Ireland’s economic troubles threaten the financial health of Europe and even the U.S. At the heart of the multibillion-dollar crisis are two highflying bankers who some say took the country for a ride. Ireland was hailed as an economic miracle…
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G20 summit agrees to reform IMF
Andrew Walker Finance ministers from the G20 leading economies have agreed reforms of the International Monetary Fund, giving major developing nations more of a say. At a meeting in South Korea, they agreed a shift of about 6% of the…
Tagged with: Federal Reserve, G20, IMF, International Monetary Fund, World Bank
Posted in Economics, Money
Posted in Economics, Money
Cable/Satellite Companies Leverage Fox Decision in Comcast/NBCU Argument
The American Cable Association, DirecTV and Dish have have joined those using Fox’s decision to briefly block Cablevision subscribers from Fox online content as leverage in their argument for online access conditions on the Comcast/NBCU merger. In a letter to…
Tagged with: American Cable Association, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, NBC Universal
Posted in Corporate World, Media
Posted in Corporate World, Media
VIDEO: Waxman Confronts ‘U.S.’ Chamber Over Foreign Money Questions, Secret Corporate Campaign Funds
Earlier this month, ThinkProgress investigated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and found fundraising documents soliciting money from foreign businesses for the same 501(c)(6) account the Chamber is using to wage an unprecedented $75 million dollar partisan attack campaign. ThinkProgress documented…
Tagged with: bank of america, BP, David Chavern, Henry Waxman, Tom Perriello, Tom Petrie, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Posted in Capitalism, Money, Republicans, US - Israel relations
Posted in Capitalism, Money, Republicans, US - Israel relations
Minutes Show Fed Leaning Toward New Stimulus
WASHINGTON — A critical mass of officials at the Federal Reserve appear to favor taking new actions to reinvigorate the lagging recovery in the absence of clear signs of improvement in the economy, according to minutes of the central bank’s last…
Tagged with: Ben Bernanke, deflation, Federal Reserve, monetary policy, recession, securities, US Treasury
Posted in Federal government, Money, Reports/Studies/Books
Posted in Federal government, Money, Reports/Studies/Books
Just Because You Make a Lot of Money Doesn’t Mean You Know What You’re Talking About
James Kwak Hedge fund managers may be good at investing money. (Or they may just be the beneficiaries of luck, like successful stock mutual fund managers.) But that doesn’t mean they can think clearly. Andrew Ross Sorkin comments on the…
AJE: Drug Money
Al Jazeera English investigates fraud and corruption in US pharmaceutical industry.
Tagged with: curruption, health care, pharmaceutical
Posted in Corporate World, Money, Reports/Studies/Books, United States
Posted in Corporate World, Money, Reports/Studies/Books, United States
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