1913, we’d be fine”…
Italy Eyes €40Bn Bank Rescue as First Brexit Domino Falls…
Italy is preparing a €40bn rescue of its financial system as bank shares collapse on the Milan bourse and the powerful after-shocks of Brexit shake European markets…
House Republicans Think the Fed Is In Conspiracy With the Rich: Are They Right?…
Yesterday, four Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee […] presented a persuasive argument that it’s really the Federal Reserve […] that’s sacrificing the poor and…
The Most Important Agency You’ve Never Heard Of…
The Office of Financial Research is meant to be the early-warning system for the next financial crisis. Is it doing its job?…
IRS Admits to Illegally Seizing Innocent Citizens Bank Accounts…
This is actually happening to victims of a little-known form of civil asset forfeiture carried out by the IRS on the premise of “structuring” violations…
REPORT: Volkswagen to Pay $10.2B to Settle Emissions Scandal…
VW will spend the money to settle claims in the wake of last fall’s revelation the company installed software on its diesel vehicles designed to skirt federal emissions testing…
Hedge Fund Manager Charged In Insider Trading Case Commits Suicide…
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan charged Sanjay Valvani of fraudulently making $25 million by gaining advance word about FDA approvals of generic drug applications…
Neoliberalism Nakedly Exposed…
“Austerity policies not only generate substantial welfare costs due to supply-side channels, they also hurt demand—and thus worsen employment and unemployment”…
15 Facts About The Imploding U.S. Economy That The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want You To See…
You are about to see undeniable evidence that the U.S. economy has been slowing down for quite some time. And it is vital that we focus on the facts…
Federal Reserve Puts Interest Rates Rise on Hold. Blames Brexit…
Committee said Wednesday it ‘expects economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in federal funds rate’…