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Exclusive: Goldman Sachs VP Changed His Name, Now Advances Goldman Lobbying Interests As Top Staffer To Darrell Issa

Posted on July 18, 2012 by kwc

Source: ThinkProgress Has Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) turned the House Oversight Committee into a bank lobbying firm with the power to subpoena and pressure government regulators? ThinkProgress has found that a Goldman Sachs vice president changed his name, then later … Continue reading →

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Is it time to consider locking up bankers?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by kwc

Daniel Knowles The Telegraph Two hundred and ninety million pounds – that’s how much Barclays has been fined for attempting to manipulate the Libor interest rate. That’s not much less than the estimated £300m cost of last year’s riots in … Continue reading →

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Goldman Banker goes Rogue amid the Fed’s Recent Stress Tests w/Naked Capitalism’s Yves Smith

Posted on March 17, 2012 by kwc

RT Welcome to Capital Account. Goldman Sachs gets outed in a scathing resignation letter on the New York Times op-ed page today from executive director and head of Goldman Sach’s US equity derivatives business in Europe, Greg Smith. In the … Continue reading →

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How Goldman Sachs Helped Mask Greece’s Debt

Posted on February 24, 2012 by kwc

Nick Dunbar BBC News/Youtube Nick Dunbar, author of ‘The Devil’s Derivatives’, reveals how the country turned to investment bank Goldman Sachs for help getting around the deficit rules. In his report for Newsnight, some of those who did the deal, … Continue reading →

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Psychopathic Economics 101

Posted on December 21, 2011 by kwc

Source: Financial Sense Psychopaths flew financial weapons of mass destruction (derivatives) into the twin towers of our economy, the housing market and the stock market. Ten trillion dollars of wealth evaporated. Ninety-nine percent of the economic experts—financial planners, economists, economic … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough cancer drug that targets most aggressive tumours developed

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kwc

Source: Daily Mail A drug that offers a new approach to killing cancer may offer fresh hope to patients with aggressive and deadly tumours. Scientists have developed a drug that works in a completely new way by altering the structure … Continue reading →

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