- WikiLeaks cables and the Iraq War Salon
- WikiLeaks suspends publishing to fight financial blockade--"Julian Assange says banking bans have destroyed 95% of whistleblowing site's revenues."
- The bankers' blockade of WikiLeaks must end--"Whether you support WikiLeaks or not, the blockade by Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and others is a sinister attack on free speech"
- The Hole in Europe’s Bucket NYT
- Economics has met the enemy, and it is economics
- EU Considers Ban on Country Ratings--"Ratings agency forecasts are throwing entire countries into financial crises by driving up interest rates on bonds. Now the EU is considering a ban on ratings for countries that are in the process of negotiating economic bailout packages."
- Bill Clinton talks to Simon Schama--Nothing less than the globe's greatest challenges now exercise the former president, who deployed his formidable brains and charm to set up his Global Initiative in 2005. But what does a man who personifies the American dream make of the problems currently facing his own nation?
- Economics in One Lesson
- Obama flush with cash from finance, banking sector
- 2008 Redux: Taxpayers to help bailout Merrill Lynch and Bank of America
- Volcker Rule, Once Simple, Now Boggles--The Volcker rule was supposed to simply "curb risk-taking by banks", but "[w]all Street firms have spent countless millions of dollars trying to water down the original Volcker proposal and have succeeded in inserting numerous exemptions. Now they’re claiming it’s too complex to understand and too costly to adopt." NYT
- Citigroup to pay $285M in fraud settlement--"The Securities and Exchange Commission said Citigroup committed fraud when they invited investors to finance a $1 billion derivatives deal tied to the U.S. housing market, in which they bet against investors as the housing market showed signs of collapse."
- GAO warns of Fed conflicts--"The Federal Reserve faces possible conflicts of interest by having financial and banking executives serving on its regional boards, according to a new report Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office that calls for greater transparency."
- Bank earnings don't bode well for economy
- 'Bank Transfer Day' Gains Momentum on Facebook
- Bank Fees Push Consumers to Put Money Elsewhere
- Coloradans Divest from Wells Fargo--"On Tuesday, members of the Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC) will join over 300 Wells Fargo account holders and one local union in divesting their accounts from Colorado's largest bank due to predatory lending habits, continued failure to approve substantial numbers of eligible HAMP modifications and their refusal to stop foreclosure proceedings after disclosing 'robo-signing' like errors in their approval."
